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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
.sNAP THE WHIP" IN AFRICA.
Tests of Nerve Before which the Bravsss
Mi3bt Quail.

Tests of Nerve Before which the Bravsss
Might Quail.
Among the Hadendowas, -Sudancse
tribe whose name was painfully IA
miliar to Us . few years ago. young
men who aspire to renown challenge
one another to dreadful contest.
After ceremonies cartel-which may
be declined without infamy, however,
unless the youth refusing have fought
once already and triumphed-public
notice is given and at the time APP
pointed all the population Of the viii
lage assemble. The champions are
stripped to the waist, and they carry
whip of hippopotamus hide four feet
long, one inch square at the base, with
edges newly trimmed, as sharp almost
as knife. At signal they exchange
blows methodically and keep it up I'M
til ono owns defeat, or, very much
more frequently, stumbles and falls
exhausted, but still defiant. Blood
streams at the first cut, as though the
whip had been a sword almost, but
they often hold out for half an hour.
DIR. Gunther says he has seen scars
reaching to the very bone. The prize
of these contests is a title, "AkhU-el-
Benat"- Protector of the Maiden
which the victor bears until defeated
or married. We can believe that the
young men think it worth fighting for,
and it would be interesting to know
what advantages the title gives ex-
actly, how the rnaidens regard their
protector, whether he has any official
position toward them, and SO forth.
A custom like this has spread, Of
course, among neighboring towns
under various forms. That of the
Abyssinian braves is described by
Mansfield Parkyns in the London
Standard. The girls themselves play
an active part there. When young peo-
Pile are gathered for amusement-after
q church festival, for instance-one of
them will begin peeling straw of
green millet, which is full of pith. Her
lovers blood runs cold probably. but
he must smile or own himself a craven.
When she has cut the pith into bits an
inch hong he stretches out his bare
arm. The example set every girl who
respects herself and has lover fol-
lows it. The young men form circle,
with their arms extended. Blithely
then, and with many jest, doubtless,
the maidens arrange their bits of pith
upright in some fanciful design on the
bare flesh and then set them alight.
They are nearly an inch thick, and
they burn very slowly, but the hapless
youth must stand and smile as well as
he can till the blood and juices of the
scared flesh extinguish them. 1t is, in
fact, peculiarly horrible form of tat
tooing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

cit seems quite possible that the
swallow will prove a successful rival to
the carrier pigeon in its peculiar line
of service" said Harold W. Swain, of
Washington. 81 know a man who has
been experimenting with these birds
for years and who managed to tame
them and make them love their cage so
that they will invariably return TO il
after a few hours liberty. The speed
of these messengers can be judged
from a single experiment The man
of whom l speak once caught an I'M
trained swallow which had its nest on
his farm He put the bird in basket
and gave it to a friend who was going
to city one hundred and fifty miles
distant, telling him to turn the bird
loose on his arrival there and tele-
graph him as soon as the bird was set
free This was done. and the bird
reached home in one hour and half.
Their great speed and diminutive
forms would especially recommend
swallows for use in war as it would
not be an easy matter to shoot such
carriers on the wing. Louis
Globe Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
Trepsnning by Prehistoric Man.

Not only the medical world, but the
laity also, have been highly interested
by the evidence adduced by Prof
Horsley IN lecture the other day, prov
ing that prehistoric man in the stone
age frequently performed the danger
Gus and delicate operation of trepan-
ming. He had found sixty skulls in
collections OF these relics, on which
the operation had undoubtedly. been
performed. In one case it had been
done by drilling q series of small holes.
proba bly, with bone implement, and
then breaking small partitions and so
releasing a piece OF bone. Another
operation seems TO have been per
formed with flint saw. A third
method was scraping. This discovery
is the most important proof yet dis
covered of the high intelligence of the
unrecorded raceA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

