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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
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Hiram Inboden md Miss Evelyn left
the city yesterday for a visit to Decatur
and then to Chicago They expect to be
absent during the balance of the month.
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WICHITA HOSPITAL

Regular meeting of hoard of directors Of
Wichita hospital today at 2:30 p. IN. By
order of president.
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NOTICE W, z. C..

Will be called promptly at l O'Clock to
attend the funeral of Mr.. Ell Knoblauch.
Bv order of MARY Z. TOBIAS, Pres.
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KANSAS TO THE FRONT

With a 4 ast and Improved Train Service 10 Kan
sss CITY, St l.ouis, Chicago and the
Worlds FAIR.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
FORTUNE IN CROWNS.

The king Of Portugal is said to have
the most valuable crown, says the New
York World. The jewels in it are valu-
ed at S6,5O0,0 900. One of the coStlieSt
crowns in Europe is that worn by the
car of Russia on state occasions. 1t
is surnounted by 4 cross formed Of
five ma gnificent diamonds resting upon
an immense uncut but polished ruby
The corOnet of the empress contains
the most beautiful mass of diamonds
collected in one band. The crown of
the queen empress of Great Britain,
valued at 81, 100000, contains one large
ruby, one large sapphire, 16 others,
eight emeraldS, four smaller rubieS,
$50 brilliant diamonds, 1878 rose dia-
monds, four drop shaped pearls and
269 other pearls In official dress the
sultan of JOhOre wears including his
crown-$1O,0OO0 900 worth of diamonds.
His collar, epaulets, belt, cuffs and
orders blaze with diamonds. On his
wrist are heavy gold bracelets and his
fingers are cramped with almost price
less rings. The handle and scabbard
of his sword are a solid mass Of preci-
Gus stones. The most expensive royal
regalias in the world are those of the
Maharajah of Baroda, India. First
comes q gorgeous collar containing 500
as large as walnuts. Top and bottom
rows of emeralds of equal size relieve
the luSter of the diamonds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
FASHIONS IN BABYLAND.

Hemstitched edges are the prettiest
finish for the short frocks Of little ones.
Very swell babies are to wear gold
buttons set with tiny diamonds this
season.
Very luxurious infants cut their teeth
on eXquisitely chased silver and pearl
rings.
IChildren's shoes in red and blue
and brown suede will be worn in the
house during the winter.
Baby rattles of silver and pearl, with
chimes of bells and ivory whistles,
are in favor with irritable infants.
The old-fashioned coral bead armlets
which our mothers wore are affected
by the babies of fashionable mammals.
White enamel cribs for children are
finished with brass knobs and over
hung by a canopy of lace-trimmed and
dotted Swiss.
"A bread and milk set for a young
aristocrat is of delicate Dresden china,
with cherubs pictured on the interior
of the bowl.
A dainty coverlet is of white silk,
hand painted in conyOlvulus clusters.
Across the front is embroidered, "a
mothers skies are her babys eyes"
Baby Books are among the novel
ties at the fashionable stationers. They
are bound in white and gold and there
are illuminated blanks for the full
name, the hour and date of birth,
the first photograph and for eventful
days when the first tooth appears and
the first step is taken.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
CHATEAUBRIAND LONELY
GRAVE.

Chatedubriand, the famous French
author, who, after dining with Wash
ington at Philadelphia, said, There
is virtue in the look of a great man."
is buried at the actual spot where he
was born, and probably no one was
ever laid in stranger resting place. 1t
is on a j. ing point of rock in a lonely,
exposed 5sitiOn. The circumstances
which led to his being buried there are
thus related by a French biographe":
The father and mother Of the Vicomte
Chateaubriand We're on board Il vessel
bound for st. Malo. 1t was night when
they neared the coast, and a terrible
storm was raging. No boat could ven
ture to the assistance of the crew. And
the vessel was wrecked upon rock
not far from the shore. Tie mother
of Chateaubriand passed the night upon
the rock and there he was born. When
he had reached manhood he desired
that, as his life had commenced SUI
rounded by the ocean, so he might
sleep in death, guarded by its restless
waves. He accordingly purchased the
rock and built upon it the tomb in
which he now lies. Thus, born amid
the tempest of the elements and dying
during the lull of & more fearful and
scarcely ended storm of human pas
sions, he rests in his lonely tomb over
the waters
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
CHOLERA'S ENDEMIC HOME.

