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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04
Thought He Was Scared.

Papa-What is your mamma doing?
Little Notwithstanding.
Papa surprised En-? Knitting?
What?
Little Daughter don't know: but
YOU needn't be scared. 1t isn't her
broys.-CIood News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04
A yengefGl Girl.

did you hear of Miss Keedick's
frightful revenge because Mr.. Skidds
Tilted her and married Sue Gsskett?"
mo: what was it?''
"She went with Sue to help her Sc
lect her house-furnishing and you just
ought TO see it!''-Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04

.>ra-sIow IS what you ear = hack
writer, isn't he's
NO. PsrSI0sv writes tr1csz. Puck
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04
Good for Polly

"My parrot IS patriotic bird, said
Breksus
las 70 how" asked BARLOW.
''on the Fourth OF July she always
says Polly wants q free-seker.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04
A Hemi.isceut Bridal Tour.

A Reminiscent Bridal rsur.
Mrs Nuwed (nestiing closer toshiS
sidc)-Oh, George, I'm SO glad we camN
over this road, There are three of the
longest tunnels imaginable a few
miles further en-.
Mr. Nuwed (blissfuny)-Andi how
does my laaybird know?
Mrs Nuwed-How do / know Why.
this is the very same road we went
over when Charley Freshleigh took mo
to the Sundsy-schOol picnic last yearl
Puck.
Picnic Tragedy.
he was strong sad hsle and hearty, I'll he .s.nsA
spic1A party;
And went gayly to the woodland Gay %
pleasure beat:
Nov TIC doctors iances hit him vhrrs tho
snakes snc hornets biz nirn.
And they say bis constitution Is notiworth q
pewter cent
Neutrality-suspicious.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04
UBder Favorable cIreuu.sases..

Mrs BTown-Tbat poor woman xas
brcker-he2Tted over the loss Of her only
son, who was blown up while firing Of
his cannon She sad She hoped be
was IN Heaven
Mrs Malaprop-i guess BE is, my
dear. Re got good start---Judgs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04

81 suppose shall have 20 buy soma
frecrackers for Freddy. said Mrs
Bloobumper, as she entered the fire.
works store.
Let me recommend our new noise
less variety" replied the elerS. just
the thing for nervous parents 20 buy
for their children -. brooklyn Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04

A Mistake.
Little Miss Freckles-I made ugly
faces at your stuck-up sister the other
day, but guess she didn't see me.
Little Johnny-Yes, she did, but she
thought they was natural. Good
News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04
Not an rnna.ur., Mistake.

Servant-Step this way, Mr.. Whizz-
Caller-Mr. what? My name is Jones.
Servant-Your pardon. sir. When
handed your card to Miss Mollie sha
said: &c. Whizz. Show him in
Binghamton Leader.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04

"And you want me 10 wear KS ring,
Mr.. Toni"
Yes, always, dear"
"Well. will, but member. II doesn't
mean anything. "-Harper's Bazsr.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04

Very Likely,
Tangle-What a pretty little car
rage Miss Tiff has.
Mrs. Tangle-Yes, that must be tho
carte blanche she told me her papa had
given her.-Texas Siftings
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-15
Much Better Than Begging.

An Erchin 8 Years old. with Il very
dirty face and a pair of bright eyes. ac-
costed a wona as she was hurryinn
across the common the other day.
please to give me sone money to get
me something to eat" he whinea.
No. won't give you any money to
get you something toeat," was the reply.
The lady ininickea his whine.
Finally she hired him to carry her UNI
brella to her office. and on their way
thither she gave him a dissertation on
labor and its fruits in phrases she thought
he would understand. She advised him
to go into the newspaper business and
loaned him 20 cents to invest in papers.
after he had signed his name to a con-
tract she drew up, promising to pay her
Immediately he had cleared that amount.
In an hour and a half he came back to
the Office proudly and deposited the
money loaned on her desk. She took 10
cents OF it. aud he kept the other to make
further investments. The next day he
cleared $50. He was radiant.
This is better than begging, isn't it,
she asked.
"You bet" he said.
Now, if | give You this 10 cents, will
you promise to buy with it what l shall
ask you::'
sYes,m."
Then buy a cake of soap and use it,"
He said he would and went out.-Bos-
ton Globe.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-15

