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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
SENATOR PATRICK WALSH.

land and was one of the Cleveland
leaders from the south. He disagreed
with President Cleveland's extreme
views on the tariff and opposed him in
1883. In the canvass of 1892 he took
the field for the nomination of David
3. Hill
Patrick Walsh is the owner and
editor Of the Augusta Chronicle, the
leading daily newspaper of Augusta.
He is native of Ireland and about
ffty-fve years old. He has never be-
fore held a political ofics of impor-
lance, but has for many years been
active and prominent in politics and
public Affairs in Georgia. He was for
several years the Georgia member Of
the democratic national committee.
He came TO America when a boy and
learned the printers trade in Charles
ton. S. c. He worked at the case on
various newspapers there for a number
of years Walsh was the southern
manager OF the old New York Asso-
ciated Press until that organization
passed out of existence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
Oldest Coal Mine In Amertca.

When we consider the fact that the
whole eastern range of mountains,
those natural barriers that were first
encountered by the European explor-
ers in America, are regularly ratified
with several seams of coal, both an
th-acite and bitumineus, we cannot
help expressing surprise when the his
torian informs us that the first Ameri-
can coal mine was discovered in what
is now the state of Illinois. In Hen
nepin's account of his explorations in
the west in the years 167S-s4. he tells
of an outcrop of coal on the Illinoi.
river. not far from Ottawa, .'the
shelly fragments of which burned
with a bright light, and gave forth
much heat" Hernedon says that thisis
the trst-historicalm mention of coal being
found In what is now the United States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
Detained b, Public ,,u.,n...

Mrs. Upjohn-Henry, you have kept
| us waiting dinner q long time. What
detained you?
Mr.. Upjohn-Business. Couldn't get
away any sooner. Looks like snow,
doesn't it?
"Yes. What was the nature Of the
business?'
Public matters that wouldn't inter-
est you. That coffee smells delicious.
Is the steak all right?"
"Yes, the steak is all right What
were the public matters?"
Tremendous crowd in front of o tall
Office building. / got right in tho
thick of il and couldn't get away. You
had headache when / went down.
town this morning. Is is better?''
"Ycs, the headache is all Cono.
What"
How about these folks next door,
Have they decided to rent their upper
fat to that family from KcnwoodP"
''No. They are going to let 1t 10 {
newly-married couple from the north
side. What was the crow doing?'
''Why-why-why. il vast was
watching some men raise a safe to .
s:xth-story window. Seems to n
you're mighty inquisitive."-
Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
Very TryfsE TO the Nerves.

81 saw an amusing experiment in
Kansas CITY recently" said Henry
Weller, % Omaha. to 4 St Louis Globe
Democrat reporter Some enc stated
that no man could stand quart Of
water dropped on to his hand drop By
drop, from a height of or feet A
bystander bet $50 TO 81 that ne could.
and the wager was accepted in Lees
than a minute there was blister On the
mans hand, and in less than three
minutes his face gave evidence Of in
tense suffering. Before a pint had
been dropped he gave up exhausted
and described the sensation as the
most terrible one he had ever expert
enced- The man ~Ao pocaeted the So
offered 70 give odds Of $40 TO 81 that no
one could stand = pint OF water dropped
On MS head drop b. drop. When be
eould get no takers he volunteered the
statement that no one could have gone
through the ordeal and retained his
reason, a statement nobody p->ser,
seemed qualified OF anxious 20 eonfrs-
diAA-"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
NIkOLA TESLA.
Receiving an Electric Current OF Tive
Hundred thousand Volts.

