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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
QUEER COLLECTIONS.
The Strange Tastes of Some People fo,
Odd Articles.

The Strange Tastes of Some People for
Odd Articles.
Pretty nearly every sort of odd and
interesting things, from death-masks
and autographs of famous men to post
age stamps and arrow-heads, has been
collected by somebody. A Boston bar
Der has trunk full of envelopes, in
each one of which is clipping of the
hair or beard of some patron, each be-
ing labeled. dated and otherwise prop
erly inscribed. Books and papers about
skating are the only objects gathered
by Paris collector. The speciality of
Madrid collector is broken tiles of
Moorish origin, and he will not buy a
perfect tile, but has house full of
fragments.
In Berlin is a collector whose pet
weakness is stuffed cats, and he pays
large prices for tabbies which perish
in his neighborhood, being his own
taXidermist.
One Of the largest private collections
of almanacs, ancient and modern, is
said tobelong to a man in Vienna, who
malesa living begging at church doors.
A gentleman at Spanish Town,
Jamaica, has formed the most extern
sive collection of scorpions and cent?
pedes so far reported, the specimens
numbering over fifteen hundred. and
each having been captured by himself
The speciality of a business man in New
York city is rattlesnakes' tails, and
while he never saw a live rattlesnake
outside of menegerie. he buys every
set of rattles he can lay hands on and
has cabinet full of them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
COWS AS MONEY.
A Race Of People Who Have no Use for
Treasures.

In the present publication of the I'm
perial Geographical society of Russia
Is the surprising announcement that
the CnewsureS-a race of seven thou
sand people-in the department of
Troust, government of Tihis, know
nothing Of the use of money as a
medium of exchange. The unit of val
uation among the primitive people is
the cow. A horse is valued at three
cows and stallion at six If Chew
sure becomes enraged and cracks his
neighbours skull he is obliged to pay
sixteen cows. If he breaks a bone Of
his neighbor's arm five cows Will re-
habilitate him in the eyes of So
ciety. A wound in the forehead calls
for three calves. If one cuts another
in the part of the face usually covered
by the beard the punishment is COM
parativeiy severe. The doctor" places
as many grains of wheat along the cut
as possible. For each grain of wheat
so used the criminal must give I'D
cow. Wounds in the beardlesS part of
the face call for one-third as many
cows only. The man who Injuries q
neighbours hand surrenders sixteen
COWS. Thirty cows even will pay for
the loss of an eye. The people are said
to be happy and contentcd. No nisers
exist among them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
GRATEFUL COLONlSTS.
How They Repaid Sir Robert WalpoIe's
Kindness.

Before the war of the revolution
England populated some of her Ameri-
can colonies with convicts and paupers.
A resident of Detroit finds in the tat
tered pages of an old book, published
one hundred years ago, the following
reference to the Objectionable practice:
When Sir Robert Walpole was prime
minister of England he sent shipload
Of convicts to be distributed between
Pennsylvania and Virginia, and noti-
fled DR.. Franklin, who was the repre-
sentative or commissioner, to look after
the American interests. The doctor,
in response, wrote him expressing the
thanks of the colonies for the maternal
care of Great Britain for her colonies
so strongly manifested, and that. as an
expression of American gratitude. he
had the honor to inform him that he
had this day sent him by the return
ship collection of rattlesnakes, and
would respectfully suggest that he
have them introduced into his ma iestv's
garden at Kew, in order that they
might propagate and increase. at the
same time assuring his excellency that
they would be as beneficial to his
ma estys English dominions as British
convicts were to his American possess
SioDs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
just Like pale-Face,

An incident occurred at Olney (Pa.l
Methodist church, some time ago
which served TO call halt on long
winded sermons. The housekeeper of
the parsonage is an Indian woman,
who was secured through the Carlisle
training school, and who has ever been
one of most prompt attendants at all
the church services. The pulpit was
flied one Sunday evening during the
warm summer months by an old time
Clergyman, whose prosy doctrinal ser
mon of n full yard wide" set many in
ihe audience a mapping long before the
''fifthly and finally" section of the dis
course had been reached. The Indian
housekeeper, unaecustomed to such an
tnnovation, and being regular in her
hours of retiring, after several vigor-
O,s yawns stood up in her place in the
''meetin' house." and raising up her
right hand exclaimed in broken Eng
lish: Home! me sleepy" The effect
was electrical; the sermon was cut
short and the congregation soon dis
missed, and short sermons are said 10
be in order since that day at Olney.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
MAKING LOVE FOR HIRE.
The "Cutter-Out," Who Is Employed to
Break Up Undesirable Attachments.

