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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

Walker has gone to Hawaii. as there
is fear that trouble Will break out
soon. Lily may get on one Of her pris
matte jags almost any day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

1t msy be true that Miss Pollard is ''all
sorts of girl, but 1t is equally true that
Breckenridge is every kind of scoun-
nrai
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

Kansas may not be up TO New York in
everything, bnt it is noticed that Herr
Most sneaked into his hole when Mrs.
Lease reached Gotham.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

1t is too much to hope that the frost
killed off the hosry borrowed umbrella
iokelet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

The trouble with wheat is that it
doesn't trouble Itself to respond TO an
rncare
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

Latest advices from Europe state that
HE duchess of Fife and the countess Of
Piccolo are travelling incognito in Aus
tria
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

The difference between Richard III
and Coxey Is that Coxey cries; 'My
army, My army. My horses for an
armyr'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

1t is openly talked at Winfield that
John Sherman has Joined the triple
alliance of Europe TO do up Bill Hack
npv
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

Mckinley will take three years TO
march to Washington, but he will re-
main longer when he gets there than
CO1ev
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

The ratio between the number of
Gould boys and that of INDECENT ac-
tresses is something frightfnl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

If Breckinridge is criterion, Con-
gress may have regarded st. Gaudens'
young man as deformity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

70 gymnsstsca slrost altogetherT7
Yes. I've noticed that shs hss been
practising during the m zsiesle- what
has she deneY' ''Been throwing kerssa
.. Mr.. coolmiiisos's head latter.
Ocean
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

So far the commonweal has done moth
Ing except to make awful inroads into
Dir. Coxeys fine horse farm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30

Intense excitement marks the march
of the commonweal. But the marchers,
at the last accounts, were not in tents
they are sleeping out in the storm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30
Vetoed il? OF course he did.

Poor Groveri He probably sees six
Coxev's in the field.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30
PERSONAL AND orHERwIsz.

-Oh where Is the spring. that mysterious thingf
Now ground hogs ali answer together"
With u. animous shout the gronad hogs sing out.
Postponed on account of tho weather."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
A ONE-GUN REPUBLIC.
When It Was Secured They Could Not
Safely Fire II.

Safeiy fire IL.
The rulers of the miniature republic
of Andorra decided recently that the
country should possess a cannon.
Krupp, therefore, was ordered to man
ufacture one of the most modern type.
The great gun arrived at its mountain
destination a short time ago, and was
placed on the highest point in the
country" SO that the citizens could
see that the valley was we'll protected.
A day was appointed to try the cam
non, which was able to send a ball
eighteen kilometers. Just as the two
artillerymen of AndorTa were ready to
fire it occurred to one Of the prudent
citizens that the shot might cause some
trouble. The territory of the republic
Andorra does not extend over moro
than six kilometers. To direct the
shot, therefore. toward the surround
ing mountains would be the same as
firing on France or Italy, as the ball
would necessarily fall on the territory OF
one of these countries. A war might be
the result. It was then decided to shoot
the ball in the air. but some one sug-
gested that it would epdanger the lives
of too many people in its descent. and
possibly bore q great hole in the re-
public of Andorra. Good council pre-
vailed and the two artillery men were
commanded to unload the gun. The
shot has not yet been fired, and the
good republicans are uncertain what
to do with the expensive gun
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
IMPROVING THE EYES.
Country Life Said to Be tho Best Anfi6ote
for Poorness Of Vision.

1t is satisfactory to be told by Mr..
Ellis that blindness in England is
slowly decreasing" though Great
Britain still stands in this respect be-
hind two other European countries
and three more come before Ireland.
Shortsightedness, however, appears to
be increasing everywhere, Germany
having a signal and sinister preemi-
nence in this respect.
A French doctor has noted the re-
marl1able fact that wild beasts caught
quite young or born in captivity be-
come shortsighted, the conclusion be-
ing that the eye adapts itself to ita
habitual sphere of vision, and unless
educated" to use Mr.. Ellis term, to
see objects at distance, loses the
capacity of so doing. Even in after
life the eye may be, to some extent. SO
educated, though probably only when
the myopia is not considered.
It is thus within the experience Of
the present writer, says the London
Spectator, that his sight greatly inn
proved in days gone by, when he be-
came volunteer, by practice at the
butts, so that while at first he could
not see the target to shoot ct without
spectacles at three hundred-yard
range, after twelve month or so he
only needed to put on spectacles at
four hundred yards. But beyond that
range he was never able to dispense
with them.
Country excursions are, therefore.
extremely valuable as means of
Strengthening the sight of town-bred
children, and the conductors of such
excursions should take pains to direct
the eyes of the children to distant OBJ
jects-to the furthest hill, church
tower. or other land mark-noting, if
possible, any incapacity to discern the
selected object, and then selecting
some nearer one for the weaker sighted.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
vSNoeRFuL FEATs OF MEMORY.
Some Minds Have Facility for Retain
Ing Certain Glasses OF Facts.

