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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-09
sQUADRONs OF HORSE FLIES.
Frenchman's Scheme for Carving Die.
ease Into the Camp of the Enemy

Frenchman's Scheme for Carrying Dis
ease Into the Camp of the Enemy.
Some amusing particulars of the In
ventions that have been offered to the
French war Office since 1871 have re-
Gently been published in a French
newspaper, the majority of which, ac-
cording to the London Court Journal.
are about equal TO the Laputan scheme
for blowing fields, namely, by sowing
acorns in rows and then turning in pigs
to root them up. One genius sought a
patent for the training of sauadrons of
horse flies These auxiliaries were to
be fed exclusively on blood served IT'D
beneath the delicate epidernis Of me-
chanical figures clothed in the uniforms
OF members Of the triple alliance, SO
that when political relations in Europe
were strained the flies might be given
daily little of the juice of certain
poisonous plants, and on actual declara-
ton of war be turned out in the path
OF the enemy. Another ingenious per
son proposed a scheme for educating
war dogs In times OF peace he would
train French dogs to bite Law figures
wearing Prussian helmets. In order that
on the outbreak of the war the kennels
Of the whole country might be raobil-
lied and let loose on the enemy. Then
there are numerous proposals for
bridging rivers by means Of ropes
attached to cannon balls, and a pho
tographer suggests novel kind Of cap
tive shell, which, breaking over the
fortified position of an enemy, would
disclose small camera attached to q
parachute. The enemy's Notifications
would be instantaneously photographed
and the apparatus hauled back by the
string and the negatives developed at
leisure. Two ideas are very inhuman.
One is a scheme for sending large
quantities Of poisoned needles, as if in
charity, to the enemy's generals, who
would of course, distribute them to
their forces, and SO poison their unfor-
tuuate users; and the other to charge
explosive bullets with pepper. Two
objects are pursued by the inventor Of
the pepper-its discharge would blind
the enemy and the great demand for
the continent in time of war would
stimulate. the trade of the French col
onies and increase the revenue of the
country. There are also many other
equally absurd proposals, such as sue-
gestions for making soup by machinery,
growing potatoes on barrack roofs in
December and killing whole army corps
OF Prussians by post-but they are too
numerous to be mentioned
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-09
Material In Pianos,

There are forty-eight different ma
terials used in constructing a piano,
from no fewer than sixteen different
countries, employing forty-fve different
hands.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-09
TWO TOUGH TALES.
A Couple of Drummers VINO Had Struck
Extremes

! Chicago drummer and New York
drummer met in a hotel one night ana
talked ten minutes Of trade. ten
A.t-utes Of choruses. ten minutes
u b 1litics. and concluded with 4
couple Of Nunchauscn yarns that II
properly paid for would be entitled to
ne biggest share of the cake, says the
d - Iol,. Nail and Express
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-09
A horse that belonged to n family O

A horse that belonged to family of
bloomfield, \. Y, for twelve years was
sold two years ago. A few days after
the sale the animal returned to his old
master, and although the faithful beast
has been sold three time since then he
has invariably returned. During his alb
sence setter dog has become attached
to the horse. and the loving pair take
eli tlcir trips together.
The herald., 1894-03-05
curios ABOUT Respiration.

In each respiration an adult OF the
human species inhales one pint Of air.
A healthy man will respire 16 to 30
times per minute, or, say, 20, 900 times
a day; child, 25 to 80 times per min
ute. While standing, the adult average
respiration is 23 times per minute; ly-
ing down, 10 times. The superficial
area of tho lungs-that is, of their
alveolar pace-averages 200 square
yards. The amount of air respired each
day is about 10, 900 quarts.
The amount Of oxygen absorbed in
the same length of time is 500 liters, or
about 744 grams. The amount Of car
bonic acid expired in "a hours is esti-
mated at 511.5 grams. Two-thirds of
the oxygen absorbed in "a hours is TAX
en- in during the 10 hours from Q p.
m. to 8 a. IN. three-ffths of the total
being thrown off during the day. While
this is going on the pulmonary surface
is throwing off 100 grams of water in
the shape of vapor. The heart sends
800 quarts of blood through the lungs
every hour, or about 1000 quarts daily.
The duration of inspiration is FIVE
twelfths, of expiration seven-twelfths,
of the whole respiratory act.-St. Louis
Republic.
The herald., 1894-03-05
Had no Eyes, but He "saw.. !.

