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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
his observation of Lord Dunraven. In

his observation Of Lord Dunraven In
fact. the latter has created such a sem
sation and induced such an endless
stream of favorable comment that it
really seems very timely to investi-
gate. Let us endeavor to find out
from whence this engaging English
man comes.
Our honored visitor is the lineal de-
scendant of Donogh Quinn. of kilmal-
lock, in the County OF Cork. who welded
the daughter and heiress of the IA
nous O'Riordans. who as far back as
the fifth century were n powerful ter
ritorial race in Limerick Prior to the
union between Great Britain and Ire
land in 1900. the Quinns were prom
inent among the landed gentry of
Ireland and a baronetcy existed in the
family. In the latter year they were
granted n peerage under the title Of
Baron Adare, hut as the peerage was
an Irish one only, it did not carry with
it 4 seat in the house of lords. Lord
Adare was created Earl of Dunravon
and Mount Earl in 1872 and his son.
afterwards second earl, was married in
1910 to Miss Caroline Wyndham, the
daughter and sole heiress of an ancient
county family Of Glamorganshire.
Wales. The marriage caused the con-
solidation of the estate and this lady,
grandmother of the present Lord Dun
raven. brought to his family one of the
finest landed properties in Wales.
which =
of surprising beauty. the ancestral
home OF the Wyndhams- The name
of Wyndham was adopted in addition
TO that of Quinn. 1T is not however.
specially to this residence. but to the
real Dunraven mansion in ireland that
the present article refers.
The earl of Dunraven was brought
up in a part Of the south of ireland
which affords unusual facilities for the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12

ton extended to the skillful manipula-
ton of sail and rudder Cd the wide wa
ters of the lordly Shannon, SO that in
thority on yachting matters. Those
who have been intimate with him from
the days of boyhood recall the circum-
stance of his having been dubbed
skipper" by his companions, because
OF his prediction for everything
aquatic. Constant to his first love we
see that he has thus attained an inter
national celebrity as yachtsman, his
beautiful craft. the Valkyrie, being the
perfect realization of ambitious youth
! full dreams.
The pictures here presented Of Adare
manor are from private photographs
! The village itself lies in an exquisite
valley, some eight miles from the city
of Limerick, in the south of Ireland
This entire section of the country is
rich in historic ruins, among them the
remains of Desmond castle, the strong
hold of the famous Geraldines, who
played such stirring part in the
drama of Irish history. This was the
| fortress which ''much incommoded"
the troops of Queen Elizabeth. The
ruins are still preserved of the abbey
| founded at Adarc by the Friars of the
Holy Trinity for the redemption of the
crusaders who in the reign of Edward
l. had been captured by the infidel in
Palestine. In the choir of the chapel
lie the remains of Thomas Geraldine,
earl of Kildare, and of Joan his wife,
who endowed the monastery. These
and many other ruins We're restored by
the last Lord Dunraven. who has thus
insured their permanent preserva ton.
The old abbeys adorn the village which
probably dates from the early part of the
thirteenth century. The late earl and
countess restored these and gave them
to the Catholics and Protestants of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


THE first omnibus astonished the
New Workers in 1880.
PHILADELPHIA had the first IRE in
surance company in America.
THE climate Of the southern polar
region is much more severe than that
of corresponding regions to the north.
MEDIEVAL doctors considered chips
from the gallows on which somebody
had been hanged good remedy for
ague.
AT the time of the Persian wars all
Greek men wore long hair, tied on the
top of the head in a knot and fastened
with hairpin.
PALINDRoNEs, words or sentences
which spell or read the same backward
as forward, in superstitious ages were
supposed to possess magical virtues.
IN some of the hotels of Lucknow
and Cawnpore. much frequcnted by
foreign travellers, there are signs which
read thus: please Do Not Strike the
Servants"
THIS year is 1858 of the Jewish era,
74o1 in the Byzantine era; 1858 in the
japanese era, 1910 of the Mohammedan
and the 117th year of the independence
OF the United States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
OF RECENT DATE.