Shocking as are the statistics Of NOR
tality among the pilgrims to Mecca re-
ported from Tunis a few days ago.
where of 5000 who set out but half
the number returned, the death rate
of this year is but little greater than
that of ordinary years. The health
officials of Bombay and other Indian
cities, according to the New York Sun,
have for some time been collecting
facts and statistics to show that India
does not deserve the i'll reputation it
has of being 1.-THE endemic home of
cholera" but that Arabia is the home
of the plague, and they are preparing
to make strenuous efforts to arouse the
Arabian authorities and convince them
of the fact, and to have them apply 4
remedy. Some of the statistics printed
in the Bombay Gazette reveal terri
bic state Of affairs.
According to the official returns Of
the health officer of Bombay, of 81 600
pilgrims who left that city for Mecca
during the past eight years only co.
600 have come back. Thirty pilgrims
in every hundred have persisted in
every year of that period, and very
many Of those who survived to return
home have come back only to die Of
disease contracted on the pilgrimage.
The facts adduced go to prove that the
pilgrims do not carry disease with
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
WOMEN BEFORE THE CAMERA.

New DIRK Sun:-The most graceful
woman in the world, according to a
celebrated photographer, is Bernhardt.
and she understands the art of posing
for Ii picture rs no other woman can
pose. Whether languishing on couch
as Cleopatra or sitting for Il profile
IN a modern gown, there is a certain
relaxation of muscles and an absence
Of joints, i poiSe of the head and
droop of the arms that lend her an air
OF perfect ease. She does not strain
her eyes to make them large, or droop
the Ids TO make them languishing.
She seems simply to look at you while
she thinks of something else. a fashion
Of hers when not sitting for a por-
trait.
The queen of England is another
good sitter for photograph, and
though she has had several hundreds
taken at different times, she never
spoils a plate and rarely disapproves
of any of them. The princess of
Wales, Princess Mary and Princess
Victoria all use cameras themselves.
ana produce very credltable pictures.
One Of the newest and finest arts in
photography is that by which person
may be photographed twice on the
same card, yet in different costumes.
A sample of this feat is a portrait of
Lefty Lind as Cinder-Ellen asleep at
a table in rags and patches, while just
over her shoulder is represented, as in
vision, a second portrait of herself
dressed as the wife of the tabled prince.
There are also the comparativ new
colored photographs, which reproduce
the tints of the gown, as well as the
color of the eyes and hair, upon the
negative. But with all the changes and
with the generality of
sitters, the Photographic smile, the
'look-pleasant'' grin and the pussy-like
Ive4eaten-t he-canary' expression so
on forever in the same old way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
THE MOTHERS LAST SONG.

Sleep. The ghostly winds are blowing,
No moon abroad, no star is glowing;
The river is deep ana the tide is flow
ing
To the land where you and L are go
ing.
We are going afaf,
Beyond moon or star.
To the land where the sinless angels
are.
| lost my heart to your heartlesS sire,
CTwas melted away by his looks Of
fire.
Forgot my God and my fathers ire,
All tor the sake Of a mans desire;
But now Wen go
Where the waters flow,
And make us Il bed where none shall
know.
The world is cruel, the world is untrue;
Our foes are many, our friends are few;
No work, no bread, however we sue.
What is there left for me to do,
But To hy-hy
From the cruel sky,
And hide in the deepest deepS-and die?
Barry Cornwall
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09