hoColv1nE an Electric Current OF I've
Hundred Thousand Volts.
Mr.. Tesla has advanced the opinion,
and sustained it by brilliant expert
ments of startling beauty and gran
deur, that light and heat are produced
by electrostatic forces acting between
charged molecules or atoms. Perfect
ing generator that give him currents
of several thousand alterations per
second, and inventing his disruptive
discharge coil, he has created electro
static conditions that have already
modified not few of the accepted no.
lions about electricity.
1t has been supposed that ordinary
currents of one or two thousand volts
potential would surely kill, but Mr..
Tesla has been seen receiving through
his hands currents at a potential of
vibrating a million times per second.
and manifesting themselves in daz-
cling streams of light This is
not mere tour de force, but illus
trates the principle sthat while
currents of lower frequency destroy
life. these are harmless. After such a
striking test, which. by the way. no
one has displayed hurried inclination
to repeat, Mr.. Tesla's body and cloth
ing have continued for some time 10
emit fine glimmers or halos of spin
tered light In fact, an actual flame is
produced by this agitation of cleo
trostatically charged molecules. and
the curious spectacle can be seen of
puissant, white. ethereal flames. that
do not consume anything. bursting
from the ends of An induction coil as
though it were the bush on holy
ground.
With such vibrations as can be main
tanned by a potential of three million
volts Mr.. Tesla expects some day TO
envelop himself in complete sheet
of lambert fire that will leave him
quite uninjured. Such currents as he
now uses would, he says. keep a naked
man warm at the north pole, and their
use in therapeutics is but one of the
practical possibilities that has been
taken up.-T. c. Martin. in Century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21

my place dat must ha' got away from
somebody. My ole woman done say
it's a girafee, but mebbe it's a ele-
plant"
"Our elephants are all here, but ono
Of the camels is gone"
'Mebbe it's camel. I nebber seed
no camel. He amt got no wings nor
muffin"
Does it look like horse or o cow"
''No, sab. Ny boy Henry says it's q
'nosceros, but Use a little suspicious
dat it hain't."
1--WE have no rhinoceros, but it may
be our sacred bull from India
"Does yo' sacred bull growl like q;
dawg an show his teef?"
! "No."
~Does he walk roun' a nigger's cab
In. an take a dawg by de neck an
shake de life outen him, an roar AMI
roar?''
mo. It must be one of our lions!i
You don't mean to say you have cap
tured a lion?"
Cant say, boss. It's somethin' dat
6AO"&S III AodlS dh oNltCuSS Ills tdll
Him didn't wanter come along, but 1
jest tied rope roun' his neck an made
him. He's tied up to dat tree ober
dere, an reckon yo' oughter gimme
bout two bits for my trouble"
: The circus hands went up the road
with the old man, and about quarter
of mile away, tied to a persimmon
tree and looking much disguised, was
the biggest lion of the menagerie.
Dunno if it's an elephant or nos
ceros or giraffee," said the colored
man, as he went up and began loosen
ing the rope. "but we're he am, an bein'
as he killed my dawg, an bein' as 1
had ter drag him all de way ober, mebbe
you'll make it fo' bits
Man alive" gasped the manager. as
he handed the negro q silver dollar.
"Didnt you know this was lion?"
mo. Nebber done knowed what he
was. Just got rope an made him
come along; an when he grewled an
roared / hammered him wild dis stick.
Much obleeged, sab"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21

bHters tho service and was enrolled
~ major Of the Third Iowa cavalry.
Subsequently he became colonel of the
regiment, succeeding Gen. Bussey,
assistant secretary of the in.erior dur
ing Mr.. Harrison's administration As
an officer he was intrepid, energetic
and efficient, and would probably have
attained high rank had not President
Lincoln taken him from the ranks to
serve as the First district judge of Ar
Kansas. Tho appointment was made
in 1854, and Judge Caldwell retained
bhe Office until March, 1890, when he
baooeeded David j. Brewer, of Kansas,
rs circuit judge. As presiding officer
Of the federal court in Arkansas he
made his name as jurist. His court
was the first to pass upon the many
questions arising out of the civil war,
and the justice and evenness of his de-
cisions are shown in the fact that not
one of his opinions carried to the
United States supreme court was over
ruled.
Since his elevation to the position of
United States circuit judge his duties
have been enormous. His district,
which in extent is about one-fourth of
the area of the United States, except
ing Alaska, includes Missouri, Kansas,
Iowa, Nebraska. Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado and
Arkansas, ten states in all. When the
varied interests and pursuits of the
people living in this vast area are con-
sidered it will be seen how broad
should be the mind and knowledge of
its federal judicial officer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
The Center OF Formulation

The limestone monument bearing the
title used as headline is located IN
Decatur county, Ind. The center of
population in the United States. as To-
Gated by the census of 1850, is in the
above-named county, 90 miles east of
Columbus. ore of the cities of Hoosier-
dom This is the second time in the
history of our country that the center
of population has been indicated By
marking it with q monument The
first was the spot located by the census
OF 1910. The monument" which may
still Be seen, is simply a Eat stone i'm
bedded in the soil 40 miles northwest
ct Washington. d. c., bearing these
Three words: Center of Population
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
is NOW FAMOUS
ChS Judge Who Stands for the
Rights Of Labor.
i Man ~ sfsfling Character ana Much
Lsssning-AltAough Born In Virginia,
He II q westerner IN All His
synPathiss.

