The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-14
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MISCELLANY,
The pasents applied for in Wash
ington last year numbered &C. CO., The
total number of patents outstanding on
January was SIS, 600. The receipts OF
the patent office were 81 200. 600. and
the expenses si5e, COS less. New York
stands first in the number of patents
applied for.
The photographic Office has issued
. report concerning wrecks and dere-
licts. 1t is estimated that the average
period of drift is thirty days, but notice
is called to the case of the three-masted
schooner Fannie E. Woolston, aban-
doned October Is, 1891, and last seen ON
February 30. 1894. period of $50 days,
during which she drifted 7,os5 miles,
the longest track Of the kind on record.
Catherine de Medici, widow OF
Henry H., ruled France with absolute
power for many years during the nom
inal reigns of her sons, -Praneis III. and
Charles TX. 1t was under her auspices
that the massacre of St. Bartholomew
was planned and executed. In her last
days she perceived the evil consequences
of her policy in regard both to the
people and the nobility, and advised q
change.
Ono of the most famous widows of
antiquity was Agrippina, the wife of
Germanicus. During the lifetime of
her husband she attended him in all
his campaigns and shared his dangers.
Suspecting that her husband had been
poisoned, she had his presumed muir
derer assassinated, and was herself
soon after treated with such indignity
by sTiberius that she was driven to
despair and starved herself to death.
An old Scotch lady who had no relish
for modern church music was express
sing her dislike to the singing of an an
them in her own church one day, when
. neighbor said: why, that is very
old antheml David sang that anthem
to Saul" To this the old lady replied:
"Weel, wsel! 1 moo for the first time
understan' why Saul threw his javelin
at David when the lad sang for him
Presbyterian
Lady Huntingdon, the illustrious
patron of the Methodists. was a widow
of forty-five years. She lived to be &C
years old, and retained the vigor Of
middle life almost to the end. Her
benevelences were innumerable. and
she founded number of chapels and
schools for the Methodists. Not long
before her death il was estimated that
from a moderate income she had ex-
pended over s10e, 600 in public and pri-
vate charity.
Some one who understands human
nature has written the following:
Mother wish you would rake up the
dead leaves in the yard" Small Sammy
Tive got a sprain in my wrist, an
the rheumatism in my back. an grow
ing pains in my right leg, an'-sn'
cramps in my left one, an headache,
an toothache." Nother-"After you
have ralxed the leaves into a pile, you
may set it on FIRE and jump over II"
Sanmy-''whoopee, where's the rake?"
Company recently asked for an injunc-
ton restraining the Carlisle Traction
Company from laying its tracks above
the water mains because of electro
lysis- The case was argued May ,. and
Judge Sadier said, as IL is an important
issue that involves millions Of dollars
worth of property throughout the
country, it must be fully investigated
The case was continued 50 that the
railway company may take testimony.
English collars have somewhat lost
popularity in New York. II is not
many years since collars Of English
make were usually offered TO a man
when he asked for the best: but some
of the houses where this was the case
DO longer keep such goods in stock.
One dealer in mems furnishing goods
gave as excuse for the change that En-
glish collars ara too heavy for summer
wear, and added that buyers sometimes
complained that such collars shrunk n
the washing.
Not only are apples of well-recog-
nized hygienic value. but there is an
apple cure for dyspepsia. jus. as there
is milk cure. Some physicians that
practice the apple curc require their
patients 70 eat from one TO three apples
for breakfast sbout a. many for
luncheon, and permit them 10 take
a dinner of moderate amount and j
variety This diet Is sometimes kept
up for many weeks together, and ~ita
marked success
-so.i:s Unpleasant appearing Stats
tics have just been issued by the Preach
government Explanations Of the fig
ures NAV come later 70 tsEe down tns
evil impression OF explain It away In
ise5 about s.. 300 hectoli;res of sbsinsae
were retaiied in France; in Iss2 over
Id. 0Ss hecsositres were similarly sold.
and there has been . marked insrears
in the consumption Of ali other zsoo-,
holic DRINKS IA The repabiic- Bct~een
ISL and 1856 the average annual mum
Der of condemnation ey the Law courts
WAS . oco. IN isss il had risen - isz Goa
Increase Of population had lissie 20 do
with the increase Of figures. for n re-
cent years the excess Of bi<ths osez
deaths II the couSss- had varied fruD
ls-ooo % aesriv so-oSs = ye&z.