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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
OLD PRISON LOCK.
4 Rusty Relic of the Famous Newgat
Prison Now in England.


The famous old Newgate prison is
still in England, but we have a part of
it-though small one-on this side of
the briny creek. The rusty old lock
now rests in a secondhand lumber
yard, opposite the Kings county jail,
in Raymond street. Brooklyn.
This lumber yard, by the way, is .
veritable ''Old Curiosity Shop" It's
proprietors buy and tear down dilapi-
dated buildings, reselling the refuse
for whatever it will bring. Old books,
broken chairs, showcases, shelves,
safes, weighing scales, coffee-grinders,
gas fixtures, desks, tables, tin roofing,
mirrors-almost everything that any
body wants to sell-are bought and re-
sold at enormous profit.
The completion of the Newgate
prison was in 1882. In 1880, while yet
in its embryo state, it was fred by the
Gordon rioters. Small damage was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
cLADsToNe.s oRAToRY.



alleled Power.
As Mr.. Gladstone has set his hand on
a larger and moro enduring series OF
statutes than ever were placed on books
by any other statesman, it is true OF
him also that he has lowered above all
statesmen in the resources necessary
for successful leadership in govern
ment. Other men have been witty; he
had a gentle and lambert humor, but
nothing more. He could be slightly
but not cruelty sarcastic. He INDUCED
in invective often; in vituperation
never. Habitually urbane even to
caustic opposition, he entertained no
unkind personal feelings toward polit-
zeal opponents; and after his repeated
duels with Disraeli, who never hesi-
tated to employ any language toward
an antagonist. Gladstone in his library
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
QUEER DUCK NESTS.

Provided by the Peasants OF the Quaint
Old Town of Crow.
The water-fringed village of Grouw,
in Friesland, North Holland, is remark
able for two things-cheese and ducks
The lakes which fringe the village on
three sides are thick with bullrushes
and watergrass, and afford excellent
cover for wild ducks and other aquatic
fowl. To promote the comfort of the
former, and at the same time facilitate
the collection of their eggs, the viii
layers construct nests of the form
shown in the accompanying illustra-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07

"Dobec.. married an heiress. bu. he
always protested il was marriage o:
the heart"
Did re prove IL when her father lest
everything
Yes lie was found dead the next
day with = note saying il was heart
failure Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
Rain from q CLEAR sky.

We have it on the authority OF Sir J.
{. Ross that in the South Atlantic rain
frequently falls in torrents from the
hon when it rained for over an hour
when the atmosphere was perfectly
clear. In Mauritius and other parts of
The southern hemisphere rain from a
slear sky is OF common occurrence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07

done to anything but the woodwork,
of which there was little. The prison
is liz years old, and the lock is as old
as the prison.
Messrs. Cottrell & Son secured the
lock when they bought the fixtures of
the famous old inn, The Abbey
which stands on Fulton street. in the
business part of Broollyn's crowded.
shopping district. The lease of the
Abbey was just expiring when its late
proprietor, Mr.. Sherlock. died.
Mr.. Sherlock received the lock di-
rect from England and with it the
key. Both are gigantic. The lock is
about foot and half high, one foot
across and six inches thick. Its clasp
is a curved iron bar, nine inches in
circumference. The key is heavy and
of intricate design.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
A-m,,. I'm Time of Peace.

During the most peaceful years the
world has 500. 600 soldiers. who are
withdrawn from productive occupa-
tious TO pose as soldiers The pay,
equipments. food and clothing ofthese
men cost the worlds tax payers nearly
81 200. coo day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
When Baby was sick, We gave her Casto,..
when she was Child, she cried for Cas1oria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she ha-. Children, she gave Them Castc-ia
ADMIRAL BENHAM.
He VIII Have to Retire from Service In
a Few DAYS.

Admiral Benham has been recognized
with general consent as the very man
to represent the United States at Blue
fields, in Nicaragua, where the COM
plications with Great Britain have oc.
CURED. But it now appears likely that
he will not be able to take that part.
as his'date of enforced retirement from
the navy will probably come before he
gets there. His ship, the San Fran
CISCO is encountered with marine
growth, and has needed docking and
cleaning for some time. Under favora
BILE conditions she could scarcely reach
Bluefelds in less than 90 days, and she
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
To strrn-rhen IL.

Mrs. wreakhsrd (the land,adyr-Is
there anything can help you to, Mr..
Slimner?
Slilnmer-Yes, ma'am. Can ! have
acme milk put in this cream?-Truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
aCo,-.c. F,,,ra,.