. A new professionalism of the cut
ter-out"-is thus discussed by the Sat
urday Review: The world is over-popu
lated with aniable, good-looking
young men, highly educated, healthy
and wholly incapable of earning their
livelihoOds. No ingenuity can provide
berths for all of them. but some might
be employed as 'cutters-out.' This is
a new profession. The duties of the
'cutter-out' are few, simple and agree
able. He or she has merely TO make
love and to ride away Thus, put it
that some ones daughter, niece. or, it
may be. favorite cousin, has become
engaged to a man who is not liked or
approved by the family. To resist her
choice is futile. Opposition merely
fans the fame of passion. Soyou send
a note or telegram to the central Office
of the Society for the Utilization of
Johnnies, and they dispatch a cutter
out. He is young. handsome, agreea-
bic. perhaps lord or an honorable
baronet very likely. His duty NAV be
explained in word-hc IS TO eat out
the young lady's affianced lover. to
make her out OF couceit with that disa-
greeable person. and then to retire
gracefully to some outlandish part of
the globe. The scheme is peculiarly
valuable 10 parents. but anyone may
make use OF il. OF course there may
also be. and should be. female cutters
out 70 be slipped at young men who
have entangled their affections unde-
sirably. Lord Algernon is fond OF
the rector's daughter. OF the gardeners
daughter. or whom You viii. In
stead of CRYING. II you are his lady
mother. or swearing. If vou are the
duke, You send up to the Central depot
for really first-class cutter-out. mar
ried lady preferred In a very few
weeks the rector's daughter, or the
gardeners daughter. is as disconsolate
as Calypso, and then the cutter-out
disappears. carrying with her the re
spectful homage of the family whom
she has rescued.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
EritaIn's Boun daries.

The British make the proud boast
that on the queens dominions the sun
never sets, but recently compiled sta
and most important part Of those do
minions il seldom rises. George ".
Bell told the Royal Botanical society
the other day that during last year
England had had 1874 hours Of sun
shine out of possible $50. and that,
he said, was better than for the last
FIVE years. of which the average was
1857 hours He related a. a remark
able fact that one day recently the sun
had shone in the society's gardens for
eight and half consecutive hours. an
almost unprecedented thing a. this
season of the year
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
Every Month
THE ALCOHOL BEGGAR.
Man Who Was Willing to Suffer in the
Interest of fScience.


Interest of tScience.
He was a disreputa BILE specimen who
called on the doctor, but could talk like
a college professor. Doctor" he be-
gan, Il am a martyr to the cause OF
science. My life is dedicated to its pro.
motion. There is no torture that will
not undergo, no risk that l viii not
take, provided the end in view will al
leviate the sufferings or reduce the
perils of the human family. l have
been experimental upon by some of the
most learned medical men of our times,
fully realizing that the hazard involved
was the proba bility of death. should
like to be of service to you, doctor"
''In what way?"
'There is a popular curiosity to know
the shortest possible time in which a
mans system can become saturated
with the strongest alcoholic beverage
IN common use. 1t is a problem of the
gravest Importance, and its solution
may be of untold benefit to the race
Yous furnish the fabrication, doctor,
and / will supply the machinery" but
a convenient policeman gave science
another black eye by leading the scien-
tifc martyr off to the bastile.-Detroit
Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
Willis Eagle
A LONG DANCE.
an Ol1-Time English " Who Skipped
from Lon c. .orwich.

