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The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
THE BENGAL BOAR.
Ferocity Strength and Courage of Which
1t Il Possessed

Ferocity, Strength ana Courage of Which
1t Is Possessed
Possibly in moments of enthusiasm
and wassan the Bengal boar may have
been overpraised. He has not pleas
ant temper, his habits are open TO un-
favora BILE criticism. he may fail in his
family relationship he has plenty OF
luck. He will fight anything that
comes in his way; not even tiger
daunts him. ard. what is more, the
tiger sometimes succumbs to the terri
BILE tushes of the boar.
l have seen boar bearing away from
such heroic battle the marks-deep and
frequent marks-of a tigers claws, and
that boar swan the Ganges in food-a
sufficient feat FOR an unwounded AM
NAL. and one that should set at rest
the question whether pigs can swim
A dangerous brute is that Bengal
boar. Throughout the whole OF nv
sporting career only two of my beaters
We're killed. and one OF these was cut
to death by boar: leopard killed the
other: not one was either killed or
mauled hy tigers
But my first experiences in this line
were, | regret to say. less connected
with the mighty boar than with .ae
sow. which. though il cannot rip up a
horses's fanks or belly as can the boar.
can gallop little. and. instead Of rip
ping, can e.-Blsckwood' Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
LADIES' NAMES.
ahe Good Old Common Ones Still Among
the Preferred.

Fancy names" are not as popular
with ladies as might be supposed. The
puestion having arisen in conversation
the other day it was referred oifhand
TO a catalogue of Smith college. The
Boston Transcript reports the result:
''Tn that institution there are six hun
nred and ninety-siX girls, from all
parts of the country, representing
undoubtedly the rich and the poor,
but more particularly the thoroughly
American class of people who are
neither rich nor poor. In this catalogue
the Marys, Alices, Mables, Helens,
Berthas, Graces, Ediths and Eliza
beths were all counted mp. These
were found TO he much the most com
mon names, and those who believe
that women in general are still pos
Hcssed of as much common sense as
they ever were, in spite of the fond
ness of some women for new and
pretty names, were pleased 70 learn
from this list that one Of the most
beautiful Of all names, the name of
Mary, is still most commonly borne BY
Young women. There are in Smith
cOllcge no 1eWer than SlNty-clght
Marys, not counting middle names
The next name in popularity was the
beautiful one of Alice, which had
twenty-seven representatives Then
came Elizabeth, also sufficiently old
fashioned, with twenty-five. The next
an rank was Mable. twenty-five: Grace,
twelty-one, and Helen. twenty-one.
Seventeen girls bore the English name
of Edith-old but newly revived-and
sixteen the pretty name of Bertha.
which we have borrowed from the
Germans. The Dorothys apparently
had but a single representative. 1t
is certainly gratifying to learn that the
''Mamie" fad has about disappeared.
md the sweet. dignified 'old-fash.
Toned" names are once more popular.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
THE COBRA'S NEST.
4 Venturesome Man Finds tho Reptile
and Takes the Eggs.

