The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-06

quantity of trout and pickerel was
captured, many of them being OF great
size. 1t is thought that the mineral
water impregnated with gas was the
cause of the uncommon abundance and
fatness of the fish-that the stimulus
of the mineral constituents and gas
sharpens the appetite, invigorates the
nerves of the stomach and promotes
the digestion of the fish. causing them
TO ''laugh and grow fat"
II haven't bought anything in a
long time that has afforded me more
comfort" said a solid citizen of New
York city, than a pair of old-fashioned
woolen gloves that l bought the other
day. picked up one morning in the
hall pair of woolen gloves belonging
to my boy. / found when l came to
ask him about them that he wore them
skating; put them on and found them
very comforta bic indeed. ] have been
accustomed to wearing purely conven-
tional gloves, just now, for instance,
red dogs skin: but now put on these
fine, soft, woolen gloves and leave the
red dogs at home"
The course Of promotion in the
navy pay corps is illustrated by the
eases of the officers just advanced to
the rank of paymaster, and of those be-
low them in the list of twenty past as
sistant paymasters. The officers just
promoted have been about sixteen
years in the service, of which four
f,, ha saf
corps grades and the remainder in the
next highest The officer now first on
the list of past assistant payuasters
has been fifteen years and a half In the
service, of which he passed three and
half in the lowest grade When pro-
motion comes, which must be soon, he
will have been more than twelve years
a past assistant paymaster.
The Scandinavian and Finnish sport
of skeeing has struck Maine this win
ter, and is affording exciting and novel
amusement 10 the venturesome young
men II was imported a few weeks age
into Philipsburg by gentleman just
returned FROM Finland, and has spread
rapidly. The snowshoe known as the
skee is narrow strip of wood FIVE to
ten feet long. an inch thick and slightly
wider than the foot of the wearer.
Skeeing. practised as sport. consists
in sliding down long. steep deciivities
on these runners, and the sleeper the
hill the better. A popular variety Of
sheeing is to slide at express speed
down declivity that ends in a preci-
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make tremendous flying leap into /
space. The distance thus covered in
such matches in Finland is enormous
No subordinate in the navy ever
knows anything. and sometimes even
the captain of ship is kept IN sgnor-
ance Of her destination Sailing under
sealed orders. which has such smack
Of ancien. and periious times. is custom
by no means abandoned in the United
States navy II is only few years
since United States man-of-war left
New York. crossed the Atlantic. and
passed through the MediteTrsnezs
before those on board learned that u
was her duty 20 visit the Johannes
island. in The Indian ocean of the .
coast OF Africa and there seize al !
American merchant vessel carried OF |
by nnsinous crew. and supposed &c /
be engaged in The slave trade. IL wzs !
or this strange quest that the ships |
company discovered former naval /
ctzscer OF the United States living Ike |
sn eastern potentate. and exercising |
the power OF life ard death over q /
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