Az English legal document bearing
the date of the year 1899 was recently
IN a Palmyra Mich paper mill.
TACOMA. Wash, is not likely to be-
come popular with tramps, as the COM
mon council recently enacted an ordi-
nance requiring all tramps to be sub
jected TO two baths day.
An owl and a crow at Flint have for
a long time been companions. The
other night the owl disappeared and
was not seen for some time. When she
came back she ate the crow.
A STRANGE patient was lately adj
nlitted 30 the Bellevue hospital in New
York city. 1t was half-starved mon
key, and prompt mepical attendance
soon sent it chattering gleefully home
ward.
A COOPERATIVE household, compris-
ing forty connected dwellings, is to be
established at Cleveland, Ohio. The
cooking and laundry work are to be
done in one house, and the expense is
TO be divided among the families.
A. p Huron. of Guthrie. O. T.. traded
. revolver year ago to S. S. Slowson
for watch. A few days ago they
quarreled and Slowson fred the re-
volver at him and the watch stopped
the cartridges The watch was just in
time that time.
The ancient Hammond House, at
Marblehead. Mass, is being torn down,
and some of its spruce timbers, which
have been protected from rain and
wind for more than two hundred years,
are being eagerly sought after by
~iolin-makcrs for use in the manufac-
Aure of their instruments.
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eral important instances their mac
curacy has been simply marvellous.
The American public has been mis-
led on many important points con-
corning this distinguished and gallant
sportsman. Nor has word been said
concerning his beautiful and historic
home, which is to the full as picturesque
a study as its master. The accompany
ing views, which have been procured
from a private source, afford some idea
of its charms and will commend them
selves to the reader as being entirely
new.
On account of his truly sportsman
like qualities, SO admirably displayed
during the recent competition for the
coveted international trophy, Lord
Dunraven has won the respect and
esteem of Americans, and perhaps it is
not too much to say that of the
various challengers who have in past
years sailed their yachts in these
waters for the Americas cup the owner
of the Valkyrie is one of the most pop
ular.
LII lioiioilIS Lulu 1DuhJ dwell, llOW-
ever, the newspapers have all the time
insisted that they We're honoring an
Englishman. When he landed in New
York the discerning reporter, in re-
cording his first impressions of the
noble yachtsman, said that he had the
usual ford complexion of an English
man. The reporter further, and to his
establishment, discovered that his lord
ship displayed quite unusual ap-
probation of a joke, that is. of course,
for an Englishman: Other writer's in
formed us that Dunraven represented
in his person the best type of English
nobleman. And SO it goes on-and ad
nauseam. Day by day additional de.
lightful traits, hitherto all unsupported
of Englishmen, are discovered by the
interchangeable reporter in the course of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
THEIR NAMES NOT KNOWN.

A KANSAS CITY man has stepson
who is ten years older than himself.
A STRANGE within is displayed by a
saloon-keeper in New Albany, Ind.
He has two polecats which he treats as
pets.
AN English lady cured herself Of
somnambulism after trying every
known remedy in vain, by sewing up
her night dress at the bottom and at
the sleeves.
THE matrimonial record has been
beaten by woman in Vanlue, o. She
has buried her sixth husband, and has
just consoled herself by taking a
seventh. A New York company re-
fused to insure his life.
A SHALL capitalist in st. Louis drew
seventeen hundred and thirty-five dol
lars from savings bank and concealed
it that night in the back part of the
kitchen stove, intending to remove it
in the morning. The servant girl
arose first, and had beautiful fire
blazing when her master came down.
To his great dismay he found his
money had been converted into ashes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
OUR GLORIOUS COUNTRY.