Some Mipds Have = Facility for Retain
Ing Certain Glasses OF Facts.
Among those Who have performed
great feats Of memory Cassell's Family
Magazine mentions DR.. Fuller, author
OF the 'Worthies of England" He
could repeat another mans sermon
after hearing it once, and could repeat
five hundred words in an unknown
language after hearing them twice.
He one day undertook to walk from
Temple Bar to the farthest end of
Cheapside and to repeat on his return
every sign on either side Of the way
in the order Of their occurrence, and
he did it easily. IL such feats as this
the eye plays chief part; yet blind
people also have good memories. Rev.
B. j. Johns, chaplain of the blind asy-
lum, London, testified that a large
number Of pupils learn the Psalter and
that ono young man was there who
could repeat not only the whole Of the
one hundred and fifty Of tho prayer
book Psalms and a largo number Of
metrical psalms and hymns, as well as
q considerable amount of modern
poetry, including Goldsrnith's DE
serted Village" but the whole Of mil
toms Paradise Lost" with marginal
notes and biography. Lord Macau-
lay on one occasion repeated to him
self tho whole Of Paradise Lost"
while crossing the Irish channel At
another time, waiting in Cambridge
coffee-bouse for a post chaisc, he
he picked up country newspaper
containing two political pieces-one
the reflections Of IN Exile" and tho
other a Parody on a Welsh Ballad
looked them once through, never gave
them further thought for forty years,
and then repeated them without thu
change Of a single word. Macaulay's
mind, some one has said, was like a
dredging net, which took in all that it
encountered. both good and bad. nor
ever seemed to feel the burden Very
much unlike dredging net, and moro
like strainer, are the minds Of sorle
other persons who carefully select
what they will retain or have a natu-
raj facility for remembering special
classes of facts-George Bidder for fig
ures, Sir W. Scott for verses. Mezzo-
fanti for languages.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
SCHOOLsOY PHILOSOPHY.
Answers for Every Question the Teach'
Can Ask.

AnsweSs fer Every Question the Teacher
Can Ask.
The schoolboy has queer ideas some
times, says tho Great Divide, as is
demonstrated by the following answers
given to teachers in search Of informa-
tion: A poor boy was asked: What is
a gentleman?' "A fellow that has q
watch and chain" he replied, adding,
when he saw that his answer was not
perfectly satisfactory, "and loves
Jesus" Medieval is wicked man
who has been tempted" A dema-
gogue is vessel containing beer and
other liquids" Tom, use sentence
with responsibility in it." Tom said:
"When one suspender button is gone
there is great deal of responsibility
on the other one"
What is lad?" inquired the
teacher. A very small girl answered.:
"a thing for counting with" ''Give
the future of drink" present, he
drinks; future, he will be drunk. J"
''The plural for pillow" Bolster" +"
Compare ill.," "Ill, worse, dead -
This recalls the answer of the boy who
said: Masculine. man; feminine,
woman; neuter, corpse" "Who was
the first man?" said teacher.
''Wasbington," promptly answered
the young American.
NO" said the teacher, adam was
the first man" "Oh, well, l suppose
you are right" replied the undaunted
patriot, ''if yon refer to furriners. :"
How did that blot come on your copy
book, SAM" Il think it is q tear
Miss Wallace" How could tear be
black, SAM" 'It must have been a
colored boy who dropped it, suggested
the reflective Samuel. What made
the tower Of Pisa lean2" The famine
in the land"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
Trial Size 10 Cents.
THE "AuDIsoNy'


