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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
Six Blouse in the Wash Tub.

To wash a silk blouse proceed as fol-
lows: Make 4 good lather with white
curd soap and hot water in small tub
or pan and add a small wineglassful of
vinegar, pouring the same amount into
another pan containing about two
quarts of cold water. Place the blouse
in the water, holding it by the neck
band and rub il downward. taking care
rot to drag il IN any way and never TO
rub soap upon it As soon as ii appears
10 be clean place IL IN the cold water.
stir 1t about TO remove al trace of sosp
and squeeze carefully. but Go not
wiring; roll in dry cloth for few min
utes or pass through an India rubber
wrinCer. and iron on both sides. keep
ing the grain of the silk quite even. II
the blouse needs s:iFening il can be
passed through solution Of gum ara
bic lmade by adding quarter of au
ounce OF gum arabic 10 one quart Of
boiling waterl and theu irone6. but the
use of the gum spoils the texture % IN.
.ilh.-Chicaco Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
M !!s!ssEsEsIsifs HsH

with artistic marble statuary. One OF
the statues represents the dying Achil-
leus, for whom the castle is named.
Shady verandas lead from the open.
columned halls Of the castle 20 the
olive and cypress groves which extend
70 the rocky shores of the sea, where the
empress has erected pretty memorial
20 Lord Byron. Further on the prom
enade IS broken by an open temple. ~
which stands a magnificent memorial
To Heinrich Heine. the German poet,
whose works the empress has herself
translated into modern Greek.
All travellers IRE unanimous in stat
ing that the wonders Of Greece and the
archipelago can be seen al a compare
lively small expense. Tourists are
treated with remarkable fairness by
the natives. and the natural and his
t0rical wonders 20 be seen can hardly
be described IL words too eloquent or
impressive.
/ write this after finishing tour Of
the globe which embraced almost
every point Of interest With Baron
Korff I say That no scenery in the
world rivals that Of the IOnian islands
and the Hellenic kingdom There ia
no reason why these points should be
neglected by seekers after the beautiful
and grand, and I trust that this letter
may be the means Of inducing az le2s;
few s.sthetic souls 70 journey 10
ward Athens and is marvellous en-
vironuents
WILLIAM WALTER Wills
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26

WHERE GEN. FREMoST's BODY now LIZA
America. But his purse was always
open to new enterprises and he died
poor man
Several years before the war FREE
mont bought thirteen acres of land in
san Francisco and decided il to his wife.
the daughter of Senator Benton. OF
Missouri. A little later the govern
ment wanted 10 buy the land, but tho
terms were not satisfactory. When
the civil war opened the Frcmouts
rented this property and started for
New York. Almost Immediately tho
government seized the property, prom
ising 20 pay for II. Uncle Sam Is sup
posed TO keep bis promises. but he has
never paid this claim.
Long before his death Gen Fremont
and his wife began a suit for the res
toration of the property or It's equivs-
lent The United States fought tho
suit and finally won in the federal
courts on a tcchnicality. Fremont.
death soon followed. and bis family
have always claimed that IL was caused
NAoN Osth AHc XIV
ernmcnt's action
Mrs Fremont appealed 20 congress
with her claim Roscoe Conlxliny. Judge
Fields and Ben Butler examined her
claim and pronounced IL valid Twice
the senate passed bin referring 4, 70
the court % claims, which would mean
that IL voslld be settled. but each time
the measure was defeated ia the house
OF Representatives
Mrs Fremont perscvered She was
penh!!ess. except for her small pension
as soldiers widow. A number Of
prominent women. including Mr.. c. p.
Huntington, raised 5000 and pur-
chased house for her IN Los Angeles.
c.. She was urged 20 have her hu.~
band buried there. and the citizens 81
fe-cd 20 raise handsome monument
in the Golden Gate park But ars-
frcrnOn. was determined 20 win The
suit. not only % place herself beyond
want. bat 20 raise monument Ia kocS-
LAND cemetery. where abe had decided
her husband should be buried For
tsiis latter object shs has toiled for
years and to-day. although nearly
serenity years Old. works continuously
rpon her suit Never a dag has she
waTered IN tic belief Of her ultimate
succeSA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
HOW ATHENS LOOKS
A Few Days at Athens and Around
the IOnian Islands.
Characteristic Description OF GreeA
Court Function-The Beautiful Castle
Erected at Corfu by the En-
press of Austria.
Especial Athens (Greece) Lette-.l