TIE United States has had nine
capital cities since the revolutionary
war broke out.
THE United States has lower per-
centage of blind people than any other
country in the world.
IN 1920 the United States had three
inhabitants to the square mile of area;
in 1890 there were twenty.
The United States has 242 life-saving
stations, ISL on the Atlantic, forty
eight on the lakes, eighteen on the
Pacific and one at the Ohio falls, Louis
vile, Ky.
TWENTY MILLIONS of articles of mail
matter pass through United States
post offices each day. and 500, 900 letters
are received annually at the dead let
ter Office.
TIE United States have 1885 light
houses and beacons, 30 light ships, 1O7
fog signals worked by steam, 1877 by
clockwork. 1,761 river lights and 1885
buoys of various kinds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
MILITARY ITEMS.

A NEW Calling gun can fire 3,129
shots minute, and, worked by small
electric motor, 5000 shots.
THE first mention of a naval uni
form occurred in 174S. when an order
was issued by the British admiralty
requiring uniform and describing of
what it consisted.
THE successor Of the unfortunate
Vice Admiral 1ryon as commander in
chief of the Queens Mediterranean
squadron is Sir Michael Seymour, who
is both the grandson and the nephew
of admirals. He himself has been in
the navy forty-three years.
GEN. MORAN. of the French army,
has enlisted the plow in the service of
war for the hasty preparation of in
trenchments. A half dozen burrows,
which are run parallel on the line Sc
lected, make it possible to turn up in
trenchments in greatly less time than
when the earth has to be loosened by
the spade alone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
GEMS OE VIII.

soNn people do You a favor very
much as hedgehog sheds his quilts.
If self-conceit were taxable there
wouldn't be standing room for all the
humility.
BRASS band can put more lie into
an old nag III o minute than ten-acre
oat field in week of Sundays
The man who depends upon the spur
of the moment often discovers that
particular moment hasn't any snur.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
LORD DUNRAVEN.
He Is Not English, as Is Generally
Supposed.
Descended from an Irish king-He IL Well
Known as Soldier, Statesman and
Litterateur-Iiis Beautiful Home
in County Cork.
ICoPYRIGHT, 1891

1850
OF the many distinguished foreigners
who have visited our shores this year
none has attracted SO much attention
at the earl of Dunraven. This is a
natural consequence of the interest
aroused in the international yacht
race, an event hardly second, in public
estimation, to the worlds fair itself
So much is being said and written
about the famous yacht VallSyrie,
which crossed the Atlantic to race for
the Americas cup. that, were her
owner ignored by the chroniclers, it
would be very much like Hamlet with
Hamlet left out. The historians of the
hour, therefore. have dealt generously
with Lord Dunraven's personallty-at
least in the matter of space-but in sew
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

THE excavation at He'll Gate reef
was attended by $1,000 soundings and
5000 borings.
II is said that the husks of cape
gooseberries when dry, make excellent
yeast and also that very good home
made beer can be made from them.
THE mariners compass was used for
centuries By the Chinese before it was
brought to Europe. Its invention or
introduction is credited to Elavio Gioja,
in the fourteenth century
The umbrella has rarely been enuna-
Grated among antiques, bat John Rick-
Ell. Of Harrisburg, Pa, has one which
he says is los years old. 1t has always
been IL the possession of the BicAel
family-it has never been loaned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12

development of a natural taste for
sports Among his first recollections
the cry of the fox hound in the open, the
crack of the rifle over the autumn stub
BILE, the swish of the anglers line along
the banks of the well-stocked stream
were welcome and familiar sounds.
Thus he early learned to be fearless on
the bunting field, a keen shot after
grouse and pheasant and successful,
enthusiastic fisherman. Nor was this
all; his capacity for outdoor recrea-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12

At the exhibition at Antwerp next
rear. FOR an original feature. after ine
manner Of the Eifel tower and the
Ferris wheel. two captive balloons
viii be pu. together and form a sta
tionary aerial castle big enough to
hold 80 guests about 1000 fee: above
the earth. II will De held TO the ground
by four stout cables. II will be reached
By two smaller captive balloons. which
Will go up and down every quarter Of
az hour
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
FOUND IN THE WEST.