81 should like to have the key Of the
unoccupied house. ----- Wharton street, :"
requested we'll dressed man as he en-
tered the Office of down town real es-
tate agent.
"Yes, SIR" and the key was handed
over. AS the caller departed it was
noticed that he kept prodding the floor
with his cane as he walked. But his
gait was almost as brisk and as straight
as though he had no affiiction what
ever. This was remarked as he left the
Office.
He returned a half hour later with a
step as quick as ever and with business
in every motion. II like the house, :"
he said, as he handed over the key,
"but there is considerable repairing to
be done. The paint should be renewed.
The front bedroom and dining room are
sadly in need of repapering, " and so he
went on until he had enumerated half
dozen things that were necessary to be
done.
1t afterward transpired that he had
acquired all his knowledge simply by
the sense of touch. His examination
had been as thorough as though he had
had the use of two good eyes. 1t was
really a remarkable performance
Philadelphia Call
The herald., 1894-03-05
DREAMS pRoMpTINcs.
There Is Constant Flow Of Unconscious
Thought while We Sleep.

There Is Constant Flow Of Unconscious
Thought while We Sleep.
The psychologists Of the first half of
the century and some more modern writ
ers expressed the belief that dreaming
only occurred at the moment when con-
sciousness began to resume its sway.
But in The North American Review.
Dr.. Louis Robinson says that modern
Investigators accept the theory of the
metaphysicians and believe that there
Is certain amount of cerebral action
during the whole period of sleep, and
that the vast majority Of our dreams
never come to our knowledge. He
thinks that there is an unbroken cur
rent Of ideas which passes through tho
sleeping brain, and which only reveals
itself to the conscious ego when some
disturbing element intervenes. We
may compare it to an invisible and 81
lent river, flowing by without betray-
ing its presence, save where there is a
splash of fish OF of falling stone, or
some foaming eddy where rock breaks
the smooth surface"
DIR. Robinsons g article is long and in
teresting. The conclusions ct which
he arrives are as follows: Owing to
the unceasing unconscious cerebration
which is a necessary concomitant of our
power of intellect, the brain is always
in part awake, and is especially active
in shifting memorized matter. The
cerebral centers connected with the
sense organs are continually and inde-
pendently employed in stimulating i'm
pressions from without. Certain of the
senses, especially that of hearing, re-
main open to external influences during
sleep and convey actual vibrations to the
brain. There is an active and purely
involuntary predisposition on the part
of the mental apparatus to compare and
collate all the messages which come,
or seem to come, from without, through
the6ense channels, and to collate these
again with what is brought to the con-
seriousness by involuntary recollection.
Associated with this is a tendency to
combine the evidence so collected into
a coherent whole, and to make the re-
suit of either explain the more en-
phatic thoughts or impressions, or else
answer some questions which occupied
the attention before sleep began. mo
voluntary power exists during sleep to
pick out from the tumble handed in
that which is relevant to the problem
to be solved, and just as there is no
power to discriminate real from false
impressions at the outset, so, through
out dream, we are completely obliv-
ious to the most glaring fallacies and
inconsistencies. Rochester Post-Ex-
press.
The herald., 1894-03-05
Long Talks.

Parliamentarians and orators in gen.
eral claim that no man could talk Co
herently ON single subject for more
than six hours, yet hundreds of cases to
the contrary could be cited. When De
Cosmos defended the settlers land bill
in the lower house of the British Co
lumbian parliament, he talked contin-
ually for 26 hours. The act confiscat-
ing the property of De Cosmos constit-
uents had to be passed by noon of GER
tain day; De Cosmos was the only de-
fender. He took the floor at $3.50 o'clock
the day previous to the date when the
law would become a dead letter and
kept it until 2:05 the following day.
1t is said that his tongue and lips were
cracked in hundreds of places and his
shirt front covered with blood. A
speech II hours longer than the British
Columbian S famous argument was de-
livered in the Roumanian chamber OF
deputies in 1887. 1t was on the occa-
sion of the impeachment of ex-Minister
Bratiano, the leading deputy support
ing the articles of impeachment talking
continuously for 81 urs.-Exchange.
The herald., 1894-03-05
Battles of the Future.

Writers on military science unite in
claiming that future battles will begin
with series of hot skirmishes along
the front. These skirmishes will grad
ually increase in heat and the number
of combatants, re-enforcements being
sent according to circumstances, until
the entire front is involved. Artillery
will be used as far as possible, but aft
er the battle is fully under way little
use can be made of cavalry save in out
fanking. The day of charges in wars is
over, on account of the increase of range
and effect in cannon and rifles. Little
can be predicted of future battles be-
yond opening, inasmuch as the rest must
now be learned by experiment. New
York Ledger.
The herald., 1894-03-05
THE rsMPsRAmsNrs.
The Eourfold classification That Was Made
Two Thousand Years Ago.