and Takes the Eggs.
Rather more than year ago the fact
twas mentioned in Bombay paper that
2 gentleman connected with the Goa
railway had shot hamadryad on its
nest. This awkward mouthful of a
word is coming to be fam;liarly known
rs the name of the giant cobra, more
common in Burnah than in India,
which grows to a length Of fourteen
feet, is as fierce as it is strong and has
the reputation of feeding principally
on other snakes. Little indeed is
known about the incubation-we
might almost have said the alleged in
rubation-of snakes, and rarely, if
ever, has a competent observer had the
good chance to come upon a serpent in
the very act of sitting hen-like on its
Eggs. Only the bare fact was published
at the time, and fuller account cam
not fail to be interesting, says the
Madras Pioneer.
The gentleman was Mr.. Wascy,
known in his district as an ardent and
successful shikari; and he was told by
coolie, in the matter-of-course sort Of
way usual with those fatalist philoso-
pliers, that certain path was impas-
sible, as cobra had erected gadi or
throne for itself there, and warned off
intruders. Here was golden oppor-
tunity TO settle the vexed question of
the aggressiveness of venOmous snakes.
VIII a cobra rush to the attack when
Il can get easily away? Europeans
commonly say no" but natives uni
versaDy cite instances to the con-
trary, some of them plainly fabulous,
but others only wanting confederation
10 be believed. Now here in British
India, or at least in Portuguese India,
was giant of the tribe, known to all
xle villagers to have taken up its sta
ton by the roadside, and to be ready
toglide down and rush like lightning at
man or beast who approached. Mr..
Wasey followed 9le cOOlic to the spot
and was shown thc monster coiled up
on the top Of huge pile Ok dry leaves.
Without more ado he shot it, and,
turning over the leaves, found at the
bottom thirty-two eggs rather smaller
than hens, and each covered with
sough skin in place of a shell. These
we're sent TO the secretary of the Bonn
bay Natural History society; but, want
ing the heat generated by the close
mass of decaying leaves, they did not
hatch. Sometimes more than one
young one escapes from snakes egg:
but 1T the lowest computation Mr..
Wasey is to be congratulated on rid
ding his district of thirty-three deadly
snakes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
Uncle Josh Defeated.

Lawyer-Weu, my yonng friend. your
Uncle Josh determined that you should
be farmer. or get nothing from him.
but he willed you his plow, cultivator,
moving machine, thrasher, portable
sawmill, stone crusher, road scraper,
and stump puller.
Young Scribbler-All right, III sell
them.
Lawyer-He has provided against
that. Iou cannot sell, or even rent
them. You must use them yourself
Young Scribbler-Very we'll. ! will
Iawyer-On the old farm?
Young Scribbler-No: I'll write a
play and use them on the stage.-N. Y.
Weekly
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
The Hunger and Thirst Cure.

The hunger cure was at one time very
popular punishment in Siberia. But the
latest punishment inflicted is the eating of
salted herrings. This is regarded as espe-
cially useful in the case of prisoners who
refuse to disclose secrets or 20 betray their
accomplices. Those who have experienced
it say that the continual eating of very
salty herrings is the worst form of torture
imaginable. Thumbscrews and iron collars
are mild inconvenience compared TO it.
The victim is shut up in well heated,
small cell and nothing is given him to eat
but salted herrings, no water and not even
any bread. The thirst thus induced causes
the most maddening agonies and it is al
most invariably found that when the pris-
oner is brought before the eXaming COM
mission he is ready to give all the informa-
ton required of him.
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GLASS FAVORiTiSM.
Il Study of the Land Barons in Indian Ter.
ritory.

rtory.
The divine Injunction, '.in the sweat
of thy face shalt thou eat bread" has
no relevancy to the citizens of the five
civilized tribes. Here are a people
who like the lilies of the field, toll
not, neither do they spin furnishing
an example of class favoritism under
the law peculiar and interesting to
study. The landlords have no care but
the gathering of rents and general
supervision of the home place. They
are, as a class, free-handed. reckless
good Iivers. and with strong tendency
to dissipation. Most of them live up
TO their incomes, and few acquire large
bank accounts. Your typical landlord S
home is the rambling white plantation
great house of ante bellum days, with
wide galleries, big chimneys and usual
" in bad state of repair. An air OF
untidiness and neglect pervades the
yard. to which is added a lack of
taste inside when you enter. Still
there is something about the sur
roundings-the orchard. smoke-house.
negroes, pigs and poultry de-
notes solid old-fashioned comfort and
Arcadianp content Frequently You
meet a lord of one of these mansions
a squsw man-whose family claim no
Indian blood, yet he enjoys. by virtue
Of former ma trimonial alliance, all the
landed rights of an Indian. 1t is really
surprising the number of this class
that are divorced from Indian wives or
have become widowers and remarked
in their own race. They constitute
the largest landholders, and are very
jealous of their tribal rights when
threatened by boomers, as they term
the opponents of land monopoly and
unequal privileges And what of the
Indian. the full-blood whom this great
and munitieent government of ours
has in its wisdom regarded as a
ward and heir to Il princely
heritage as a recompense for AM
glo-SaXon rapine? You will find him
where the stiffness of the forest is as
vet uubroken. He is there in his mis-
cradle little hut, recluse from the
great mad world he so distrusts and
fears, living a poor hand-to-mouth ex'
istence, and rarely emerging to visit
the haunts of his tormentors. A scanty
patch of corn, a few poultry and mast
fed hogs, with what game and fish fall
prey to his skill, go to supply his
meagre larder and furnish employment
for his squaw and himself. Once in a
great while there is per capita pay
ment, and pittance falls to his share
after the professional red men of the
tribe have made the disbursement to
their satisfaction and paid their ''at-
torney's fees" 1t is rare thing to
find full blood in the Indian Territory
who is living comfortably on as much
as quarter section of land under cul-
tivation. There are some, but they are
striking exceptions.-Rezin w. Nc
Adam, in HarDars Magazine,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
vtlier Than lIethuaaleh.