Judge Henry c. Caldwell, of the
Eighth United States judicial district,
who has Just rendered decision of
national interest and Importance in
the Union Pacific railroad case, is
thorough western man, although he is
by birth a Virginian. The Kansas
City Star, which publishes a sketch OF
Judge Caldwell, states that he has
lived on the other side of the Missis-
sippi river since 1861 long time, and
q period that has witnessed growth
of q wilderness inhabited almost solely
by Indians to a populous and prosper
BUS empire that no longer knows the
red man. He came of hardy Scotch
Irish stock and was born over three
score years ago in that part of Vir-
pinia now included in West Virginia.
When a lad Of four years his parents
moved across the wilderness to the
westward and located IN the southern
part of the territory of Wisconsin, now
\ part of the state of Iowa. The red man
was then supreme ruler of this great
western domain. and the lad became
thoroughly familiar with the charac-
teristics, language, customs and tradi-
tons OF the Indians. After the subju-
cation of the noted Sac, Black Hawk,
the chief pitched his tepee near the
"a bin of Caldwell, parent.
The boyheod of the present judge
was chiefly given over to toll. What
books he was able to secure he de-
voured eagerly. At the age of seven
teen he began the study Of law in an
Office At Keosauqua, Ia, and three years
later was admitted to practice. At the
age of twenty-four he was prosecuting
attorney of his district, and at twenty
six was sent to the legislature. He
served as chairman of the house judi
ciary committee during two ses-
siens. The civil war breaking out,
he threw aside everything to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
Senators Whose Terms Expire.

The terms Of thirty senator's expire
with the rrsVent session of congress.
Fourteen democrats VIII vacate their
seats and sixteen republicans. Among
the more prominent members of the
senate whose term Of service is ap-
proesAing expiration arc Nessrs.
Chandler, Culion, Delph, Frye. harris.
Hear. Handerson. Mcpherson. Morgan,
Ransom. WaAhburn and Wolcott. Tie
states m which vacancies OCCUR are
Arkansas, South Cersiina, louisa m,
West Virginia, Wyoming. New Hamp-
SHIRE, Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Rhode
Island, Oregon, Maine, Tennessee. Del
aware, Massachusetts,, Virginia, Ken
lucky, Nebraska, Kansas, Michigan,
New Jersey. Alabama. South Dakota,
Montana, North Carolina, Idaho, Mis-
sissippi, Minnesota, Iowa and Cole
ra1n
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
Survival of Wedding Toll.

A curious but rather announcement
custom of exacting toll from newly
married couples appears to survive at
Wilsdcn. Eng. in the Bradford dis
trict. The other day a marriage took
plsce in the Congregational chapel.
and on the happy pair emerging from
the building they found the way to
their waiting cab barred by number
Of women who had tied their aprons
together and stretched them acres. the
gateway. When these were satisfied
with douceur and the cab was gained,
progress was again hindered by a
couple of carriers who had drawn their
teams across the road and who also ex.
acted toll Sometimes, it appears, sew.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21

do not forget 10 put few bit. Of cam.
phor in your pocket. They will prove
useful 10 yen for playing an innocent
little trick that will surprise your COM
Panioss, whom you have previously
told that yeu arc going to set a pile of
snow on fire.
After gathering small quantity of
Snow and arranging it in a conical
pile. place in the summit of it the few
pieces of canphor in question. the color
of which will sufficiently conceal them.
and which viii pass usperceived unless
q very closely observation is made.
Now apply q Lighted match to the
campher and the latter will immedi-
stely take fire and burn with a beauti-
full flame, to the great surprise of spec
sators who are not in the secret
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21