them from India. There is a rigid in
spection at Bombay before embarka-
ton, and every pilgrim is required to
pass medical examination, to undergo
Il certain quarantining process, and to
possess Il certificate of good health.
The mortality on the voyage from Bonn
bay to Arabia is very small. 1t is after
! the pilgrims have entered the holy
cities, and during the return, that the
mortality is great.
A record is kept by the British consul
at Jeddah of the number of pilgrims
arriving at and departing from that
port, with such particulars us will in-
sure general identification. The ns-
ures of this record fully corroborate
those of the Bombay officials An aver
age estimate of Il mortality of one-third
among the Indian pilgrims in each year,
when there is no epidemic of cholera,
is clearly established, and the beliee
is expressed, founded on such corro-
borative statistics as are obtainable,
that fully one-third of all pilgrims to
Mecca perish in every year.
The Indian officials assert that the
cholera plaques which periodically
sweep around the world have their
origin in the filth of Mecca and Me-
dina There is great scarcity OF
water in these places, and the quality
of the little obtainable is bad. The
famous Holy Well at Mecca offers the
most complete conditions of spreading
disease. 1t ordinarily contains but lit
tie water. One of the most essential
devotiOns in the pilgrimage is to battle
in and drink of the water from this
we'll, and it's brink is always crowded
with pilgrims, some drawing its water
and pouring it over their persons, 9TH
erS dipping it up in cups and yourds
and drinking it. The water used for
bathing runs directly back into the
well, and thus diseases are directly
spread.
The authorities did for time this
year close up the well. Drainage in
the city there is little or none, and the
most ordinary sanitary precautions
were utterly disregarded by the chol>ed
crowds of pilgrims. Not alone cholera
is thus ured and spread, but the holy
cities are hotbeds of smallpox and
other like terrible diseases. The same
conditions are true of Eel Tor, Jeddah
and Camaran, and the Indian health
officials will, for the protection of it's
people as well as for the sake Of the
country'S reputation, make strong en-
deavors to induce the authorities of the
holy places of pilgrimage to take an
interest in drainage and general SANTA
ton; to have more ScavengerS even If
they have to have fewer priests. They
think that the western nations might
probably take an interest in the con-
dition of things in Arabia, and the re-
suit of their Investigations will be Of
fered in the hope that steps will be
taken to crush out the cholera plague
in what they assume to prove is its
real endemic home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
D1PPER AT THE MAST.
How the Captain of a Becalmed Ship
Made the Water Last.


Water, water everywhere, nor any
drop to drink" Few people besides
sailors can appreciate the terrible i'm
port of these simple words, says the
Youths Companion. A correspondent
writes that on 4 short whaling, or as
sailors say, plum pudding voyage"
which he once made in the brig Arnol-
da of Nantucket, Shubael Higgins,
master, they ran short of water, and
at last the captain decided to put into
Goree, on the west coast of Africa. AS
they neared the Cape de Verde Islands,
however, and got into what are known
IL sailors as the horse ATTITUDES, the
wind fell calm, and the vessel drifted
IDLY on the water.
AS day after day passed with no
sign Of wind Captain Higgins became
impatient. The surface of the ocean
was as smooth as a mirror, and as the
long, heavy sWellS came from the re-
giOns Of the trade winds, the vessel
rolled and tossed about like a cork upon
the water.
we furled the square sails to pre-
vent their being worn out by Shaping
against the mast. The staysails were
all set aud the sheets hauled taut, which
e2sed her somewhat in her rolling.
by this time the water had run so
short that the captain felt obliged to
adopt some plan to avoid all unneces-
sary drinking.
Calling me to his side, he said:
Boy bring me a new tin dipper from
the slop chest
Il did so. Then the captain had all
hands called aft.
Men, he said, I have always
dreaded to put my crew OH short allow
ance, but the time has come when
something must be done to save what
little water we have left
with that he took a piece of spun
yarn from his pocket and tied it TO the
handle of the dipper. Then, turning to
me, he sud: Take this to the mast
head aud tie it there
Now said he, addressing the men,
you can have all the water you want
to drink, but yOI must 60 to the top
of the mast and get tie dipper; and
after drinking all you need, you must
carry the dipper back and tie it to the
mast again. Under no conditions will
one Of you pass the dipper to another.
Every man must get the dipper for him
self. In case of sickness, | will send
the boy al0ft for the sick man. This
rule will apply to all on board, myself
Included
At first we regarded the matter as
a joke on the captains part, but as the
days wore on and each of us made his
"trip aloft after the dipper, slfe novelty
wore off. We soon found, however,
that the captains plan for saving
water was /; pretty effectual one. The
ships scuttle butt, which formerly we
had been obliged to replenish from the
casks every other day, would now run
q week without refilling.
I'VE were becalmed just sixty days.
Then the trade wind set in, and we
proceeded to GOree and refilled our
casks. But the memory of the trips
l made aloft after that dipper, and the
spirit in which Captain Higgins per-
formed his part of the contract, left
an impression on my mind which re-
mains 10 this daVo
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
THE FAKIR DIDN'T WEAKEN.
But Scintillated Best When Viciously
Beset by a Victim.