81 ate and slept as I had not done
since | was child. and l have never
since then an hours inconvenience from
nervous prosiration.
"The medicine to which / owe 50
much is Paine's celery compound. and |
have recommended it TO ali Of my stage
acquaintance who have overtsxed their
brains by too close attention to study,
and all have experienced the same hap
py results as myself
Paine's celery compound has made
thousands of people well. IL has saved
thousands of women from nervous pros
tration. IL has made the weak strong.
Ii has cured where everything else has
failed. innumerable testimonials as To
its wonderful value as a spring medicine
have been voluntarily sent TO Burl,ng-
ton, VT, where it rs prepared.
Paine's celery compound is the most
nerves of the 10Th century. IL has been
recognized and is today employed by tins
foremost physicians for curing kidney
and liver troubles and all diseases due 20
nervous disorder, faulty nutrition and
impoverished blood. producing results
that seem little short OF miraculous.
Paine's celery compound in the spring
builds up the system. puriiiss the blood.
requisites the nerves. The weak and
worn out soon find their frames invigor-
a,ed, their spirits raised and thei,
strength renewed.
IL makes people well'
As spring medicine il ia rs superior
u all the ordinary remedies as strength
is better than weakness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
said to a reporter in New York the other

said to reporter in New York the other
day.
You needn't think that an actress life
| Is spent upon bed Of roses. l love the
stage dearly. and am very far from
| wishing to find fault, but indeed the life
| is more trying than people suppose.
"You see we go through life with a
rush. l have no time for anything.
Singing every night and rehearsing
every day, with whatever time there
may be left over spent in railroad cars
that is my yearly routine. OF course
the result of this sort of thing is severe
strain upon the nervous system. The
effort TO identify ones self with tile
character upon the stage is very trying.
81 have frequently found myself, after
a particularly successful engagement, so
nervous that eating and sleeping seemed
luxuries with which l had parted COM
fortune at such a price were not too
dearly purchased after all. Last sum-
mer was particularly run down. The
least thing affrighted me, and l shrank
from study with loathing.
Il was then in Washington, and the
wife of U. S. senator recommended to
me cure which she said had enabled
her husband to bear up under the strain
of the fierce debates in congress while
the force bill was pending. l took it at
her solicitation, and was rejoiced TO find
an almost immediate improvement. My
spirit picked up, and at the end of two
weeks the same old exuberant health
with which nature blessed me had re-
turned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
SAVAGE IDEAS OF PORTRAITS.
A Peculiar Phase of tho Superstition of
BarbAriAnS.

A Peculiar Phase of the Superstition of
BarbArians
If we suppose such a material rela.
ton between the image and the object
as there is between the shadow and the
object, it becomes evident that the saw
age should deport himself in the same
way toward the image, the shadow,
and the object. From his point of
view the image and the object it repre-
sents are in close relation, and in act
ing upon the one he would be acting
in the same way upon the other. By
virtue of this way of thinking the saw
age is convinced that harm done to the
image passes to the object, or that in
acting upon the copy we attack the
original.
Proofs are numerous TO demonstrate
the Importance which savages attribute
to this mode of action on the original
Waltz tells, following Denghame, that
it was dangerous in ascertain tribe of
West Africa to paint the portraits of
natives, because they were afraid that
a part of their soul would pass, by
some necromapcy, into the image. Sir
John Lubbock notices the fear of
their portrait entertained by saw.
ages-and the more like the por-
trait, the greater the danger to the
original was supposed to be. DR.. Kane
got rid of the Indians one day when
they were making themselves trouble
some to him by beginning to paint
their portraits. Catlin relates an Incl
dent. at the same time sad and comic,
of his drawing the profile of a chief
named Matochiga, when the Indians
around him seemed all at once very
much moved. "Why did you not draw
the other half of his face?" they asked;
"Matochiga was never ashamed to
look a white man in the face" Mato-
chiga did not appear to have taken of
Tense till then, when one of the In
dams came up to him and, laughing,
said: 1.-THE Englishman knows very
well that you are only half man, and
he has only drawn half of your face
because the other is worth nothing"
A fatal quarrel followed this express
sion, and Matochiga was killed by a
bullet which struck him on the side of
the face that had not been drawn
Lazar Popoff, in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
German Baptist Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting OF the German Bap-
fist brethren vii be held at Meyersdale
Pa, on the Pitcsburg division of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad, commencing
Nav oath, 1894.
For this occasion the B. & o. Railroad
company will sell excursion tickets to
Meyersdale aud return from all stations
on its system of lines at the rate of one
first class fare for the round trip. From
points east of aud including Pittsburg and
Wheeling the tickets will be sold from
May 22nd to 2Sth, inclusive, and will be
valid for return passage within thirty
days from date OF safe
From points west of Pittsburg and
Wheeling the tickets will be sold from
May 2lsJ TO 26th, inclusive, and will be
valid Tor return passage within thirty
days from date of sale
For time of trains, etc. address nearest
agent of the b. s .. X. K. Co., or o. p
McCarty, general passenger agent b. & o.
:. w. Ry. st. Louis. Mo-; /. s Allen.
assistant general passenger agent, B. & o.
r. r., Chicago, His; +. ID. Smith. division
passenger agent. b. & O. Il. r., Pitts
bug. Pa, or Is. +. Bond, division passen-
ger agent, b * O. X. r., Baltimore, Md:
Charles 0. Scull, general passenger agent,
Is. x q. r. r, Baltimore. Md.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