One of the largest whales ever seen
recently washed ashore at Tokelund,
Wash. 1t came in on high tide, was
alive and did not surrender its lease on
existence for twenty-four hours after
ward Il had an extreme length of
ia feet inches, with circumference
OF l6l feet g inches. II was estimated
that its weight was Az tons, and that
the blubber and whalebone were
worth, at curren, prices, sfo.575.
Scientists who examined IL came 70
the conclusion that the whale had
lived for 9ss years, lacking but four
teen years of having lived the longest
term of whale iife
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
Tho White House Kitchen.

The family" kitchen, as they call
the room in the white house where
the cooking for the presidents house
hold is done. has floor Of black agate
md walls tiled in white to She height
ot four feet, Above the tiling on AL
tides are shelves. the upper and lower
snes protected by glass doors. There
ire ecru shades at the windows, two
tables, range, and dozen light wood
.hairs in the room. The other kitchen
IS mammoth affair, in which the
state dinners are cooked. There are
also big pantries, storerooms of ample
iimensions, zinc-lired rcfrigera tors.
md all the appurtenances dear TO the
heart OF the cook
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
A Premium In This Egg.

As Mrs DR. Beach of Olatbe, Kan, was
breaking eggs TO make cake. she was sur
prised to find in the yolk OF one of the eggs
cent piece. The rim of the coin was
somewhat dark. but the center was as
bright as new one. The egg was bought
ut one OF the stores and was evidently
brought in from the country.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
BEHIND THE THRONE.
DON DICKINSON is A POWER IN THE
ADMINISTRATION.
He Was Offered His Choice of Places In
tho Cabinct-Cleveland's Com panion and
Confidant-Cossip About the Preside dent's
HoaIth-He Earns His Salary.
Especial Correspondence.l !

Especial Correspondence.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. In nearly every
administration there is a power behind the
throne-some man who has access always
to the presidential ear, a man to whom th-
president is ever ready to turn for sugges
tions or advice, and who thereby is able to
exert an enormous, though perhaps unseen,
influence upon the government of his coun-
try. The present administration is no eE
ception to the rule. 1t, like most Of its
predecessors, has power behind the
throne" The lucky individual in this case
is none other than Don NJ Dickinson Of De-
troit. Mr.. Dickinson is nearer to Mr.. Cleve
land, possesses to a greater degree his con-
tidence, than any other man in the world,
if possible exception be made in the case
of Dan Lamont The friendship between
Dickinson and Cleveland is the more re-
markable because they are wholly differ
ent types of men. The president is large.
slow, cautious, deliberate, almost phleg-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
A Lover of Beauty.

YHtie Johnny-our new teacher !.
just as pretty as she can be, and gets
taken ont most every night 30 thea
tiers and concerts and things Its just
lovely.
Mother-You ike pretty teachers
don't you, dear"
Little Johnny-les'm; they Away,
has good time. an don't feel so much
like g,-su bad inarkS-Gccd News
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
4 Napoleon of Economy.