1t seems strange that so few Ameri-
can tourists visit Greece and Athens.
its historical capital If there is any
country which should appeal to the ro-
mantle side of ones nature, il Is the
Hellenic kingdom 1t contains not a
foot of soil on which some deed of valor
has not been perforned: not single
ruin that is not familiar to the student
of ancient history. Persons who do
lot care for the past can likewise find
much that is interesting IN modern
Greece. Athens is city which COM
pares favorably with the better-known
municipalities of England, France and
Germany. Its affairs are administered
with wisdom and honesty. Its streets
are clean and its public institutions
models OF their kind. In a social way
the capital offers many advantages
The ancient as well as the imported
aristocracy is always ready to welcome
intelligent American visitors. and ac-
cess to the king and queen of the Hell
lenes is obtained without much diiii-
Guilty.
King George /. is a brother of the
princess of Wales and the second son
of the king of Denmark. When the
erratic Ohio. who was a Bavarian
prince, abdicated the throne in 1863,
the Greek council of administration
had hard work to fill the vacancy.
The sovereignty was first offered to
Prince Alfred of England. but the Brit
ish government refused to accept the
nomination, which was then rendered
to the late Duke Ernest of Saxe-Co-
burg Gotha, who declined it, and final
ly to Prince Christian of Denmark. who
accepted it, with the consent of the
great powers and his family. He as
sumed the title of George l., and has
had a continuous reign of thirty-one
years Before becoming king Prince
Christian was an officer in the Danish
navy. He is now nearly fifty years OF
age, but retains the simplicity of man
ners which characterized him as a
youth. When he became king of Greece
he adopted the Greek faith. In 1857 he
married Grand Duchess Olga, eldest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
WHERE FREMONT Is
Lying In . Receiving Vault In .
New York Cemetery.
Struggle OF the Generals Widow-Ambs>
tious and Hopeful of Raising q Aoau-
msat Worthy OF Tier Bus-
hand'e Fame.
D quain: and picturesque receiv-

In quain. and picturesque receiv-
ing vault in Roclland cemetery lies the
body of Gen. John c. Fremont. soldier,
statesman, first candidate for the pres
idency on the republican ticket and tho
protector of enterprises s ''Pathfinder."
which have developed the vast interests
Of the west IL has remained there
nearly four years awaiting burial and
the erection of q fitting memorial
thousands of gray-haired u-en. who
crow enthusiastic when Frcmonts
name Is mentioned. would have opened
their purses long ago 10 pay tribute -
the memory OF n great man. SAYS the
New York Herald. But the word was
never given to start the movement and
in addition there was the voice Of
widow, saying: "Waitl Wait, shall
have the money soon and will erect
the monument myself"
Back of these words is touching
story OF long discouraging lawsuit,
wife's devotion and her determination
10 do herself what others would l.,
willing to do.
ten. Frcmont's life was more like
romance than a reality He was but
young man when, at the head Of a party
of government surveyors, he started
out TO survey route across the CONT
nent TO the Pacific ocean. Scientific
men said that il was like searching for
the north pole But Fremont pcrSe-
vered, crossed the great American
desert, discovered Great Salt lake.
climbed the Rocky mountains and
opened up the great west for the rail-
roads which followed. san Francisco
was then but a small village. and the
harbor there almost unknown. Ere
mont chriStencd il the Golden Gate.
and the name will remain.
In the colonization OF several OF tho
western states Fremont was active
iiut California became his home. IL
was there his political life began as the
first governor of the state and after
ward as United States senator. At
one time he was supposed 10 lie worth
more money than any other man in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26