tory and the formation OF Iowa and
Wisconsin.
Gen. Jones was second to Jonathan
Cilley in the famous fatal duel fought
by him with Graves, of kentucky, in
1888. and which provoked such storm
of disaproval that stringent antiducl-
ing laws were at once adopted and the
code received its death blow in Amer
lea. Although not stranger to the
field of honor-he had participated in
six duels, once as principal-Gen. Jones
protested strongly against acting for
his colleague. This was not SO much
because of any antipathy on his part
to the code but on political grounds.
If Gen. Jones had not used his per-
suasive powers on Stephen A. Douglas
in behalf of Dubuque at one time the
history of the city might have been
different. In 1s49 bill was pending
in the Illinois legislature for the con-
struction of railroad, the Illinois
Central, from Cairo to Galena, with a
branch to Chicago" Stephen A. Doug
las was the father of the bill Jones
saw the opportunity for Dubuque aud
he used all his influence with the Lit
tie Giant" to effect change in the
wording so it would read from Cairo,
H., to Dubuque, Ia, via Galena"
Douglas was prevailed on and from
the day of the passage of the bill the
commercial Importance of Dubuque
was assured. while, on the other hand,
Galena, which had been the CONNER
cial center of the northwest, then be-
gan to lese its supremacy.
The sturdy veteran is living out his
days with his two daughters at 4 pleas
ant home in Dubuque. He has the
looks and bearing of one much younger
than he is, and bids fair to round out
the century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
JAMES D. YEOMANS.
Career of the New Member of the Inter
state Commerce Commission.

Career Of the New Member Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
State Senator James d. Yeomans, Of
Sioux City, Ia, was born in Cattarau-
gus county, n. Y, forty-eight years
ago. He had the advantages of fair
common and high school education.
His first experience in the railroad
business was as an Office boy when he
was eighteen years old. He rapidly
advanced to the position of superin-
tendent, serving IS brakeman, con-
ductor, and in all intermediate grades.
For several years he was superinten-
dent of the Buffalo, New York & Phil
adelphia Railroad company. During
the war he served in important railway
positions in military operations. his
ability in operative work being highly
valued. In 1870 he became a member
of the railroad contracting firm of
Craige, Raffer & Yeomans, of Buffalo.
n. Y, which built many lines of road
in Michigan, the ore docks at Marquette
and other important works in the
northwest.
He came to Sioux City in 1889 in
order to look personally after his prop
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
The Weight OF Rabies

At the New York woInau's hospital
they SAP that boys weigh from eight tc
tTenty-one ounces more than the girls
at birth. The weight OF the average
boy baby is seven pounds, while tina,
OF the wee sweet sister IS only SIX and
one-qusrter pounds. Boys are more
delicate, harder 10 raise ana .,crosser
than the girl babies. who only want
-egular meals and prompt attention 70
grow strong, teauuful, lovaols sne
supnyhearted
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
WHAT HE HAD CAUGHT.

This Story May Be Taken with . Grain
or More OF Salt.
The New York Sun prints an anus
ing tale, which the reader may receive
with as many ounces of allowance as
he thinks necessary. It is connected
with She wreck of circus train in q
rather wild southern country. Many
of the cages of the menagerie were
broken, it appears, and their occu-'
pants had full opportunity to escape
to the woods and fields. While all
hands were waiting the arrival of Q
wrecking train, an old colored man,
with a business look about him, ap-
preached the circus manager.
''Boss," he said, "do git anythin' il
Icotch the giraifee what got away last
night?''
"No giraffe got away" was the re-,
ply.
ssWal T rotched aomefbins cher IN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
OF SENATOR JONES
ao Was the First United States
Senator from Iowa.
The Great Part He Played In the Devel.
opnent OF the Nerthwest-Ons OF
the Seconds In the Famous
Cilley.0Yavos Duel