An Invention to Bring About . Needed
Reform In TsleEraphy.
At a competitive trial Of skill be-
tween the telegraph operators absurd
" called a tournament, which took
place recently. one of the most il FER
esting features was a test OF theca-
pacity of receiving machine tech
nically known as the s'Audison"-a
small instrument fitted to the head OF
the operator, giving sound which. al
though perfectly distinct to him, is
wholly inaudible to anyone else. 1t is
high time, says the Engineering Mag
azine. that the use OF receiving in
strument of this character became gen.
eral in the telegraph service.
Under the present condition Of at
fairs it is almost literally true that he
who runs may read. Hundreds OF tel
egraphic stations IN hotels. railroad
depOts and other equally public places
are equipped with noisy eounders,
enabling every message that goes over
the wire, to OF from that or any other
station, to be read by any person with
in hearing who is able to do so. There
is not the slightest attempt to pre-
serve the secrecy Of communication.
which ought to be one Of the all-im-
portant requirements of the service.
There are thousands of ex-operators
and other persons in the community
who can read these signals as easily as
they could read a bulletin board, and
there lis obviously nothing whatever to
prevent any one of them from obtain.
ing information Of other persons busi-
{ ness or personal matters in this way
and using it 10 their own advantage.
It is state Of affairs which calls loud.
ly for immediate reform.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05

A veteran submarine diver, in relat-
ing some anecdotes concerning the
bottom of the sea and its inhabitants,
gives some interesting figures as to the
amount of pressure the body of the
diver is subjected to- At a depth of
only one hundred feet the pressure is
forty-four pounds to each square inch
of the divers surface. The ordinary
human frame has about twelve square
feet of surface. which would make the
pressure at the depth mentioned above
not less than thirty-eight tons. This
enormous weight is not ali pressing
downward. but inwsrds from all direc.
tons
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
ACurious Coptic Custom.

The Coptic pa triarch of Alexandria
Is never allowed to sleep more than ff-
teen minutes 1t any one time. and II
the attendant should allow the holy
ones nap to extend beyond the allot-
ted time the penalty is deca2itation.
Upon being aroused at the end OF each
quarter hour the patriarch arises and
spreads his rug upon the floor. kneels
upon it. bows his head three times to
the east, aud again re.ires.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
A ShnoWd IriShAau

The humors of the telegraph are
notorious. do ye ever charge any
body for the address Of a messaee?'
asked an ingenious Irishman. No ~
And do ye charge for signing the
name, sir?" NO" "Well, then, will
We please send this? just want me
brother to know am here" handing
the following: Sept. S.-To John
McFlynn, at New York. (Signed)
Patrick McF1ynn."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
Expsrientia Docet.

"And YOU say you should always sus-
pect man who is extremely attentive
to his wife?"
Il certainly would"
Why
''Beca use he woulo not know how to
do 1t unless he had had abundant prac-
Gce with some one elsa "-Pu.--
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
II Seemed SeceSSarr

Eowne de Bout-You wouldn't marry
Miss Roxy for her money. would you,
Epson?
tpson Downes How else can l get
t?-PIck.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
In the Rioed.

i think love OF football must De
inherent in the Pigskin family"
What makes you think soe"
why. whenever little Jennie wants
TO play the game his mother kicks.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05

scared 70 heights OF eloquence.
Iwooed her IN poetic strain
buckled down TO common sense,
In vain: twas ali n vain
then gave her an estimate
OF what ovned-tkc simple chlA
Heard Me the whole eauEerate.
And then she smiled
N Y preeA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
Doubtful About 1t.

She-Before l give you my answer.
think you would better interview
papa. You can see him a. his Office
tomorrow and then walk around here
and let me know the result
He-There is only one objection
NAV no. De able 10 walk.-Li.e.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
Attorneys Pocket Docket,

The Lawyers "Vade Necum," can be used in any
State and in any court The most complete and
convenient pocket docket published with two
indexes-an alphabetical index and diary index;
shows at glance just what date lawyer has case
in court; keeps complete record of OF the case
Handsomely bound In flexible back, convenient
size to carry in the pocket Endorsed by attorneys
everywhere Price of Docket s1.00. By mail post
paid to any address upon receipt Of s1.07.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
Mimeograph.