THE Dakota river is the longest UNI
navigable river in the world. over 1000
miles.
Two MEN of San Jose, Cal, recently
waltzed. it is claimed, nineteen consec-
utive hours.
SUPERIOR JUDGE WILLIAM CoNLEY, OF
California, is said to be the Youngest
judge of any court of record in the
United States He is Just twenty-six
years old.
THE closing week of the life OF John
E. Collins, OF Rimini. Mont. was quite
out of the common. Within seven day
ne was married, divorced and had coz
mitted suicide.
EVERGLADES are called by the In
dams ''grass water" Low tracts of
land inundated with water and inter
spersed with patches of high grass.
peculiar to the southern states, are
known as everglades.
An example of the mutation of for
tune occurred several days ago when
the supervisors of Sonoma, Cal, made
special order placing Jonquin Car
rillo on the poor list at ten dollars a
month. He was once one of the rich
est men in California.
THE town of Chamberlain, s. D..
boasts of the largest artesian well in
the world. The well is eight inches in
diameter and the water is thrown four
teen feet above the top Of the pipe.
Water is claimed to flow at the rate of
5000 gallons minute.
THE Indians in some parts of Oregon,
notably Grant, are offering ponies for
sale at from $3.50 to 81 apiece. The
high water prevented the usual run of
salmon in the big rivers and this has
meant great loss to the Indians, many
being practically ruined thereby.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12

Worth, the great Paris dressmaker,
says that some years ago a Peruvian
heiress paid his firm $50. 900 for single
gown, $50, 600 being the cost of the laces
alone. A few weeks ago he sold cloak
for sig 900, OF which $4,000 went for
che fur
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
Her Idea

VIII d'0ats-Don't with your girlish
fancy. think me too good. II there
Were but one bad man il the world /
would be that man
Fan ID. Saihie-Nhat q good time
you'd haye,-puek
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12

He-Do YOU think Miss Van Twill
kens photographs DO her justice?
She-oh. yes; justice tempered with
mercy.-Judre
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12

Mrs JANET CARLYLE HASS1Sa. the
only surviving sister of Thomas Car
lyle, has just celebrated her cightieth
birthday at her home, Comeiy Banl:
farm, Trafalgar. Ont.
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Notary Seals.

Seals for Notaries Public Corporations, Stock Com
panies Lodges, Etc Orders filled promptly. Also
Stock Certificates for Corporations and Stock Com.
panies, either printed or Autographed
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Monograph.
800 copies from one original Writing, Drawing
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machine, extra supplies etc.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-04
COUNSEL TO MEN OR LARGE AFFAIRS.

During such period OF financial disturbance as the
present, you find necessary to concentrate all your
Talents and energies on Inc management of your aara
You cannot safely delegate the work to another.
AT this time any one else, matter what his ability
would be unable to successfully conduct your business or
protect your investments as well as you can.
But there is a CHANCE that you may at any moment
be FORCED thus to turn your affairs the manage.
ment OF another-nam-ly, in the of your DEATH
Remember that executors often think more about
avoiding risks and protecting themselves than of carry
ing out the spirit of the views They gener
ally lack experience in the business they are trying to
wind up.
This inexperience and possible lack of interest may
cost fifteen per cent of the value of your estate
or more.
You cannot but recognize the truth of this statements
nevertheless you guard against this loss by assuring
your life for the amount which in your judgment your
executors would waste in winding up your estate.
You easily, by economizing a little in your
living expenses pay from your income the premium
policy for $4,000 100000 issued by the strongest
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bic Life Assurance Society of the United States 100
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If you then chance to die, your executor will be
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On the other hand if you lve and take your assu-
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ment plan, you will YOURSELF reap rich reward
turty of the policy
The following is an illustration of out of many
such policies maturing in 1898
EXAMPLE.
LETTER FROM A POLICYHOLDER IN THE EQUITABLE.
response your request that should give you for pubca
Policy No 1884 which matured June 2 1885,
/ beg o make the following statement:
The policy $1,000 Issued twenty years the
plan The paid premiums 1888 60.
offered
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with interest exceeding
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Thrd-A life annuity Of Sli25o.
Tuna 1904 r.. RILEY.
the above letter has applied the EQui
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policy.
JOHN r. WEST, Manager,
RICHMOND, VA.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-04