An Oid-Time English ~ Who Skipped
from Lon G. -.orwich.
The longest dane on record is prob
ably that of William Kemp, an actor of
some celebrity in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth. He was 2 comedian and
danced al the way from London to
Norwich. He was ,.ttended by tabor
Sr, q servant and an overseer, and the
Boston Globe thinks it was doubtless a
good thing for him that there were no
omnibnses or police then, for they
would probably have imposed more inn
pediments In tho way of his progress
shan did tho country people. He start
I'D with several presents of greats and
crooked sixpences for luck, and laden
with these danced to Stratford with
out rest. There many invited him to
drink, but the notes of the tabor cut
short his jocularities, and he pranced
off to Ilford, where he had to reject
another carouse that was offered to
him. From Ilford he danced in the
moonlight to point near Romford
and that ended his first days exploit
subsequently he went in for early
risings to avoid market people, and
though suffering from sprain Of the
hip which he received he danced il
well again, TO the delight of the
crowd that accompanied him. some
two hundred in number. When he
reached Chelmsford he was so exhaust
ed that he could not dance at all for
time, and his fourth days dance was
hard one-thick woods on each side
and lanes full of deep holes. so that
sometimes, he says, he ''skipt up to the
waist which must have placed him in
woeful plight. He rested at Braintree
and danced three miles off his next
days journey. His next stop was at
SudberrV, where a butcher tried to
dance with him, but in half mile he
was tired and had to give in. He
danced the ten miles from Bury to
Thetford in three hours. His next
stage was to Rockland, from which
point his post attempted to accompany
him, bat lay down from fatigue at the
end of two fields. When he reached
Norwich he had to dance in and out OF
the city twice, for his overseer missed
him in the crowd and made him do the
distance over again to avoid any posi-
bility of error.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
BRIDGING THE COLUMBIA.
A Great Engineering Feat In the Far
Northwest.

The recent completion of the great
cantalever bride over the Columbia
river al Rock Island. Wash marks the
accomplishment Of the greatest feat Of
railroad engineering in the west The
Columbia a. Wanstchee. where the
big bridge is being built. is between
900 and 900 yards IN width and from
Il 20 200 feet deep a. l07v water It's
channel, according 10 he Seattle Her
aid, Is worn deep below the general
surface Of the valley. aud. though the
annual June rise il 81 % ~ lees. i
never oveTflows. After many surYeys
and measurements the CON ANY de-
cidea TO build bridge high enough
not 20 interfere with navigation rather
than drswbridge a. shalloyver point
and support the same on piers
At TIE point selected for crossing. a
basaltie butte rises zoo feet above the
valley. The butte drops down 20 the
river N shelf-like terraces. and on one OF
these shelves the western approach of
the bridge rests-
On the opposite hank stands q si-si-
lar butte. 20 feet acgve the water and
through this butte a roadway has been
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
A Matter of Form.

Little Barbara had been i'll, saws an
exchange, but was convalescent Are
you my doctor?" she said, waking up
suddenl: and finding strange lady at
her bedside. No, dear" said the
strange lady; Il am your trained
nurse" "Ah. that's better" exclaimed
the little girl; Il shall like you very
much. Trained nurse" she continued,
window, let me introduce you 10 my
trained canary"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20

There grows upon the sands OF the
Atlantic coast. a. less. a. far north as
the Virginia line. Little cactus with a
pretty yellow flower. Il aourishes in
the dryest seasons and where nought
but bare sand is visible for r1arv
square yards The secre. OF its sturdy
growth amid hard conditions Is fornd.
perhaps. II the character OF its roots
They are long aud tongh, like Irvine
cords, and. radistiag II several direc-
tious. the- coarev 20 the nlzn. What
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20

cut for the eastern approach Two.
hundred and Atty feet from the east
bank Of the river Is an island, or ather
huge rock on which the only pier N
the river Is built. Between the rock
and the west bank flows the main
stream, which is 4I6 feet wide .ud Iss
feet deep.
The whole bridge IL eisi< feet ionr,
not counting the minor approaches,
and Is 100 feet above low water mark
and ~ feet above extreme high water
The first span reaches from the bluff
on the west side, 30 feet. 20 a shelf
above the water line The second or
main span reaches 49, feet above the
main channel 20 the river. Il weighs
Sc tons and in the center is - feet
from top 10 bottom If the structure.
The third span extends from the island
70 the east bank The entire bridge is
built of steel and wrought iron.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20

lady, holding up the flower. Nearly
every little one shook his head to indi-
cate ignorance.
One small boy and a couple of little
girls piped out with great Importance:
Its posie, please ma am"
But no one had ever heard of a rose
Most Of the children had never seen
one before. The flower was passed
along the line and small noses fingered
longingly over its fragrance, while
dirty little palms patted its velvet
petals caressingly. No one saw or
thought of anything that morning but
the rose. The teacher put it in glass
Of water TO preserve it, and when
school was dismissed each child was
rendered supremacy blissful by the gift
of tiny petal. As they fed out of
the door each little waif clutched his
treasure tightly in his small hand
while he murmured softly to himself
the name; pity wosc, pity wose."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ROSES.
Pathetic Incident in Waits School a,
Pittsburgh.