One of the interesting objects in the
lower part of the city is a piece of crude
Para rubber that weighs 1.20o pounds.
1t resembles "A rough casting of iron and
is in the shape Of a bell. In the window.
where it is exhibited is Il shoe of rubber
like those worn by the Indian women Of
Brazil. Its orndnlenta.ion IS beautiful.
The toe is erimrel. while on the ifsfeo
and the quarters are flowers. the daiSv
and the lansy. 1t seems 10 be a very
comfortable SHOE. Leather is moi I'M
known to the Indians who live IN the
rubber district, but rubber with them
takes the place of wood, iron and CLOTH
New York Trit.nna
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-15
Good Advice on the Subject 0f Hats.
C1~,o 0,,n 10. e,,1 Al,a

UOOD AuStcc ou INC SuDJect III Hats.
Some n has said that not one man in
q dozen knows how to wear q dress coat
and it is quite as true that a large mum.
ter OF individuals do not have any idea
how to wear II hat. One man can wear
his hat at the back Of his head and look
well dressed. while another having his
hat in that position would look as though
he were recovering, from a p%rotracted
round of dissipation. 1t is just the same
with the other positions. on the top OF
the head. on either side or drawn over
the forehead. 1t is knowing how to wear
il hat which makes it look well, and the
knowledge often enables the poor man
to look more dressy III Il cheap hat than
his richer neighbor III II much more cost
ly one
The time the knowledge is !, saving
n is when buying IA hat. A good sales
man will take care that a customer gets
a hat that will fit him when worn in the
position which is most becoming to that
individual. but unless this is taken care
OF by either purchaser or salesman there
will be little satisfaction from the pur-
chase and the hat will probably blow off
at the smallest ~provocation. A 4 that
and is worn right seldom bl. vs. of.
no matter how high the wind may be-
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-15
A Belief That Proves Troublesome,

A%recently returned eastern missionary
says that a small. but persistent, vexa-
ton in household affairs is the firm be.
lief in the transmigration of souls among
ones Buddhist servants and its often
ludicrous consequences. For instance,
once on shipboard the sailors were d.
rected to kill the cockroaches with which
the vessel was infested. This they dared
not do, fearing that some ancestor spirit
might be imprisoned in that most I'M
likely form. They approached the YER
min gently. lifted them up on sheets Of
paper and dropped them overheard in a
manner almost tender and quite defer
entail.
One young convert chung to her newly
made friend during her last illness with
the constant cry that she feared, when
the end should come, that the old belief
would be too strong for her. it pressed
SO hard upon her that the soul was des-
tined for further earthly life. II was a
cause for great rejoicing at tho mission
station that dissolution came III sleep
and unattended by this horror.-New
York Times.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-15

The youth Of 80 summers was talking
to the girl of % about his teeth.
Just think Of it," he said. I'm cut
tin- a wisdom tooth in my upper jaw"
People don't have wisdom teeth in
the upper Jaw she commended.
But I'm cutting one" he insisted.
.PShaw." she said. as wome argue.
that isn't a wisdom tooth: that's Just an
ordinary intelligence tooth" And the
young man refused to continue the dis
cussion.-Detroit Free Press.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-15

Though the Egyptians claim to nave
been taught by Harines the art of max
ing glass, it may b stated upon the
thority of Pliny that its discovery be-
longs to the Syrians. or rather Phnni-
clans. who obtained il accidentally. \
small number Of sailors who had landed
upon the coast of Spain built q fire Ion
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-15

All the northern coast Indians hav,
a tradition 81 4 food which DESTROYED al
mankind. except a pair from which tht
earth was again reoplad. Each tribe
gives the story IA local coloring. but til,
plot of the legend is much the same. The
Bella Coola tradition is as follows:
The creator of the universe. Mes-mes.
sa-la-nik. had great difficulty in the ar.
rangement of the land and water. The
earth persisted in sinking out of sight.
AT last he hit upon Il plan which worked
very well. Taking a long line of twisted
WARNS hide he tied it around the dry
land and fastened the other end to the
corner OF the moon, Everything worked
well for a long time. but at last the spirit
became very much offended at the action
OF mankind, and i'll a fit of anger on lay
seized his great stone knife and with q:
mighty hack severed the rope of twisted
skin. Immediately the land began to
sink into the sea. The angry waves
Ill torrents up the valleys. and in
a short time nothing was visible except
the peak Of a Very high mountain.
All mankind persisted in the whelming
waters with the exception of two, a man
his wife. who We're out fishing in a
big canoe. These two succeeded in
reaching the top of the mountain and
proceeded TO make themselves at home.
Here they remained for some time until
the anger Of Mes-mes-sa-la-nik cooled.
which resulted in his fishing up the sew
throng and again fastening it to the
From this pair thus saved the
earth was again populated.-Nictoria (B.
c. Colonist.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-15
The Growth of NlSmso