quarrel between it and the mother
country led TO the Peloponnesian war
II belonged successfully 10 the Eastern
empire. the NorInans and the Nene-
tians. BY the congress of Vienna /;
was placed under the protectorate of
Great Britain, and cedcd by that power
10 Greece III 1854. Corfu is quite fash
ionable resort for wealthy Athenians
and Italians. Its climate is perfcc.
and its inhabitants have not yet learned
the trick of roobing travellers.
Empress Elizabeth of Austria has
always considered Corfu the finest spo,
on earth. After her first visit To- the
island she purchased an extensive plot
of ground, on which she erected. AT q
cost of four million drachmS. a mac
nifcent structure called "AchilleoD
castle" Baron Korff secured pernis
sion to visit the castle, and is emphatic
in the assertion that from its window
can be obtained the grandest and most
comprehensive view in the world. The
castle was finished over four years ago
yet its mistress has spent but five weeks
within its walls. The journey from
Corfu to Achilleon Baron Korff de
clares TO be of little interest. II re
quires three hours and is along poorly
kept roads, between rows of decaying
olive trees and thrifty-looking vine
yards. But the first view from the
castle is one never 10 be forgotten
After leaving behind n high stone wall
and imposing wrought-iron gateway the
visitor beheld the beautiful building
surrounded on three sides by the sea.
Islands and peninsulas met his eye IL
every direction, producing a really
magical effect Above the sea line
the mountains of Albania rose in ma jeS-
tic grandeur. The baron stood and won
dered, thought Of San Francisco, Ma
gasaki and the bay of Naples. and con
fessed that at last he had found the
most charming spot of all. This profit
gacy of nature il was which led the
empress to erect a noble monument
TO the beauty of the landscape. Every
thing about Achilleon is a triumph
of nature and triumph of the aesthetic
taste of a truly noble woman.
From every point of view in the park.
the baron concludes, one is so surprised
that ordinations and gestures of de
light cannot be suppressed. Three ter
races, one above the other. are incloScG
by marble balustrades and decorated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26

-DarTcin sa1d the srn5uut o. clover
seed produced In any given locality was
proportionate 10 the number Of "oid
maids" there resident, which he proved
b. the following statement: There
esn be 70 clover seed without the hun
bl>bee. because no other Iusec: f<rtl-
les u The enemy Of The bunblebes
l. the common field mouse. ths, steals
into their nests and destroys the lzrr.
and eats up the honey The enemy o:
The mouse il the common house ca.
AID he solid friend Of the ca IA the cd
mad Consequently the zzOr~ Cd snzies
The more cats. the more c2.s the ies.
nice. and ne les mice ths more bun
blebeeS. the lEors bees The zso.c elcE~r
seed-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
LIVES IN A LAIR
Supposed by Many to be the Long,
Sought Missing Link.
His Like Cannot BE Found Outside OF New
Tork-How He Lives, Tbrives and
Has His Being-The Aristo-
crat of the Clan.
Especial New York Letter.l

A friend of mine, who had several
! narrow escapes from being run over in
TIE streets of New York, had a Pc
culiar theory in regard to our local
Jc:ius. He was convinced that they
are descendants of the ancient Britons,
who were such terror with their war
chariots to the Roman infantry. Their
chariots were armed with scythe blades
at the axles. and the skill and ferocity
of the drivers who ran down the in
vaders is described by historians as
something wonderful.
Following the same line of argu-
ment, l have somewhat similar theory
in regard to the New York janitor.
Naturalists, by careful study of the
relics of prehistoric man. are unable
to give an accurate description of our
ancestor before be emerged from the
caves He was contemporaneous with
the mammoth, the cave bear and other
Gntediluyian monsters. The cave man
was short of stature and very hairy.
He had only an inch or so of forehead,
and was apparently slight improve
ment on the gorilla. He. however. had
sufficient intelligence to make 4 fire.
He was ferocious, but cowardly, and
uttered some cultural sounds that had
q resemblance to language.
The similarity of this preAdannite an,
imal to the New York janitor, who,
hibernates in the basement of fiat
house and builds the fire in the fur
mace, is so striking that, in my mind,
there is no doubt we have in him a:
surviving representative of the pre-:
historic cave man, with some slight,
notifications. If the janitor is married,
1t is to female Jaberwock that resem-;
bles somewhat Choctaw squaw, and;
the peculiarities of the cave race of saw,
ages are developed in the offspring to-
a startling degree. There are scientists
who maintain that the New York JAM
itor is really the missing link.
The reason the New Yark fat own
ers employ these creatures as janitors
is on account of their cheappess. They
only receive a few dollars month in
actual cash, but pay no rent for the
subterranean den in which they have
their lairs. This is really short
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
An EnrIishrnan,s New NOSE.