Two ladies. managers. came into the
school the other morning shortly after
It had opened. G1e OF them wore n
beautiful jaequeminot rose. on which
the eyes OF the whole school were at
once turned ad,niringly. Noting this,
says the Pittsburgh Chronicle. the
owner Of the flower gave il 10 one OF
the teachers for the children.
Now. children. how many Of vou
know what this is?s' asked the young
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20

Judge H0ar and Gen Butler were.
opponents in a ease Of = new trial Cen
Butler quoted. Eye for eye. skin for-
skin, tooth for 10th. yea. all that =
man hath. viii he give for his life
To which Judge Hoar replied. Yea.
the devil quoted that once before n :.
motion for d Dew trial
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
Looking Out for SQUALLS.

Mr. Eastsids-When come home
late l always go to the kitchen first
and strike a match.
Mr.. McHarlem-Whatd do you do that
for?
Mr.. Eastside-To see if the broom is
in its place in the corner. If it isn't |
know what sort of reception is in
store for me when I get upstairs
Texas SiftingS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20
Overlooked.

Mrs. Strongmind about to start tc
the exposition grounds)-'Let me see
here are the wraps, here's the lunch.
basket, here's the opera-glass, and
here's the buAdle of umbrellas. /
guess we've got everything. and yet
children, we haven't forgotten any
thing. have we?a
Husband and "a ther standing meek
ly at the horses heads)-"Shal 1 get
in now, my dearf'
Mrs. Strongmind - "Why, sure
enough, James. knew there was some
thing lacking!'-Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20

ever moisture the ground contains for
yards around. Oddly enough, too, this
cactus, when torn up by the roots and
conveyed north, seems to live on indcf-
nitely under entirely new conditions,
its roots cut short, planted in clay soil,
and abundantlY watered
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20

Mr. Goldbag -' Do yoa mink vou-
father vii consent 90 cur marriage
Miss Socssh Yes. hs cant >ee aae
other NAY noV 70 gz his GREE tor~"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-20

When Baby was SICK 7e gave her Castoria.
Vhc-, she WIS q Child, she cried fo- Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chang to CaStoria.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-30

"rhe boom Is burst The bubble is
prickcd, writes Alfred Allen in The Cos.
mopolitan Of tho Florida phosphate craze
While It lasted 10 was n craze only equal
ed By the gold foyer Of California or the
earlier orange grove excitement In Flor
ida itself But IL Is over now. and Mr.
Allen Is glad Of IT, Thousands Of spec
ulaiors and some hundreds Of honest
people hive been ruined. tho price Of
phosphate rock has dropped In the Liver
pool market from SIS to Sl9 q ton. yet
now tho business will bo conducted ON
legitimate basis. aud those whoinycstcd
to minc--not scll-will be sure Of fair
profits"
Tho height which the speculative fever
reached mny be Judged from tho fact
that although the output from the Flor.
ida phosphate mines does not equal TIE
demand, yet the price is going down
steadily. I'm this steady muskctry rat
tic Of falling prices has been heard the
boom Of failing companies" The dis.
coyery Of phosphate rock was male In
Marion county, Fla, IN June, 1883 The
beds undoubtedly unicrlic large por.
ton Of central aud southwestern Florida
This substance Is worth moro than gold
in some respects, for IL win restore pro-
ductiyoness 10 exhausted soil. Crops take
from tho earth immense quantities Of
phosphoric acid This tho Florida rock
replaces ono ton Of tho rock rcsupplies
meadow Of 40 acres with the phos.
phur.c acid the hay crop took Oh.
Fortunes were nndo md lost In phos.
pilates, as Ina the gold regions Tho Flor.
ida natives mostly call the rich rock
'phosafat," and It has proved Fat indeed
TO some Of them. In Citrus county many
wcro preparing for a grand exodus to
moro fertile region when the mincs were
discovered The phosphate rock is found
In the poor pine lands The Citrus coun.
" natives would hnvo been glad TO cell
their farms for dollar mn acre Ina
few weeks the mineral discovery made
the price jump ~ some Instances 20 $50
an acre The natives sold their property,
and had at one timo moro money than
they over expected TO have all thcirlivos.
some killed themselves by drink"
writes Mr.. Allen 1t Is probable that
most Of them aro as poor today as they
were before they were suddenly made
rich by "phosafat" One trick they
soon learned was TO salt tho surface Of
their land with tho rock hauled from tho
mines, but tho experienced prospcctor
quickly detected tho little game. Farm.
ers arc much lle other people
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-30
PILLS.