Friend-I don't see how. on your
income, you manage 70 winter IN
FloriCsi and summer in Maine
Smart-You forget that by that plan
dodge both coal and ice bills.-N. I.
Weekly
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30

Mrs. Bright-Put your drum away.
don't see how you can say il isn't :
horrid noise you're making.
Bobbie Bright-It must be because !
am making it--JuGse.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
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Stock Certificates for Corporations and Stock Com
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-13

The Niagara river. you win OBJ
serve" said the guide up At the FAllA.
runs more rapidly on the American
side than on the Canadian. ThiS ia
natural 1t Is due TO the larger degree
Of quicknsss in vogue IN the United
States. II the fzliA were entirely ia
the Dominion of Canada all tho water
that Is bound for Lake Ontario would
never get over the preciplcc. and Lake
Erie wonld all up and overflow the
country. and there wouldn't Be any
country"
Thank Heaven, then, that it's ia the
United States. said the PhzAdelphian-
Net by dAsneA siGht," rrtortst
the guide 'Ti you want - Gre OF any
gratitude you'd just better be glad It's
IA New York state II ths falls were
i1 Philadelphia they'd Dc stepvinE To
think al shs time ca going 60 sisep and
asluRs woald coma Of IL. and iksuw
wozldR't Be any rhiizaelphla-
And then be resumed hl monotou0zs
chart OF And Ia The nFEs cage yea
viii aDd the whirlpool rapids uksrs
Capt Webb"
AID 10 OK z. HsraA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-13

contest with Ben Hur in which
the latter Stays him performs
his part admirably. The statuary is one
OF the finest features of ben Hur," and in
this Misses Maud Struble, Lille Casmeyer,
Lille Ben, Rena Walling and Ollie Siever
show talent of a high order, and especially
the latter lady, who has the art OF posing
down fine, which. when added
to perfect figure, calls forth
the admiration of the audience. The
Roman soldiers did little better last
night, while the maids more than made up
for the mistakes OF the previous night.
These young ladies did better last night
than they did at any time be-
fore and they received liberal
cheers as they went through the difficult
evolutions of their drill with the precision
Of clock work. One handsome young man
from a neigh boring town said they were
the handsomest lot of young ladies be
had ever seen together and when he was as
sured that they were only fair sample OF
our young womanhood he promptly said
that he thought be would come here To
live.
The priestesses were encored again
last night aud they deserved II. Many OF
the young ladies have swollen ankles from
so much dancing but as there were many
visitors from abroad in town last night
they disregarded their sore ankles and like
true Wichita girls demonstrated that they
could beat the world dancing under diff
culties. The girls with the scarfs are
daisies when it comes to tripping the light
fantastic. The attendance last night was
large and there is no doubt but what the
attendance tonight will be still larger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-13
STILL a SUCCESS,
Another Big Audience Greeted Ben Hu,
Last Night