Chemists say Turkish tobacco con-
tains prussic acid aad Cuban tobacco
has another alkaloid called colIidine,
of q drop of which viii
kill frog, giving the creature all the
symptoms of paralysis Experiments
have proved that three drops of the
liquor that accumulates in the bowl of
a pipe viii kill a "a bsit in nine r1inutex
A drop Of pure nicotine inserted Gear
the conjunctivs of any small animal
will kill it almost instantly: eight
drops will Kill a horse, giving him
frightful commissions II one drop OF
the stuff would give a man commissions
one day it would take two the NEXT
four on the third day. etc. which
shows how readily the system adapts
self to poison Louis Republic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
REVISED OThELLo'S LINES.
How . College Amateurs Stage Frish
Upset. Booth and Barrett.

Upset Booth and Barrett.
During my senior year at Brown,
says a writer in Harper's Magazine,
Booth and Barrett played a weeks en-
gagement in Providence, and secured
among the students such amateur aid
as they needed. Among these amateur
supernumeraries was one Attleboro.
who was given the part of Othello's
lieutenant, Cassie. He practiced con-
stantly the scene where he was to in
terpose between Brabantio and the
Moor. He had but three words to say,
but it was astonishing what varieties
of infections, gestures and expressions
SO short speech admitted. Our hall
constantly resounded as he heavily
paced his room, and frowning angrily
at lamp or picture swept his arm
toward these unoffending objects,
shouting: Hold your hands," On the
evening Of the performance the mill.
tary strides with which he entered
the scene and the naughty and
martial air with which he grasped the
hilt Of his sword did honor to his in.
depreciation of the part. We noticed,
however, as the noise of the approach
of the irate father and his followers
was heard our college Cassie became
nervous, and when the two parties of
angry men met he was completely held
by that form Of temporary alteration
of the intellect known as stage fright.
The momentous instant arrived when
blood would be shed unless he inter-
vened. Booth glanced at him impa-
tiently. He stepped forward, waved
his arm and attempted to utter the
words of mediation SO necessary to
preserve the public peace, but to the
now quiet house no sound was audible.
othello glazed at him, Iago scowled.
Again he waved his arm, again moved
his lips, but no words came. This
pantomime was repeated several times,
and the painful silence had become al
most uncomfortable, when, with a SUI
preme effort, Cassie found his tongue.
Again stepping forward and looking
desperately at Booth, he shouteAe
Cheese iti' AT this far from classic
sally Booth and the other actors lost
their self-oontrol, and the remainder of
the scene lacked much Of its accus-
toned dignity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
Aitstock His Sex.

Haverly - Chony Chumpleigh says
that New York is the most polite city
in the world
Austen-What has given him that
idea?
UNEXPECTEDLY got on Broadway
car the other day when it was pretty
crowded and a short-sighted old gen.
tlsfnan got up and offered him his seat.
Town Topics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
When

You 60 east take the Frisco line, for the
reason, that it is the only Wichita line
having two solid trains daily TO st. Louis
without change. Chair cars. tseats free.
and Pullman palace sleeping cars in both
and night trsins-lsavibg Wichi-
Ia 1875 a. M, and 10>35 y. m; arrive 81.
Louis union depot $50 a. m, and go p.
m. Relisble-always ON time-insuring
certain connections with diverging lines.
Call at Douglas avenue station or city
ickst Office, I5s North Main street
- II W. d. MURDOCH. ID. p. A.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