for sale BY all DRUGGISTS Price go per box
sboRrs ior go or sent by mail, postage free on
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-30

A doctor lately read an essay ON trau.
matte pychosis following "a fractured
skull He went out Of his way TO hunt
up words to keep the public from know
ing that no meant, or thought no meant,
insanity caused by a fracture Of the
sklll
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-30
Charged with Poisoning His wife.

SIOUX FALLS, Dec. 3o.-'sThat last
drink you gave me contained poison
and | am dying" said Mrs Louise Arm
strong to her husband Tuesday night
at Pierre, just 10 minutes before she
died. This was said in the presence of
two witnesses, who had been attracted
TO the house by Mrs. Armstrong; cries
of agony. Mrs Armstrong had taken
a glass of wine from her husband a
short time before. Armstrong did not
deny the charge until he was arrested
for murder. He spent the summer in
North Dakota and sent his wages to
his wife. He claims she squandered
all the money. Before she died Mrs.
Armstrong said her husband had
threatened to poison her. The stomach
will be sent away for ANALYSIS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-30

LEXINGTON. Dec. 3o.AGeo. C. Lock
hart has decided not to make the race
for congress against Colonel Breckin-
ridge. This leaves the fight between
Breckenridge and w. c. Owens. Brock
inridge made an address before the Ma
sonic lodges who were giving an an
ual banquet. Miss Pollard's father was
once q grand master Mason. This gave
rise to rumor that the body would be
Breckinridge's enemy. The reception
he received when the banquet closed
amounted to an ovation and proved
that Breckenridge had lost none of his
influence. The speech is pronounced
the effort of his life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-30
Stole a Mortgaged House.

DUNDAL, Mimi, Dec 30.--A mort
gage was some months ago sgiven to
Griffith Montgomery by James Butler
on house On Monday the mortgage
became due, and Butler was not able
to meet the interest. While prepara-
tions were being made to foreclose the
mortgage, Butler placed the house on
runners and during the night hauled it
with four horses about one mile to y
piece of property of his own.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-30
Strychnine In Cakes.

BRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec. 30.-Miss
PIE g. Gee, young lady aged 25
rs, daughter of one of the Oldest
Pllles in the city, mixed strychnine
the batter of cakes, baked them
ate of the food. She lived with her
owed mother, brother and sister.
(octor was called, who in turn called
Stance. Five minutes after the ar
\ OF the physician Adele was a
pse. The younger sister was given an
PUG, which acted promptly and she
I saved. She had not partaken of q
4 quantity. The deceased had always
4 !, OF bright, cheerful disposition
= The family's money became tied
y bank which failed. Thereupon
FAMILY became quite distracted. II
pearly evident the unfortunate girl
Fnoed to poison all the memb beers of
household.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-30

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 30.-The will of
Thomy Lafon. who was the richest col
ored man in tie south, was probated
before Judge Monroe in the civil dis
triet court The will and codicil were
sealed. The will is written in French
1t makes requests ranging from $500 to
$1,000 to over a score of persons. and
also leaves property to charitable in
stitutions valued at from $4,000 to 500
600 The estate of the deceased is esti-
mated to be from $500. 600 to s600. 600,
consisting principally of real estate.
The only heir the deceased left was a
sister whe is bedridden. She was left
enough to live upon comfortably the
rest Of her life The bulk of the estate
goes to charitable institutions.