A fakir had a lot of German silver
rings spread out on a little table just
across the street from the Louisville
Ky, depot, says the Times, and was de-
claring in a loud voice that he would
warrant each one to cure rhematism if
worn On the finger for a month, when a
stout backed and determined looking
man walked up to him and said:
You were at Gainesville about a
month ago."
Yes, sir, and I am going back there
next week. The people of Gainesville
are crying for my rings. VINO wants
the next? Five different sizes and all
warranted to afford permanent relief
to the Wearers."
Il bought this ere ring of you down
at Gainesville" continued the man,
with a CLEAN of danger in his eve.
Not the slj"htest doubt of IT. my
dear sir, and 1 am glad to "A wv that
it has done you power nf good.
Gentlemen, this is the last chance yOll
may ever have to get one CT these cleo
tro-magnetic antl-rheumatism rings.
or money refunded. Relieves rheunla-
tism in five minutes and works a COM
plete cure in four weeks"
You are a dog goned liar shouted
the stout backed man as he peeled off,
his coat.
Gentlemen, fellow citizens of the
United States" shouted the faldr.
Here's a man who bought a ring from
me a month ago. 1t was guaranteed
ring, but something is wrong with it.
Instead of saying so, however, he calls
me iar-not plain liar, but a dog
gOned liar
80 you area liar and fraud"
Gentlemen, come closer. My honor
is at stake. My first impulse is to an
initiate this man, but l never act on
impulse. I know that he is in error.
I know that l can convince him of the
fact Later on he will beg my pardon
for his rudeness. Now, then, tell this
crowd what's the matter with the
ring"
Have you worn it steadily?"
Il have"
And on your honor you have not
been benefited?'
Not a spark"
Let me see it. Ha! Gentlemen,
here is the keynote to the mystery.
Our firm manufactures three different
sorts of these rings. There are the
rheumatic ring, the consumption ring
and the catarrh ring. By accident a
consumption ring got mixed up with
the rheumatic rings and was sold to
this man without my detecting it. No
wonder it has not helped his rheuma-
tiSml 1t wasn't made to. 1t has cured
his case Of consumption, however, as
you can all see by his looks, and he
ought to be grateful for that. Look
at him, fellow citiZens-a man positive
ly cured of that dread disease, con-
sumption, kicking because it does not
also cure the rhemutism at the same
time and for the trifing matter of 50
cents!f'
The crowd began to ulurmur and
the stout backed man to so down into
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
COULD NOT ECONOMIC.
a Young Mans Attempt to Save Mi


ped in the Bud
1T is queer how my efforts to econo-
mize and save money against rainy
days and old age are continually being
thwarted," said young private secre-
tlry as he lit a long. black and costly
cigar.
L confess that in some instances. )"
he went on, tie fault has been my
own. But in the case I have now in
mind l was entirely blameless. Yet l
was tnwarted again.
"A friend told me Of d store near our
office down town where I could buy
shoes at low prices, and after 1 had
bought them could be sure of their
always looking Well without having
to increase the boards of affiuent boot
blacks. The store would give me a
ticket emitting me to 53 shines.
I got the shoes and the ticket and
Congratulated myself that at least l
was sure of a material reduction in nv
daily expenditure.
L was determined to begin to save by
putting away what | would have spent
on shine but for the ticket.
''Ho, hum! Man proposes and then
the thWarting beings. My incopsider-
ate employer made hurried move into
offices away up town, and before I had
had the benefit of a fiftieth part of all
was entitled to by the ticket the
knowledge was forced upon me that in
order to get a shine for nothing and lay
the foundation for ease and comfort
in my Old age by putting away 5 cents
l would have to expend 10 cents for
car fare to the store and back. l am
quite discoura ged. New York Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
THE MATERIAL SIDE.