300 copies from original Writing, Drawing,
Music, Etc. Of typewriter letters 15O0 copies can
be taken from original Recommended by over
10000 users The EAGLE is agent for the sale OF thii
machine extra supplies, etc.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-05
Township Officers.
Notary Seals.

Seals for Notaries Public, Corporations, Stock Com
panies Lodges, Etc. Orders filled promptly: Also
Stock Certificates for Corporations and Stock Com
panies, either printed or Autographed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-23
A Merchant.

Originally the term merchant was only
applied to one who traded with foreign
countries, and who owned or chartered
ships for that purpose-Chancer's MAR
chaunt:"
He wolde the see were kepud for enythinge
Betwixe Middulburgh and Orewelle.
The merchant Of Venice had "on the
ocean, his "argosies with portly SAIL
and so had all the other merchants about
whom poets or historians have written
SO also in the Bible there is no confusion
about the meaning Of the word. One
passage alone will serve as an illustra-
tion, "She is like the merchants ships
she bringeth her food from afar" prov.
erbs xxi, 1Q, De Quincy, writing in
the early part of this century e 'Autobi.
ographic Sketches'), says:
my father was merchant, not in
the sense of Scotland, where it means a
retail dealer-one. for instance, who sells
groceries in cellar, but in the English
sense--a sense vigorously exclusive--that
Is, he was a man engaged in foreign
commerce and no other, therefore in
Wholesale commerce and no other"
But now it is no longer necessary to
"plow the Spanish MAN," to give one
this time honored title, for any one who
sells eggs by the dozen or flannel by the
piece is at once put down as merchant.
,-Notes and Queries.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-23

The basking shark Is an object Of pop
ular as well as scientific interest. 1t is
the largest fish that swims the sea. 1t
isn't as big as bowhead whale, but the
whale is not fish, but q mammal. The
specimen captured by the Italian fisher
man, who has q standing order from the
Stanford university for anything new or
queer in his line, is 30 feet long and
measures nearly 10 feet perpendicularly
through the back. These proportions
make it as large as many whale, and it
is homely and lubberly thing to look at.
"Basking sharks" said President Jor-
dan of Stanford university, "are rarely
caught, and have been able to see but
one on this coast. That was in 1880 Mt
Monterey. We chopped out piece Of
one of its gills. and it was all one man
wanted to carry. Pictures of the bask-
ing shark are not reliable representa-
tions, for there have been few chances to
draw them. There are probably but
few hundred in the ocean. The British
museum has standing offer of $1,000
for the skin of one, but man would
earn his money getting it, for it would
take two months to skin the fish and care
properly for the hide. San Francisco
Examiner.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-23

An elderly lady who travelled abroad
for tho first time last summer has moth
ing but praise to speak of the English
women with whom she came in contact.
1t is pleasant to hear something besides
the plentiful tales of British selfshness
and boorishness too often encountered.
This one gentle little person met with
the greatest consideration and much as
sistance. Fellow travellers put them
selves out Of the way to help her and to
entertain her. and it is quite impossible
for her TO realize that the common SIAN
ders at the Anglican exclusiveness can
have any foundation in fact. New York
Mail aud Express.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-23