Two Thousand Years Ago.
1t is interesting to find that so thor
oughly scientific a man as Professor
William Preyer has adopted the four.
fold classification of temperaments
made nearly 1900 years ago-namely,
the choleric, sanguine, melancholy and
lymphatic. The existence of one or
the other Of these temperaments may
be discerned, he says IN his work on
1.-THE Infant Mind, very early in the
great majority of 'children-in the sec
ond quarter Of the first year. beyond
a doubt. Nearly every one who has
written about temperaments has got up
a classification Of his own. Galen had
nine, Haycock gave six, Graham
Brown seven, and others have got down
as low as two. Modern writers use the
word nervous for choleric, and bilious
for melancholic temperament. With
these verbal notifications, the old clas-
sification seems to answer all practical
purposes, and individuals can build up
combinations as needed.
Hutchinson defines temperament as
the sum Of the physical peculiarities of
a man exclusive of his tendency to
disease. This is not very satisfac-
tory, though perhaps temperament is a
thing little too vague to be satisfacto-
rily defined. In modern terms it may
be said to be the peculiar way in which
the individual reacts to the stimuli of
his environment. There is no doubt
that one class of persons reacts quickly
and easily, expending energy profusely
and often needlessly in their life work;
others react hopefully and work buoy
antly, yet with less waste. We can
thus distinguish the nervous, the san
guine, the melancholic, etc. A capac-
ity to recognize and appreciate the i'm
portance of temperament used to be con-
sidered part of sound medical train
ing. 1t has been too much neglected in
our pursuit of minutia with micro
scopes and test tubes. Our teachers Of
practical medicine might we'll revive
its dy.-Medical Record.
The herald., 1894-03-05
Abandonment Of cronstadt.

The harbor of Cronstadt in Russia is
to be closed to merchant vessels after
1895, and new harbor will be opened
along a maritime canal just below st.
Petersburg. This harbor will be 90
feet deep, cost 1000, 900 rubles, and
be the central point for the unloading
Of coal and the loading of grain and
other articles of export. The depart
ment of public works is also consider
ing the advisability of constructing a
tunnel under the Neva like that under
the Thames in London, but built in
four stories. This abandonment of
Cronstadt is of especial interest, for it
was Peter the Great who established
and indeed created it for the port of st.
Petersburg. Springfield Republican.
The herald., 1894-03-05
MISS TON KING. y
The story Of the Escape OF This Heautiful
but Notorious Thief.

but Notorious Thief.
The escape Of the notorious female
horse thief, known in the territory rs
TON King" from the county Jail turns
out to be one Of the romances Of thenew
country.
tom" is q very handsome and fasci-
mating young LADY Of about 22 years,
with O voiCw like dove and an eye
that knows no deceit. She is quarter
blood Cherokee Indian, and many of her
relatives and people live near Spring-
field, NO., whence her ancestors emil
grated to the Cherokee country. Her
operations in the territory have beepSex-
tensive and notorious. land Sher ch9tVres
frequent, but she is never brought to
trial. About a.year ago she wassaFrest-
ed for completely in some of 4 the. .Whar-
ton train rObberies, and afteE being held
IN the Guthrie Jail for sometime upac-
countably escaped. (: A while later she
was held in the Oklahoma City jail, apd
thence escaped in the same inexplicable
way For the last three months shpihas
been in the new Jail Of Canadian county.
Last night she walked ont the open
doors of the Jail dressed in her ordinary
female habiliments, but under which she
had taken the precaution to wear her
full suit of mems clothing, which the
courtesy of the officers allowed her to
keep. Outside Of the door the skirts dis
appeared, and very good looking,
youthful man apparently bestrode con-
venient horse and rode safely out Of the
city. 1t would mystfy the most expert
to detect the woman in the garb she
wore. The under sheriff of the county
has not been seen since few minutes
before the escape, and two Of his FIVE
horses are not to be found.
Bloodhounds were put upon the trail,
but they trailed 10 where the horse stood
and there stopped. The grand jury in
vestigated the case Of the escape, and
it is reported that bill was found
against one Of the deputy sheriffs. 1t is
kr own that the disappearing officer was
much taken with the comely woman.
She was being held here for horse steal
ing, at which she was expert, but other
charges of horse stealing and train rob-
berry We're standing against her.--Cor.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The herald., 1894-03-05
Explaining a Prevalent Belief.