Persons who synpatbizs with tho
afflicted will rejoice with ID. r. Carr. of
12:s5 Harrison street, Kansas City. He 10
AN old sufferer from inhsmmAtory rh~u-
mstism. but has not heretofore been
troubled in this climate. Last winter he
wept mp into Wisconsin, ard In eonse-
auenc. has had snct her attack. 1T csms
upon me again very acute and severe. he
said. MY joints swelled aud became
infiamec: sore 20 touch or almost 20 look
at. Upon the urgsat request os my
mother iB-law tried CbamberlaiB's Pain
Bal II 10 reduce the swelling and ease the
pain, and 10 my szre-.bIs surprise. IL did
both have used three fifty cent bottle.
snd believe IL to be the finest tang foe
rheumatism. pains and sweliinEs sxtsat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
New Tr5in Service.

Commencing October 22d the Grea
Rock Island railway will inougurate
new tourist car liL,e between Chicago,
Wichita, Fort Worth, FL Paso, Los
Angeles and San Francisco without
change of cars. This car will leave Wich-
ita daily for Csliforns a points at 7:2O D. m.
and for Chicago and points east at 9:2S "A
N. The Great Rock Island is the only
line running through tourist cars to Cali
fornia without change of cars. For
further particulars call at Rock Island
ticket office, corner Main and Douglas
avenue. j. II. PHILLIPS,
City ticket and passenger agent, Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific railway
135tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
rrovatore and roeshaehe

''Did Won find out what that woman
wus hollerin' about?" said Farmer
Corntossel's wife, when the old gentle
man returned to their room in the no.
tel.
II asked the clerk he replied.
what did he say?"
''He said it was II Trovatory.f I
didn't Ike to show my ignorance by
askin' more questions. But / reckon
maybe it's Their sussiety name fur tooth.
ashington Star.
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Leavenworrh. Kan, and Return for So. IS.

Leavenworfh. Kan, and Return for Sc. IS.
On account of the Uniformed Rank
Knights of Pythias' conclave at Leaven-
worth, Kan, May IA to Is, 1894, the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway company will sell
round trip tickets for s6.15 Tickets will
be on sale May IL to l6, inclusive. Good
TO return until May 10, inclusive. For full
particulars relative TO route and time call
at City Ticket Office, La North Main st.
Il I1R
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
Oar Higher Edsessioa-

Uncle George-Are yo1 learning much
AZ scboOi2
Little Nephew-Yes. indeed r1
learning 10 So siiii. an not talk. an
&c; make any noise. an get UP an at
down. an march, an !oss OF ;hinsa-
Good News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
Time to Marry.

Jimson-I am the hsppiest man alive.
Your sister has at last set the day, and
Ii is not far of.
Little Johnny-Tes, the doctor told
her she'd got 70 stop eating SO much
andy.-Good News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
THE WICHITA PEERLESS EMPRESS.
Train Scrricn.

the time you leave the Peerless Princess.
The new time card which goes into effect
Nov. 10Th Will show number OF impora-
ant changes. which will be fully shown in
time tables published in the daily papers
Passengers can learn full particulars rela-
tive TO this superb train service by calling
at Missouri Pacific city ticket office, III
North Main St uI5s ri
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

DR. S. f. Scott. Blue Ridge. Harrison
Co, Mo-, says: ''For whooping cough
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is excel
lent" By using it freely the disease is de-
prived of all dangerous consequences.
There is no danger in giving the remedy to
babies, as it contains nothing injurious.
- and 80 cent bottles
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

Notice.
Che school board of District No 6, are
reSly to receive sealed bids for painting
school building; said building containing
seven hundred square yards of surface, to
be painted with two coats of paint: all ma
terial to be furnished by board. The right
10 reject any or all bids reserved. All bids
to be in by May 10th, noon.
CHARLES NACHTRIEB, Clerk.
1876 Derby, Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

Young wife-"What is baby trying
20 say. dear?- Hush&nd-'-Gi~e IL up
He seems 20 be trying 20 manufacture
a word about twenty syllables long -
Young wiie-''Isn't that lovely? He'll
- = great scientist some day. --I.k
S.A
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d2Itf.