Hypnotism. spiritism, theosophy and
many other things pertaining to psychol-
ogy and biology are occupying the at
tention of brainy men and women. We
may pooh pooh these as much as We
please. the fact remains that they are
steadily forcing themselves ON our atten.
tion.-Edgar Lee in Arena.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-15

the sand j" s%unncrteS ,neir cooAing
utensils with stones which they had
found nea the shore. After finishing
their meal II of the party accidentally
raked the ashes. and the action of the
heat having combined the inter and
sand he found a crystalline substance
the glass of the present day.-Boston
Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

ysof. SaEN-gao srksDsEEs wEEFgwrs-
i saza@ ~azsa-.. = 8sESe s-szsss. sss1 8 god 4
ssss v sAtEa sszs Fksfg@s u II ats1 F7s -
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

A few years ago there was much
criticism because SO much money was
spent in educating cadets at the An
napoiis naval academy. 1t also costs
a good deal mother countries to edu-
cate officers for the navy, especially
for the British navy. A complaint was
published in one of the London papers
a few days ago because each cadet
costs about $500 year. On the train
ing ship Britannia at Dartmouth there
are 24S cadets, with a staff of l02 in
structors, and it costs about $500, 900 a
wear to maintain them. OF this amount
the parents and guardians pay to the
government about $50. 900 year. The
royal naval college at Greenwich is
said to be another quicksand for the
public money. 1t costs $3.50, 600 year
to keep it running, and according 70
the average attendance each officer
there instructed costs the country
about 81, $50 a year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
The Modern Picaic.

when we went on picnics when l
was a boy" said a middle-aged man,
''yve used 20 carry our cake and things
in baskets They were pretty heavy,
going. bat we used TO think how much
lighter and easier to carry they were
coming home, and we were quite will
ing to carry them Bat see how in
this latter part of the nineteenth cen
fury even that little detail Of life has
been made simpler and easier ! heard
my tyvelve-yea--old boy this morning
say TO another boy with whom he was
going on picnic; Bring your things
in paper bag and then YOU won't be
bothered with anything TO lug around
after the picnic Is over"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
HOW TO GET STRONG.
The Samsoniau Sandow Tells How He
Studied a Model Statue in Milan.

! The Samsonisn Sandow Tells How He
Studied Model Statue in Milan.
! Great strength is created, not made,
says Sandow, N the New York Morn
| ing Journal l mean by that remark
that the bone and sinew must be of
the right material, else any amount of
training will fail to develop strength.
! 1t has been my experience that many
have been unable to arrive at salts
factory results through inefficient
training.
The fault lies with the trainers To
add strength to limb and muscle re-
quires more than running and dieting.
What is flesh for one person may be
fish for another. A careful study of
the laws OF hygiene and anatomy must
be a part of the knowledge of the
trainer. and his discretionary powers
must play an active part in the train
ing of his subject.
I The training of a man who makes
his appearance in the prize ring is diff
ferent from that given a man who uses
his strength in lifting and carrying
weights. 4 very good model for the
latter class 10 hollow Is statue OF
some one of the heroes Of oldeu
times, when men were bred for the
arena Man was nearer perfection in
those days than he is at the present
time.
Dissipation and vice nave reduced us
in strength and physique, and if the
pace is kept uT, doubt not that few
centuries hence we shall be a race Of
consumptive pigInies- Years ago,
when / was boy. with my father Wis
tied Milan. and there in the art gall
leries found the model / desired TO
copy. Day after day I visited the
model. each time studying a new mus
Gle or new bump. Before long had
photographed that statue SO firmly on
my mind that could bring it before
my gaze at will. and 1t was nv only
trainer during my hours Of exercise.
The growth OF strength can only be
ascertained by increasing the weight,
but II is dangerous 10 test your rowers
too far. Fools have attempted to lift
more than their reason dictated. and
have met with failure The wise man
will continue 10 live SO long as his
egotisln remains dormant
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
SIS. is to chicago and Return.