a few months since a young noseless
man asked the authorities at London
hospital whether they could obtain a
real nose for him. To oblige the ap-
plicant an amputated finger of another
patient was grafted'on to his face, but
it was found that amputation had
caused the finger to die, and ii failed
''to take" The noselesS man. nothing
dauntcd. then agreed ts the surgeons
suggestion that one of his own (the
PATIENTS fingers should be cut off to
furnish the nasal organ, but. in order
that the finger should not be wasted ir
the event OF this operation being I'M
successful, the patients arm was en-
cased In plaster. and for four weeks he
had to hold his finger to his face in the
nope of its taking root This it did,
and the finger was then taken OF the
hand and now remain. fixed as a nose
It has been manipulated SO that it is
no longer to be recognized as finger.
and the process OF shaping it is being
proceeded with.
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vanced specimens, small coin has been
known to develop trief CLEAN of al
most humanlike intelligence which is,
however, of brief duration.
Of course, not all janitors are as low
In the scale of humanity as the one
have described. but even the next higher
grade are ferocious. and dangerous to
children. They, however, have an liz
stinctive dread of the owner or agent
Of the premises, who has power to turn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26

man. who knew Old Irish Mary of old,
and probably knew her quite well, car
ried his train to the end OF the line 1T
the navy yard. and there deserted his
post. Where he went, what route he
took, or by what means he escaped
from the District of Columbia, nobody
yet knows. But he has disappeared as
though the earth had swallowed him
up. 1t is said that he went across the
Anacostia bridge towards Uniontown,
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them out. and crouch on his approach.
The portraits of the New York jani-
tors which accompany this letter have
been drawn Intentionally fattering,
50 as not to shock the reader.
There is another class of janitor, who
receives large salary, and is in charge
Of swell apartment houses. in which
the rent of a single fiat is hundreds of
dollars a month. He wears a uniform,
and, when it comes to hauteur can
give points to an English admiral. 1t
would be presumptuous in a newspa per
to criticise such superior being. but a
few concluding remarks about New
York flats may not be devoid of in
terest.
Where there are children in family
it is very difficult to obtain accommo-
dations in a fashionable apartment
house, which is governed, in this par
tlcular, by more exclusive rules than
the Kingdom of Heaven. / once asked
real estate agent what he would do
in case there was an accession to a
married couple after they had taken
possession of one of his flats. He re-
piled, very seriously, that it would be
q violation of the rules, and the guilty
parties would have to leave. Nothing
of that kind had ever occurred in his
experience, and hereafter he would
have clause covering such an emer-
gency incorporated in the lease. What
q time the late sultan of Zanzibar
would have had getting into a New
York fat with his two hundred and
eighty-seven children.
The agent of New York apartment
house, in addition to the terms of the
lease, has long list of rules, which
tee tenant must observe. They are
very strict, and are supposed to cover.
every possible delinquency on the part,
of the tenant. Not long ago tenant
was brought before a justice for cutting
a janitor's ears and kicking him down
two flights of stairs.
Don't you know" said the Judge,
with great severity, shat you have no,
right to do that?'
mo, your honor. did not. I sup
pose that if l have no right to kick
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26

industrial cooperation has met vita
May bSeksets. ard has of;sn taken .
wrong road, yet !; IL making ssb~tsn-
tiai progress IN EnglAnA Ia twenty
year, ending with 1871 the number OF
cooperative societies Ia Great Britain
increased from 7fs % RS. their car,s-
49, from sl2.607. 900 % Sss.iii.fT0. u.
sunEzi sales from ~. ais. 200 20 Szst.-
C0-.fss, and the annual p-oat frv-n
e7-ss!. 900 20 g.. 81 so Thee asy--~4
seem 20 stand for az assured success.
aad 20 Indicate broad future tor co
operation n The United sta,eA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26

Pc after the wedding tourf-Cn-ny
love. these bills are piling up ct fear
ful rate; but. OF course, my angel, with
your large income. you are willing and
10 doubt anxious 20 help me pay them
Shell? Why, my dear, | haven't a
cent
"Wha-?"
ION my second marriage all nv
money went 70 my late husband 5 rsla-
Gves."
"Eh? Wha-why didn't you say SOP
You particularly requested ne never
to mention my late husband-in your
presence. ". Y. Weekly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26

Cor1u, the pearl of the lonian islands.
This island is believed to be the coun-
try of Phaacia or Scheria, mentioned
by Homer, on which Ulysses was
wrecked and later Hospitality enter
tanned by King Alcinous 1t became
afterward celebrated colony and ma
val station of the Corinthians and a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
Great Thing for Topers-