California Possesses A delightful winter
climate. Almost every day il 5alry and
fol- Of sunshine. To live iE suck air tex
months may save you Big doctor bill !.
doesn't cost much 70 try. The Frisco line
and santa Re route Will carry you ~ Los
Angeles. san Diego o. san Frsuc1sco any
day. On fast vestio5led express train. ia
Pullman or tourist sleeper. The journey
j. through New Mexico and Arizons.
where heavy snoyf&lis seldom come IL -
short, quick and acknowledgements
acres. Dot roundabout Once a week
personally -conductsd exenrsioss are run
TO the Pacific coast In tourist sl-ep~rs
Competent porters and Agents IN charge
Second class tickets honor=3. and good
care taken Of ladies' and Children vitboui
e.corf- Very cheap rs:~- for one way or
round trip, now 10 effect Write 20 ID.
Is ishart. g. =. A. Frisco i.nes 81 l>csi~
no. for copy o: California sxeErsl1a yesi
let and a Handsomely tl4g.sr1ie4 book
entitled TO California and Back Sssr-
ct local s-ent OK F'Ti.eO !iDe OF s-sntA Re
route will Be glad 20 nzrn- ticke: rstrs zisd
fuTaisb desired .ofofuassos About sLs TIP
DoE't BE afraid 20 AK gosszto1--
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

A lady at Tooleys. la, was very sick
with bilious collie when ". G.. Tislsr, a
prominent merchant of the town, gave her
a bottle of snbsrlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrbea Remedy. He says she was
well in forty mint tes after taking the frs,
dosa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

va IIIV NIISsUUfI faCInt INaIIWay
Commencing Tuesday, My s, the Mis-
souri, Pacific morning train will leave
Wichita st O'Clock every morning up to
and including Friday morning May IL, ar
irving at Hutchinson at $40 H. IN. Re-
turning, the train will leave Hutchinson
g. 6:l5 p. m. arriving at W ichita at S NJ
This IS IN addition 10 passenger train leav-
ing Wichita at 5:45 p. m, and arriving at
Hutchinson at $40 y. III. Returning, ar
. rlve-at Wichita at 1850 A. IN. Parties de-
string to spend the day in Hutchinson
ran leave here at "a. m, and returning,
leave Hutchinson at 6:l5 y m. Tickets on
sale May TO 10 inclusive. good 10 return
to May Is inclusive d145 II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
The Blue Above.

II there was no dust haze above rs
the sky would be black. That is, we
would be looking into the black.
ness of a lirnitless space When
in fine. clear weather, we have q
deep. rich blue above US 1t IS
caused by haze. The particles in the
haze OF the heavens correspond with
those of the tube in the koniscope. and
the blue color is caused by the light
shining through depth of fine ia.e.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
Important hang. 81 lin.

On Santa Re Route on Sunday morning
Nov. 18th. Okishena and IT Worth sx-
press will leave at Gas a II. instead OF 10
a. m. as formerly. The Euglewood ex-
press daily except Sunday will leave AZ
Go a. m intead % 9.ie a 10. dl5l e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
HngE I4nG

Perry, Wharton 20 Saltwater. Leaves
Saltwater a m: Perry Up. IA. Also TX
change stables at Orlando and Saltwater.
We make a speciality Of carrying pszsea-
gers between there points.
SHIyELY, NASwYcK & SHIyELT.
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His Reputation.

Barry-rm going to have a grea.
joke at old Skinfint's expense in day
orso.
Garry-You'd better not. he won't
pay it.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

A MisunderstandiDE as to Time.
Dedhedde-Will you lend me five
dollars for couple of days?
Viseley-No. l might need it, you
know, next year.-Chicago Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

Don't fail to be present at the elocution-
airy entertainment given by Miss Minnie
Pedigo's class. at the Presbyterian church
corner Eighteenth and Market streets.
Monday night, May d 146 2t*
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

And we ara ready tn fl you With the
best suits or pants FOR the least rnooey.
WICHITA TAILOEryc COMPANY
Hi es Sedgwick E!ock.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

The largest passenger engine in the
United States belongs to the Cleve.
land Columbu Cincinnati & Indian
apolis railroad. Weight, IS tons
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05
Hack Line

Leave Perry at 1870 p. IN. and returning
leave Saltwater at $50 a. m.
ass tt. TURNER & FORD, Props.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-05

Fresh cabbage, tomato, sweet pot ato,
egg and mango plants at II. l. Adding
TOMS. 800 n. Main street. Telephone $50.
I46 2t