Another big Audience Greeted Ben Hur
Last Night.
A beautiful woman on the stage as an
amateur can, with little feminine tact,
render herself very interesting, especially
TO an audience composed Of admiring and
sympathetic friends; but. when the cast
demands a repulsive makeup it requires
talent aud fine conception combined with
genuine acting 10 arouse and intensity the
feelings of the average bebolder in SO
marked degree as have Mrs Healy as
Tirzah, the sister, and Mrs. Childs as the
mother of Ben Hur, and for each sue
ceeding evening OF the week. 1t takes
more than the mere posing Of graceful
form enhanced by n sweet smile aud pretty
robes TO thrill audiences rs these ladies
have. And the contrast of the characters
portrayed by them 10 the beautiful
daughter and handsome mother. respect
lively, in the atmosphere OF a happy home,
In the one instance, and again As diseased
aud deserted Outcasts, was very striking
When it is remembered that the entire en-
teTtsiament Is one Of an artistic assem-
blage OF classic settings. pOeticai move
meuts, heroic contests, and magnificent
intense episode Of frigntful Calamity and
Of hopeless horror waich Mrs Caigds and
Mrs. Healy throw with thrilling relief.
against a background of such perfect
visions as Mrs Waldsu's lovely Virgin and
Madonna, Mrs DR. Beunett's fascinating
Sorceress Of the Nile. Miss English's sweet
est Esther, Miss Ford's, Miss Wash
burns and Miss Englisns three
graces and all the winning auI
combined loviiuess OF the 1.-the
Hmbed and glorious bevies Of
glowing, svaying buds o; womauhooj.
A. seen in the various dances, the diff
Guilty OF the lsp-r part IS the better
understood and appreciated. Jds sce1e
in which The son aud brother Is discovered
sleeping on the stone steps OF tue long
deserted Jerusalem home by the faithful
mother and loyal sister, WHO are com
p=lled to steal AWay from him for whom
their two souls yesrn. because their touch
would be couts mination. could Dot have
been rendered Or depicted more r alist.t a :
bv professionals tAa1 BY these Two l4a4z-
Certainly were TIE percepIisls tFerD3f d
expectancy rs evidenced By Mrs He4Iy o.
atpr54chs8s the unconscious brother. aad
tue wbeim q her distress following TIE
recognition added % the realization Of her
o7yn hopeless Condition, especially thrill
iuE.
Mise EdribGt, too, represented the CHAR
acter Amr4k 10 q most artistic mau0sr,
gsLs.e liltIs Mss Susie H0Cck leads the
butterfly dance n tEe most captivating
xay Sae : 4 very lrssbt lizzie gi-l and
..e-erve- th- b lssrzI sach3-rs shs and her
.lttl= bG..erlly sisters 4aye recel Fed dsrlag
ne past taT-= nights. Ga ne male sItis %
.he c4s; Geor-e Nod - uaqg~st3Da-
sbIE tie stsr aad rrpr@.sats
B-a Hur 50 admirably t4zt vnoss u tlr
-aGs-uce thou-ag ae wAs PTgf~s-41uai
Os.g El-As,rla IL e..tit.s- - @591 deal 81
e-eist. 100. co sceauls - tAs adm ss0
alaaaer q sSliea b rrpres~zts IEo.3 aEs1
- j. Hsrberg Chii3s wbo Tspres@at-
,.moaldea How4rl AoIss II lie
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A HABEAS CORPUS CASE.

Hon. Rodolph Hatfield returned yester
day morning from Topeka, where be went
in the interest of his client, Edward N.
Coy, who is confined here in Jail While
in Topeka Mr.. Hatfield obtained from the
supreme court writ of habeas corpus for
his client, which was made returnabIe on
this day. The writ came down yesterday
and commands the sheriff of Sedgwick
county to produce the prisoner at court in
Topeka. The prisoner was bound over by
Judge Jones to wait trial in the district
court. All OF the evidence taken before
the examining magistrate was preserved
in short hand; has been transcribed and
will be presented in this form to the court.
Counsel for the defendant claim that the
evidence produced is insufficient to hold
Coy for trial, hence this movement in his
behalf, and the suing out of the writ
named.
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Y. u. c. A. NOTES.

The next one of the series of anniversary
meetings will be at the Central Christian
church next Sunday evening. The speak
ers will be Professor Scott, G. Z. Coffin,
Pastor Sims and j. ID. Schollenberger.
Increased interest is being taken in the
gymnasium, and many new faces are seen
there each night. Some new apparatus
will probably be ordered soon.
Mr. w. NJ. Shaver. the singing eVangel-
ist, has been secured 10 conduct a song
service next Sunday afternoon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-13
BOLD BURGLARS.

When Clayton & Peters opened their
saloon yesterday morning they discovered
that during the night the rear door had
been broken open and their cash register
taken away IL was found in the Sheeiz
building and had been hammered to pieces.
Five dollars In change was gone The
register cost Sis, and was completely
ruined BY pressing one of the keys it
could have been opened without break
IN IL