On April Gen. George W. Jones
was the guest of the state of Iowa,
and reception was rendered him by
the legislature in the capitol at Des
Moines. The occasion was his nine
tieth birthday, but as he stepped from
his house at Dubuque to begin his
journey to Des Moines there was none
among the group of citizens delegated
to attend him as a guard of honor
whose step was more light or whose
stature more erect than that of this
venerable warrior.
Time has dealt most leniently with
this aged man. who was a power in
the United States senate at day when
most men now alive were still unborn.
He was the contemporary OF Clay and
Webster and Benton, and the friend
and associate Of all of them. He was
the first Caucasian to found perma
nent home in what is now the city of
Dubuque; more than that, he was the
first white settler of the state of Iowa,
and he was the first man chosen
to represent the state in the halls of
the national senate. His early life
was distinctly that of the pioneer, and
to no small extent was he responsible
for the early development OF the great
northwest.
Gen. Jones first went to congress in
1884 as delegate from Michigan ter
ritory, then including all of what is
now embraced in the states of Iowa,
Wisconsin. Minnesota and Nebraska.
He was at this time living in Dubuque,
its solitary white inhabitant, and the
first actual resident of what subse-
quently became the state of Iowa. He
was reelected delegate twice, and re-
signed in 1889 to accept the position of
surveyor general of Iowa territory,
rendered him by President Van Buren,.
While in congress he was ever active
in the interest of the embryo
empire which he represented. He Sc
cured the division of Michigan terri
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
HON. janis d. YEoMAYs.

erty interests in the west. Heis an ex.
tensive farmer and stock raiser. Two
years ago he was elected TO the state
senate from that county. although hi.
residence had been short He is a life
long democrat and was prominent ia
New York politics. having been an in
innate personal and political friend ef
President Cleveland and Postmaster
General Bissell
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
Paste Made IN Factories.

New York uses about one hundred
barrels Of paste daily The manufac-
ture was established in that city about
thirty years ago; before that time the
oooksinders, paper hangers, bill post
ers, shoenakers. paper bsx manufac-
turers and others using paste made
their owp; there are now about six
paste factories ia the city. Flour and
water form the basis of paste: other
ingredients are used, but what they
are. and the process of manufacture.
arc trade secrets. The trade in paste
is local New York paste, for instance.
is sold in that city and suburbs: there
ore now paste manufactures in the
various larger cities which supply the
local demand. Paste sells al about
e. % = hs--nl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21

-"And now, brethren" said Rev
Mr.. Wilgus, rs the contribution boz
started on its rounds, ''remem Der. that
while it is well TO direct your petitions
to the throne of grace, they are much
less apt to miscarry II the postage has
been literally prepaid. "--IndianaPolis
JCr1rnal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
Useless Learning.

Little Dick-I don't see much use in
going to school
Papa-Why not?
Little Dick-It took me mos two
weeks to learn to pronounce Hawaii,
and new it isn't going to be annexed
after alL-Gosd News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
Good At Considering.

Benevolent Party-why don't you
consider the ways Of the ant. and be
wise?
Lazy Larry-That's jus wot I'm do
in, mister. Amt done nothin' else fer
years-N. Y. Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
AN INNOCENT TRICK.

Of Snow.
When you 60 out in winter while
there is snow on the ground, says La
Science en- Eamille to its bow readers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
When Baby was sick, W gave her Castor.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castofia.
VAen she ha: Children. she gave: them Castc.A

eral cords are drawn across the road at
intervals along the route, and the In
roads on the bridegroom's purse are
thus considerable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21


attractive
B..
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apply
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
GEORGIA'S NEW SENATOR.
Editor Walsh Accepts tho Position De
clined by Speaker Crisp.

Senator Patrick Walsh, by appoint.
ment of Gov. Northen, will represent
Georgia in the United States senate to
serve out the unexpired term of the
late Senator Alfred H. Colquitt. Mr..
Walsh was a member of the convention
of 1854 which nominated Grover Cleve-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
HERO OF BENNINGTON.

Model Of Statue of Cen. John Stark Ready
for the Cast.
New Hampshire is to place statues
Of two of her most distinguished sons,
Daniel Webster and Gen. John Stark,
the hero of Bennington, in the national
gallery at Washington. The clay
model for the Webster statue was
ready some weeks ago and now that
for the statue Of Gen. Stark has just
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
No fear of PIN
pies, if you use
Woodbury'sA
Facial Soap.Ap

Ssld everywhere, cakes for SIco Psepzred
only AZ the josS H WoopsusY DEsxAroLoc-
heal INSTITUTE, i7S West sed Street. \. Y.
Send nc cents Tor small cake soap, and Isopase
hssk er Skin AID scalp sSer;ioc..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
A Severe Remedy.

Brown-My barber used TO ask =
thousand questions while shaving me,
but now he kurries up the job in ST.
lence.
Jones-Indeed. How do you man
age il?
Brown eat heartily of raw onions
just before going to his shop.-Judge.