Mr.. NJ +. II. Rogers yesterday nfter-
noon filed a deed Of assignment in the
clerks Office Of the Chancery Court. The
assignment is made TO Richard A. Hill,
trustee, and the conveyed property con-
ssts of the contents OF the liquor and
family grocery store at 2026 east Main
street, one horse. one wagon, one buggy
and harness; also the fixtures contained
in the barber-shop at 2024 east Main
street, owned by Rogers, and his interest
in the fire insurance policy No. 1872,
OF the Hartford Fire Insurance Company,
for the sum Of 81, l50, for the loss Of
portion of the stock sustained by fire
on September 21st, the amount OF the
loss having been placed at si13.45
out Of the proceeds Of the sale the
sum Of $50 is to be paid to Messrs. Mon
tague & Dawson for legal services. AZ
ter payment Of the usual legal expenses,
the following claims are to be Batisfied:
S. A. Dementy. $3.50 on note; Stand
ard Distllling Company, two notes sg-
gregating S162. e.; Slater. Myers & Co..
two notes aggrcgatiug S290.SO; Gates
Brown, one note. SS307. All other credi-
tors are to be paid pro rata. The la
bilities are estimated at 5000.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-04

In the Police Court yesterday the case
OF John Cephus and Henry Bibles. the
two negroes who were arrested by officers
Hall and Wren, charged with having I'm
their possession a lot Of clothing the
property Of Mrs Murphy ard Mrs. Spragg,
which was stolen from trunks at
Sweel ey's storage warehouse, was CON
tinued until the 18th instant. I'm order to
secure the presence Of some necessary
witnesses I'm the case. Samuel Jones
(colored). who WAS believed 70 have been
implicated In the affair was discharged.
John Day (colored). charged with un-
lawfully carrying a pistol, shooting at
Willie Johnson, and also with being
suspicious character, was fined $40 and
costs and sent 10 the grand Jury. lie
was also given six months I'm jail in de-
fault Of security on the charge OF being
a suspicious character.
The general h1ht. I'm which Victoria,
Rosa and Viree Williams and Rebecca
and Minnie Roberts, Samuel ArmistCad.
Eleanor Reed and several other colored
damsels took n hand, cost the gang $3.50
and costs each
A number Of unimportant cases were
similarly disposed Of and the court ad-
fOurned
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-04
SHTY-EIG Examined.
This Number Of yirginians Desire 10 Serve
In the Governme Mt Departments.

A civil fervice examination Of appli-
cants for positions in the departments at
Washington took place yesterday In the
hall Of the Horse Of Delegates. These
examinations usually take place In the
United States CCurt-rooms in the Custom
House, but as both the United States
District and Supreme Circuit Courts were
In session other quarters had to be Sc
cured
The examination was conducted by
the local Board OF Examiners, composed
Of officials in the city post-ofiice, under
the supervision Of Mr.. c. r. Wales, OF
the Civil Service Commission at Wash
ington.
The board were instructed TO secure
accommc dations for the examination, but
there were only 6S aspirants present,
about Is OF whom were ladies, who under
took the clerkship and copyist examina-
lions. There were q applications for the
railway mail service, 10 for elerkships, II
for copyists, for Indian service, l for
pc st. Office iuspectorship. ! for assistant
examiner in Patent Office, for observer
in the Weather Bureau, and for mechan-
zeal draughtsman.
The examinations VIII be examined and
certified 10 the commission at Wash.
ington, and those who stand a proper ex-
animation Will be placed on the eligible
list, subject TO any vacancies which may
occur.