The Great Rack Island route will run
excursion trains TO the worlds fair and
return, leaving Wichita:
Monday, July Il; returning July q
and IS
Monday. July "A: returning July IS and
Aug. /.
Monday, July 81: returning Aug 4 and
Aug. IL.
Monday. Aug, :; returning Aug. II and
Aug. Is.
Parties desiring to take advantage Of
these cheap excursions VIII please call
nj the Rock Island city ticket Office, corner
OF Main and Douglas, and register their
names, so that ample accommodation may
be provided for all.
The Rock Island is the only line landing
passengers ut Euglewood, within one mile
IA len-n.inute ride by electric caTs-oi
the maiu entrance of TIE fair grounds.
For any further Information call on
!. II. PHILLIPS
e City Ticket j seat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
IN THE HEART OF A POPLAR.
The Strange Place In Which . Kentucky
Skeleton Was Found.

chcictOh wa IOouAs
A surveyor of NcCracken county,
KY. recently told the Paducah CORE
/ spondeut Of tine Louisville Times about
discovery made by some workmen
on his farm, about ten miles from the
former place. The men felled large
poplar tree, some five feet in diameter
at the base. The surface of the trunk
was perfect except in one spot where
''catface'' indicated that there had
once been hole into the interior On
chopping up the trunk and splitting
it, hollow was found to run through
it, and in that hollow was the skele-
ton of a man. The skull and teeth
were intact, and also good portion Of
the vertebre, the breast bone, the
the lower part being about two or three
feet from the ground. The thinnest
part of the wood covering these bones
was fifteen inches. When the discov-
cry was made hundreds of people in
spected the wonder and carried off the
bones as relics. Various were the
opinions. wise and otherwise. that were
man skeleton became imbedded in the
very center of an apparently perfect
tree.
Those who are familiar with tho
growth of forest trees were of the opin
ion that it must have been encased in
its upright coffin at least eighty years.
Was it an Indian or white man? Had
he taken refuge there from an inn
pending danger, and, being unable to
extricate himself, had he died and be-
come encoffined by the natural growth
of the tree, or is it the secret of some
terrible crime committed in the long
distant past? These are some of the
questions which none could answer.
When the surveyor was asked why he
did not preserve the bones for scientific
examination, he replied that before
anything of that sort suggested itself
the skeleton had been broken up and
distributed far and wide.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
BY Telegraph.

KANSAS CITY. Aug. 7.-t'ATTI. E-llere,pts C. IN
thipments 300. Best grades steady, others weak
Iex&ssteets 81 UttS =, IeXts COWS 81 aOen2 - -iu-
ping steers 81 t01J Oh. native cows al apa3 OU bui
mlxed 81 55GG2 81, HOGS-Kec-ipis $50 shipments
W. Market lhG25c lower Bulk of sales 81 OO3i 80
aeaVies 81 1894 -. packers 81 50a4 % yors ers 80 ID
20 80 pigs - Gts5 =. SHkEP-t eceipts 2GUu ship.
nlents 81 Market steady. Muttons SIS %
ST. Louis Aug. s-CATTLE- Receipts 1900 ship.
ments 100. Market steady and strong Fair 10
good native steers s. 0Jsi 80 fair to good Texas
steors - 5OG3 H. HOGS Receipts AGO shipments
W. Market Opened higher. closed 20teaOc lower
Heavy 81 SOSi %. mixed s. D5 o., light 81 slsa s.
ShEEP-heceipt- lHQ shipments lOOU Market
Iow. Receipts all stockers
CHICAGO. Aug. 7-SATTLE-Rece,pts 70 COZ SHIN
ments lsN. Market sta gnant trade lower Extra
beeVes 81 ~ 20 choice - 35si So good 81 75et 40
others s. Ud5 g. westerns Is s3 So Texans 81 Is
~ 90 native cows So Il IS HoGS-Receipts Vi o O.
shipments 4Un Market closed z5S 40c lower. Good
10 sorted lights s. 0oG5 10. SHEEP-Recei pt 5
s9lJ shipments 10. sheep strong, lambs higher.
on. ~ - w
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
THE SNAlL'S MOUTH.
It Il Well No Big Wild Beast Has On
Like 1t.