A patent has just been taken out for
glasses and mugs with a quicksilver
thermometer in order 10 enable the
drinker TO determine which tempera-
ture of the liquid viii be most agree
able to his taste and most beneficial to
bis health.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
-w,.hou. .hi, r.s,.,.,s.,.h,

-Witho1t this rsslaut ia-a-.hi, So
Gzh;fnl snoralpg star. Indicating that
TIE summary % eternity - Sossx 10
re. life wozIa. 20 ny rie~. 4arksa
into Hdnizht ra-laneholy Tie ss-
pseiation Of living here. ard living
fS1s always voaid Be- indeed . prov
pet Of overwhelming essPslr---Jshs
Io.i<x
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26

him, it would have been down in the
lease, replied the tenant.
The judge, who was a tenant him
self, gave the accused wink Of in
tense meaning. and told him that he
was discharged. ALEX Z. SWEET.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26

whea Baby was Sex. ~ ra, be- cszo-iI
whea she vas Child, SIC ersed for C-s-o-ta-
whez STE became Mfss. she e4-rny % czs-o-lA
vlsE she had Chiks--r- sSe gave ih>n C1S=o<1a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26

WnLIAS WALTER WILLS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03

continued the Secretary. But I have
run across another class of frauds in
my own experience which, l doubt
not, r quite as common. l refer to
the men who work the pension and the
life insurance business simultaneously.
Ny attention was attracted to them by
a discovery | made concerning a man
Of some note in my W State. He
was drawing $I8 a month as a victim
of chronic rheumatism contracted in
the army. Accidentally I stumbled
upon the fact that he was an insurer
in the New York Mutual Life Com
pany, in which I carry a policy.
This aroused my suspicious, and I
took the trouble to find out that he had
certified, in his application for a life
policy, that he had no such disease. l
laid the matter before the president of
the company, who at once gave orders
that the application questions there
after should include one whether the
applicant was drawing a pension for
disability. This will enable the com
pany to avoid that kind of fraud.
"Of course, if a man testifies for life
insurance purposes that he is physically
sound, and for pension purposes that
he is physically disabled, he must lie
in the one instance or else in the other;
and it seemed to me that it was bad
enough to be taxed as citizen for the
support of the ~undeserving pensioner
without being also mulcted as a policy
holder for the support of the fraUdu
lent insT1rnr
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
THEY APPEAL TO HILL.
New England P%rotectionists Look to
David B as Their Spokesman.

WASHINGTON, March 28.-An extra,
ordinary incident occurred in the Sen
ate several days ago, when Senator
Higgins, of Delaware, introduced a
petition that he announced was from
several thousand business men of New
England, protesting against the pas
sage of Wilson tariff bill.
The remarkable spectacle of a Della
ware representative laying before the
Senate such a document, when there
were twelve Republican Senators from
New England, any N of whom would
have been glad to stand sponsor for
the memorial, made the dignlfed
Solons prick up their ears.
There was a buzz of establishment
among the New Englanders. Senator
Hawley leaned over to Senator HOar
and had a whispered word with him,
and then went down to the clerks desk
to examine the paper Higgins had just
sent up.
His astonishment increased when he
discovered that instead of being ad
dressed to Senator Higgins, the petition
was directed to Senator David Bennett
Hill.
It wasaccompanied by a letter signed
by Leonidas L. Hamilton, appealing to
the New York Senator, as the upholder
and guardian of the business interests
of New England, to present this pro-
test against a measure the purpose of
which was to strike down New Eng
land industries.
The New York Senator was not in
the city when this interesting docu-
ment arrived at his request it was
turned over to Senator Higgins for
presentation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03

watches, and a number of small articles
OF jewelry. at the police station, he
was searched again, and in an inside
pocket was a lot cf pawn tickets issued
by New York brokers. The face value
Of the tickets Appropriated 5000.
Mr.. Welles thinks that Davidson's
thieving has been more extensive than
has thus far developed. He says David
son left a watch with him to be sold,
which was returned to the firm David
son represented in New York, and by
that house sent back, with a note stat
ing that the watch did not belong to il.
The head of the jewelry-frm of Quin-
tard Brothers, of this city, had a Sim
liar experience with Davidson.