A superstition very prevalent among
workingmen is the injurious effect sup
posed to be exercised by the suns rays
falling upon their tools. The best tools
made for use in tropical countries are
subjected to exactly the same amount
of tempering as those made for home
use, although they are to be used un-
der a greater heat.
A heat greater than any which reaches
this earth from the sun would be re-
quired to affect them.
No metallic or other matter is equal
ly susceptible to heat as the sand of
which the soil of the desert Of Scinde,
in India, is composed. 1t has been
found heated by the sun to almost 200
degrees F. But to affect the temper of
steel more than double this temperature
is required. In the steel used for a
lancet the temperature OF the metal
must be brought to 43o degrees, in ra-
zors and surgical instruments to 45O de-
grees, in penknives to 47O degrees, in
scissors and chisels to 400 degrees, in
axes, planes and pocketknives to $40
degrees, in table knives and large
shears to $50 degrees, in swords and
watch springs to $50 degrees, in fine
saws and augers to $50 degrees and for
hand and pit saws to 900 degrees, or to
three times the greatest heat Of the sun
felt on this earth.
AT 300 to $50 degrees soft steel and
iron become much deteriorated in power
to resist persuasive action and strain,
but their temperature can never be
raised to such degree as this by the
heat Of the sun, New York Herald. !
The herald., 1894-03-05
Immigratlon For Deoember.

Ellis island reports state that during
December there were landed 1899 i'm
migrants. OF these Italy brought the
largest numher-3,7 ,7S4. These brought
with them $46,081. Germany contribut-
ed 1891, who brought $S4. 4.0ee. Russia
contributed 1892, who brought $15, ,191.
Hungary came next, with 755 immi-
grants and 1924. OF the immigrants,
05 had professions, 1850 were skilled
mechanics, 4,794 were Of miscellaneous
occupations and 4,47e had no occupa-
tions. OF the total number, o,455 could
neither read nor write. The number no
turned was Ill.
The herald., 1894-03-05
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH ITf
The vanderbilts, Who Are Not Sportsmen
Buying Up the AdirondacIs.

The vanderbiits, Who Are Not Sportsmcn,
Buying Up the Adirondacks.
1t will soon be impossible for fellow
to go into the Adirondaclzs without a
permit from the Vanderbilts. That en-
terprising family seems bent on buying
up the entire region, to what end no one
seems to know. There is not sports
man in the entire Vanderbilt family-I
mean the kind of sportsman that likes to
work for his game.
Cornelius, the eldest son, never pulled
trigger in his life or got on top Of a
horse. Willie X. can cast fly out Of
his parlor window and might be able to
kill pheasant If it sat very still. Fred
is good fisherman, but doesn't shoot or
ride. and George IS dilettante in books.
OF course there is great profit in Adj
rondack lands. They can be let out to
"parties" who do love to fish and shoot,
but there is also profit in suburban pro-
perty where the only game is goat or
yaller dog. Why should the Vanderbilts
go in for sporting property when they do
not sport?-Cholly Knickerbocker in New
York Recorder.
The herald., 1894-03-05
Table manner. IN Argentine.

1--WE encamped near a swamp" says
a gentleman, describing meal he had
with some cart drivers in South Amer
lea, land supped on sliced pumpkins
boiled with bits of meat and seasoned
with salt. The meal was served in
genuine pampa fashion. One iron spoon
and two cows horns split in halves
were passed around the group, the MEM
bers OF which squatted upon their
launches and freely helped themselves
from the kettle. Even in this most un-
civilized form of satisfying hunger
there is a peculiar etiquette which the
most lowly-person invariably observes.
Each member of the company in turn
dips his spoon, or horn, into the center
OF the stew and draws it in direct
line toward him, never allowing it to de-
viate to the right or left. By observing
this rule each person eats without in
terfering with his neighbor. Being
ignorant of this custom, dipped my
horn into the mess at random and fished
about for some of the nice bits. My
companions regarded this horrid breach
of politeness with scowls of impatience.
They declared with some warmth to
the cook the foreigners did not know
how to eat. apologized as well as
could and endeavored thereafter to eat
according to gaucho etiquette. New
York World.
The herald., 1894-03-05
Tho Worship of Images.

'Go," said the emperor to his courier,
'and direct that all those who hold be-
Iiefs at variance with the state b.
thrown into prison. And, by the way,
stop at the treasury department on
your way out and instruct my chancel-
lor of the exchequer that the new issue
of coins be stamped with the image OF
Liberty, that thus we may please the
populace. Kate Fields Washington.
The herald., 1894-03-05
ALonc level Under the Paoifio.