"Seben, ten, fo'teen." murmured the
Ninth street barber sadly, as he gave his
razor vigorous final slap on the strap and
tried the edge on his thumb nail. "Seben,
ten, fo'teen, i" he repeated, "an | dun went an
play seben, eleven, twenny-wunl Dass allus
de way gifts der dreemin bout snaiks an
hosses bofe at de same time, an stidder play
In de snaik row an de hoss row, too. on y
plays wunner um, an de oder's dess sutn
sho ter cum out"
Been playing policy, Luther'" queried
the customer
ME, sub! Yaas, sab, dat's whut I is"
he responded as he rubbed In the lather.
"I'ze allus er playin polersy, an I'ze alius
er playin hit wrong. Wen I plays de snaik
row, de hoss row come out, an wen plays
de hoss row de snaik row come out. Neb-
Der did play bofe oh dem tergedder but
wunst, an den nary wun oh um showed
Boss, didn't hab no rite ter play um
dough, case hadn' dreemed about dem an
imals fur n mont"
Dreamed" repeated the customer,
what has dreaming got to do with pol
icyy'
The barber nearly sliced off his ear In his
start of surprise.
IVY, boss. hits easy ter see yo' ain neb
Der played no polersy," he exclaimed
IVY, sub, dey ain no man kin guess what
nummers gwinter cum out. He bleedzed
fur ter dreem IL be specs ter win. Dat SUI.
ny do beat my times! What's dreemin got
ter do wild polersyl Reckin yo' better stick
ter poker, boss, an let polersy alone IL 20
ain er good dreemer.
WY, boss dares freezer TO hunnerd mig.
gers in dis town whut takes powders ter
make um dreem, an dey all wares sto' clos
an totes canes an Ibis on de fatter de Ian.
TUX sum ob um myself wunst an drcem
erbout er house er flah, an do injines squirt.
in warter on hit. Dey wuz mo- water dan
dey wuz fab. so | played the warter row.
an durn my cats ef de fab row didn' cum
out. Yaas, sub, dey's nurnmers correl-
spious"-here he took deep breath--"wid
ebryfring yo' dreems oil, an all yo' gotter
do, boss, is ter dreem hard, an den gIt de
nummers whut de dreem signerfy, an 20
Kin stop er workin TO- de g,ivvyincnt an
war dimonts big en- hen alggs. Mex gen.
nermen step dis way. Washington Post.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-23
Points Tor RoadbuIIders.


In laying out the road don't thinl, il
absolutely necessary to slayishly follow
the road allowances, as is so customary.
A straight road is not an interesting,
road to drive ON. 1t il tedious. and il
implies climbing the hills, when by "a
graceful sweep around the hill an easy
grade may be often had, the road made
pleasanter, little if anything added otis
length, its usefulness increased and
economy in time and horsefesh secured
know of four roads meeting on the
top of steep hill. Much money has
been expended in reducing grades to en-
able people TO drag up half load, when
common sense would suggest sweep
around the hill, the saving Of much ex-
pense aud the avoidance Of a nuisance
which has cost incalculable money, in
that it has lessened every load that ever
went over it, has injured horses, har-
ness and vehicles and provoked acci-
dents.
Grade properly the proper width and
in the proper place before putting on
gravel.
Make the roads very round-they wear
down. A fat road is bad road at the
time when good road is most needed.
Make clean, straight edges, not Jagged,
irregular and slovenly.
Make all bitches clean and decided,
with such care rs to the levels as will in.
sure that they won't hold the water i'm
stead of leading it off At every natural
outlet make culvert--that the water
may escape from both sides and get
away. II is the water in the subsol
freezing in winter which bursts up the
road in spring and swallows up the
gravel.
Drainage is the secret of good roads.
If any springy place gets its water from
the adjoining land, tap the water befdfe
II reaches the road and lead il off.
In many places the cheapest method
of curing bad piece of road is TO put
tile drain, four feet deep, right down the
center until n natural outlet is reached.
and IL similar tile drain could be put
on the side Of the road from which the
water comes il would be true economy.
When there are long inclines, don't LET
the water in the bitches go all the way
down. IL tears the road. Let il off AT
every opportunity. Put several belts Of
gravelin the form Of reversed V ON the
face Of long inclines TO turn tho water
into the bitches instead OF letting IL gilly
out the road by running down the GEN.
ter.-Toronto Globe. 81
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-23
Over the Magazines.

Angelina-Oh, dear! wish men could
talk something else but politics. Here's
another good writer gone off ON that
dreary tariff question.
Marguerite-Who?
Angelina-Mark Twain.
Marguerite-How perfectly distress
ing! Does he advocate free protection,
or what? s,F
Angelina--r don't know, but it is an
attack on the Wilson bill. Mr.. Wilson
must be DSmocrat, or, an agnostic, or
something, to deserve such names.
Marguerite lin whisper)-What does
Mr.. Twain say about him?
Angelina 0oftily)-I have too much
self respect to read 1t. You can fancy
what perfectly dreadful swear words
must be in the article from its disrespect-
full title.
Marguerite - Tell me this minute?
What is the title?
ngelina--Puddinhea Wilson.
Marguerite-How terrible. Now, the
next thing will be duel, and I just know
Mark Twain will be killed. When will
men ever learn to stop fighting and to
stick to subjects that they know about
Chicago Journal.