Chicago POSt:-After reviewing the
artistic triumph of the fair ChicagOans
may be pardOned for turning to the
material aspect and measuring the re-
suits with the only fair standard we
have at hand-that furnished by the
last Paris exhibition In financial re-
turn the centennial was as far behind
the Columbian exposition as in artistic
achievement. But the race between
Paris and Chicago rs decided in the
number of admissions is very close.
When all circumstances are considered
victory must be awarded to our fair,
The total admissions at Paris were
25,39S,6O9; at Chicago 1883, 4UO. The
number of free admissions at Paris
was much smaller than the number ar
Chicago. A careful estimate OF the,
paid admissions to the French exposi-
ton gives -o,o31, 1878. The actual num-
Der Of pad admissions to Jackson park
was 21,477,212. This apparently gives
the advantage to the French show, but
how unreal this advantage is can be
understood when we point to the fact
that tickets were hawked about the
boulevardS at a half, a third and some
times fifth of the fixed price for tick
cts to our fair. So we maintain that
the unparalleled success of the Co
umbian exposition was maintained even
to the final turnstile count.
Of scarcely less interest is the report
of the police department in the fair.
The total number of arrests for all the
peUCy offenses against the rules Of the
exposition was 2,2OO-One ten thou
sandth of the total attendance. Out
OF the 27,0QO,OO0 presons who visited
the park only no were taken up for
drunkenness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
CASSAGNAC ON ANONYMOUS
JOURNALISM.

NJ. Zola'S speech at the Institute Of
Journalists affords NJ. Paul de Cassag-
nae an opportunity for an attack on
anonymous journalism in his best
style. Nothing" says NJ. de Cassag-
nae, is more abOminable than the
writer lying in ambush like Il scoun-
drel behind the wall of anonymity and
able to pot at you from behind his
shelter. Besides, if man is gifted,
it is but fair that he should get credit
for his talent" In connection with
journalists responsibilities NJ. de Cas-
sagnac relates an anecdote he heard
from NJ. de Villemessant, the founder
of the Paris Figaro:
Insulted daily in a Belgian paper by
a writer whose nom de plume was
Marco Spada" "a likely name for
bravo) NJ. de VillemeSSant took the train
to Brussels with two friends and a
pair Of swords. On his arrival he
wrote to Marco Spada that at 2. NJ.
sharp he should call on him to arrange
an encounter. On the stroke of 2 P.
NJ. de Nillemessant appeared at the
editorial Office and asked for Man co
Spada." What was his amaZement on
seeing an Old lady, all wrinkled and
with curls about her ears, appear from
behind q small window and on hearing
the reply, Il am Marco Spada, sir, and
am at your ordersr'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09

his boots and the fakir capped the cli-
max by shouting:
But human nature is ever thus. l
expect TO meet one such man in every
crowd Here. sir-here is = catlrrh
ring and here is. Il rheumatic ring-both
free gifts TO You. Wear them and be
cured. Be cured Of three awful human
ailments for the small sum of half Il
dollar, and then come back and kick
because our firm hasn't Yet begun to
manufacture an electric ring TO knock
out a pair of bow legs and grow hair
on Il bald head at the same timer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
NUMBER TEN IN A MISSOURIAN'S
LIFE

The relat between The Catholics
and Professionals in Germany are be-
coming very strained. Strictly sectar
ian organizations are growing in mem
bership.
A Paris daily journal in the interest
of good morals and Professionalism has
been established. 1t is named lie Sig
nal, and is edited by Eugene Reveil-
laud.
The American Unitarian association
and a number Of other benevolent in
stitutions in Boston received large
legacies by the will Of the late Annie
NJ. Sweetser