1t Is Well NO Big Wild Beast HAS One
Like 1t.
SIT is fortunate thing for man and
the rest of the animal kingdom" said
the naturalist to New York Sun
man, 'that no large wild animal has a
mouth constructed with the devouring
insignificant looking snails mouth, for
that animal could out devour anything
that lives. The snail itself is such an
entirely unpleasant, not to say loath-
some, creature to handle that few
amateur naturalists care to bother
with it, but by neglecting the snail
they miss studying one of the most in
teresting objects that come under
their observation.
Anyone who has noticed snail
feeding on leaf must have wondered
how such soft, flabby, Shiny animal
can make such a sharp and clean-cut
incision in the leaf, leaving the edge
as smooth and straight as if it had
been cut with a knife. That is due to
the peculiar and formidable mouth he
has. The snail eats with his tongue
and the roof of his mouth. The tongue
is ribbon which the snail keeps in a
coil in his mouth. This tongue is in
reality band saw, with the teeth on
the surface instead of on the edge.
The teeth are so small that as many
as thirty thousand of them have
been found on one snal's tongue.
They are exceedingly sharp, and only
a few of them are in use at time.
Not exactly only few of them, but a
few of them comparatively, for the
snail will probably have four or
five thousand of them in use at once.
He does this by means of his coiled
tongue. He can uncoil as much of this
as he chooses, and the uncoiled part
he brings into service. The roof of
his mouth is as hard as bone. He
grasps the leaf between his tongue
and that hard substance, and rasping
away with his tongue saws through
the toughest leaf with ease, always
leaving the edge smooth and straight.
''By use the teeth wear off or be-
come dulled. When the snail finds
that this tool is becoming blunted he
uncoils another section and works that
out until he has come to the end of the
coil Then he coils the tongue up
again and is ready to start in new, for
while he has been using the latter por-
lions of the ribbon the teeth have
grown in again in the idle portions
the saw has been filed and reset, so to
speak-and while ne is using them the
teeth in the back part of the coil are
So think l am right in say
ing that if any large beast of prey was
fitted up with such a devouring APP
paratus as the snail has it would go
hard with the rest OF the animal king
DOM
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

intermixed with the Indians and sub
sequently with the negroes, and thus
formed the present race Of Melungeons
They are tall, straight, well-formed
people, OF dark copper color. but
with Circassian features. They were
privileged voters in the old slave days
and accredited citizens They are
brave but quarrelsome, and are hospit-
able to strangers They have no
preachers among them and are almost
without any knowledge OF a Supreme
Being. They marry by established
forms, but husband and wife can sepa-
rate at pleasure without meeting with
any reproach or disgrace from their
friends. They have but little associa-
ton with their neighbors, and are in
every respect, save that they are under
the Jurisdiction of the state govern
ment, separate and distinct people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

81. seerzs - Ene. szi6 thz father Q.
. family. that the growing boz j. .
sort ot human telescope fIs Et-Stca-
- oss IL the TDrs+ vs0sfssrfsl ia zSr.
bat I sont tlss1is son failT rszlsss hos~
much until BE cc-zes - ~ CT as Izs<
ssaSss.s's clothes wAs reaSrsSea -
this :<,-day ysaea uE oldsss bog. AZ
rsezrlng sn bis last summers tr9EScsa.
seemed - be al feet za1 ankles Tia
mother q The grosTiny girl lets ca.
the tzeks n her d-ease< sfoaia tA@-e
sve~e tsscks IL ne l-oy's trousers. haI
there are ncas. ard sAEre Is nothing ~
% hsz. 20 bay Eess onTA~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
THE MELUNGEONS.
A Strange People Who Live In the Moan
tasus of Tennessee.


It is not generally known that in the
mountains of eastern Tennessee there
lives class OF peculiar-looiing people
whose origin is wrapped in mystery
and who are called by the whites Meiun-
geons-
The legend OF their history, which
they carefully preserve, Is this: A great
many years ago these mountains were
settled by society 81 Portuguese sd-
venturers, men and women. who came
from the shore OF Virginia, that they
might he freed from the restraints and
drawbacks imposed upon them by any
form OF government They made them
selves friendly with the Indians and.
freed. as they were, from ever kind of
social government they uprooted al
conventional forms of society and lived
II q kind az delightful Utopia % their
oyvn creation, t-arapling upon the mar
rage relation. oespising all fo-rns o.
religion and suhsisti1g upon corn-she
only possible product OF the sou-sad
iAe 2ape Qt Inc great sorsst& Thez