Any persons interested in the work OF
the vessels which surveyed the cable
route between Hawaii and the Calitor-
mia coast who would like to see the sur
vey made by the Thetis can inspect the
chart now in the Office Of this paper.
They would be surprised to see how very
level the ocean bed is--"so level, as one
of the officers remarked, "that, If on dry
land, a railroad train could run over a
stretch of 500 miles of the bed at aspeed
of go miles an hour without the grade
being altered anywhere. ."-Pacllc Com
mercial Advertiser.
The herald., 1894-03-05
FOK RENT-MosIMs
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET - LIGH
1 housekeeping. 325 Buena Vista st: 1l-24
The herald., 1894-03-05
nnstlinr Postrnaster.

The postmaster Of Lecompton, Kan,
has a unique letterbead on. his station.
erv. 1t reads: "United States of Amer
lea. Postoface department, W. s. Bissell,
postmaster general. Local headquarters,
Lecompton, Kan. w. r. Smith, post
master. Stamps sold good to carry mail
matter to all PARTS Of the werld. Prorrpt
attention given to all business intrusted
to me. Patrolize home Institutions. -
Kansas City Star.
The herald., 1894-03-05
The unampIorsd.

Bradstreet's reports that 119 cities Of
the country show SOl 600 unemployed
persons in the United States at this time
upon whom 1856, 900 persons depend for
bread.
This makes total Of Q, ,757, 900 persons
without visible means of support in
these 119 cities alone. Leaving all other
cities and towns out Of the question, we
have close to one-twentieth of the entire
population of the United States out Of
the means to procure the neCessaries Of
life unless they have some earnings laid
by for such a direful emergency.
The following table shows the classi-
fed summary Of Bradstreet's reports:
The herald., 1894-03-05

MONEY TO LOAN ON CITY AND CoUN-
M try property real estate mortgage; any
amount; lowest rates. W. r. BURKE, 21315
N. Spring ST. 342m
The herald., 1894-03-05
soienne of nirine ProvIdence.

Not a great while ago learned ig-
noramus delivered a sermon on THE
Science of Divine Providence. Sir,
said a genuine student. at the close,
will you not favor as with a lecture
On The Faith of Geometryf' Chris
tian Advocate
The herald., 1894-03-05
Appropriate.

The Human Elephant--Say, the in
dia rubber man got full last night.
The Double Headed Man What did
they do to him6
The Human Eiephant-Bounced him.
Kansas City Times.
The herald., 1894-03-05
rha Gianwood Stove.

To be had only Of the w. O. Furrey Co.,
I69 to 1853 N. Spring street, they will save
Won 40 per cent in fuel. Latest improve
ments. Inspect them,
The herald., 1894-03-05

People call 1t backache and do nothing for II
until the doctor is called and he pronounces II
rheumatiem. Ifthey had used Salvation Oil in
time the doctors bill could have been saved
The herald., 1894-03-05

whooping cough, Group, sore throat, infuen-
"a. bronchitis. cold and cough are ct once re,
by DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, the Incompatible
remedy for all pulmonary and throat anec'
The herald., 1894-03-05
amith,. nanarnn pomada

Cures dandruf and stops falling hair !;
cever fails. At Of & VauRhn's, drug
al0AA, EOGrth and Spring ssraets.
The herald., 1894-03-05

"sBrowD's Bronchial Trochss' are cd
cellent for the relief OF hoarssneBs and s9ge
throat. They are exceedingly efecttve. "
ChrfsttGn World. London, Eng.
The herald., 1894-03-05

II ADIES-THE FRENCH METHOD OF RE-
i storing irregularities is the best, because it
never fails and is free from all pain or danger;
advice free and confidential at office or by mail
avoid delay. DIR. FOX, 112 O'Farrell ST., S. f.
"a I'm
The herald., 1894-03-05

IF YOU HAVE FROM $1,000 TO $1,000 TO
i invest for one year where very large profit
is certain, call on or address the CALIFORNIA
COLONIZATION COMPANY, 20I and 202
Bradbury block. 3-1-5t
The herald., 1894-03-05
VIM. #. Brown,

DR.. D. 8. Diffsnbacher, Dentist.
No. 119k 6. Spring street: rooms AIDS.
The herald., 1894-03-05
LOST AND FOUND.

7 OST-MARCR !, ONE BLACK PACING
i colt and a brown horse, both had halters
on Reward will be paid for return to JAMES
TUCKER 1926 West Sixth ST. 3 st.