Tourist lin Oklahoma VIVA. is the
population of this town?
Alkai Ike tpromptlyl-Eight hun
dred and siEty-seyen souls. and thirty
one real estate agents--Puck
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
cI.dssoa-'s Annual Income

Gladstone. in addition 20 the ssoo. ooo
left him by his father. has a rent roll
of the Hswsrien estate. which came
into the possession Of his wife on the
death OF the last male Glynne. Ar.
Gls6Store's annual income Il 81. 800.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07

The greatest natural wonder of Ha-
waii, if not in the entire world. is Lake
Dana, or Dana lake, body of molten
lava 10 miles in circumference. To the
sightseer the surface of this wonderful
lake appears asif IL were sea of red
hot water dashing against the cliffs
which surround it on all sides to a
height averaging 100 feet ]. J. Viii
liams. of Honolulu. who proba bly,
knows more about the volcanic condi-
ton OF the island than any other living
man, says that this rushing, restless,
heaving lake of boiling FIRE never re-
mains silent or calm for single in
slant"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
Ci~s.r8y Evssea-

Mrs NoOney-Do yoe lore ne. dear
es.. FOR myself slone7
Moone= Web. don. think sny
ieaicusy or your part u yozr mother
would be in good taste y u Horil.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
Doing Very Well.

Visitor-Has DR.. Bitterpill a great
practice here?
Native-Well. ! should say so; the
cemetery has had TO be enlarged twice
inside OF year.-Spare Moments
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07

Teacher-Yoa are the LATEST bov
ever saw How do you expect 10 earn
a living when You grow Hps
Lazy Boy iyawning Dunno. Guess
TIL teach school--0ooi NevS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07

Asdze-Id just hate 20 be IN your
Shes
Msne-Yes 4; there's snything
more destructive Of happiness than
another II IL pincheA !e~I--Truth-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07

Amateur Piano Plays--whst l.
your opinion Of that piece 5as; er-
ecu,ed7
Musical Critic-I tAi1k - vas ex.
ecufed.-S. Y. Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07

she-I hate that spoon.ey g;-i-
He-What for2
She-Becsuse shes il love with yoa-
He-Bpt I'm not n love with her.
Shelf you were. I'd hate you- too
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
The Number of Metals.

There are now ffty-one metals known
to exist. Three centuries ago only
teyen were known.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
yisitor-You look very much III

Nisitor-Yoa look very much like
your pa.
Johnny-Do you think 500
''You take after him very much You
nave got his hair
faint me what takes after pa ana
gets his hair. It's ma who does that
when he comes home tight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07

in
N
estes proved for otto
gi hth ire heat .nVaus 70 the emf ~
erscf Cbaityof Y VI.
no q lev to aalr
lac An
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For urtherp arti arsap ply 10 the
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-07
conrIrsEST. OF Tnx SEASON


Charlie Bondelipp<r-i hase1t gos
anything for yOE- Why don't yoz bor-
r0vr from your frisnd7
Johnnis Fe~~czzs--whass the u.s
Of ASKING hisn7 He always expects .o
Be paid bsex--Aiex Sweet In TEXAS
Slk<A
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14
The Coat Fitted.

Deacon Ironside latter the service)
Elder, / got in little late this
morning, but don't think you had
any right to take it out of me in your
sermon"
Elder Keepalong it out Of
you? How?"
"Get back at me. Amt that what
you did? 1 hadn't hardly got inside
the door when 1 heard you say: And
now comes the worst of them all, the
chief rebel against the government of
heaven. And then you went on de-
scribing my character, and putting all
failings in the worst light you posi-
bly, could. You didn't mentio-- no
names, but knew who you was driy-
ng at, and must say, Elder, that 1
didn't like the way Of"
"But, my dear Deacon Ironside, you
totally misapprehend. The subject
this morning was The Rebellion In
Heaven, and when you came in | was
trying to picture the deprayity of Lu-
cifer, the arch-apostate | am truly
sorry, deacon, if / seemed to"
"Never mind, elder; never mind.
Well-h'm-we'll say no more about
it. Rather nasty morning, amt it?'
Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

In spite of the substantial nature of
the buildings of London fires in the
great metropolis are not infrequent,
observes the San Francisco Chronicle
The most destructive are those which
occur in large store and ware houses,
but they are generally confined to the
premises or block in which they origin
etc. The Fire Department of Lon
don, although the English seem to
think it is perfect, does not begin to
approach the degree of efficiency
reached in many American cities.
Comparative drills show that Ameri-
can fire laddies turn out with much
more celebrity than the British. Per-
haps when the latter cultivate spry-
ness to the same extent as the Yankees
fires will be less numerous and less de-
structive in London.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14
VIRTUE.

Sweet day-so cool, 50 calm, so bright
The bridal Of the earth and sky;
The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,
For thou must die
Sweet rose-whose hue angry and bravo
Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye;
Thy root is ever in its grave.
And thou must dlel
Sweet spring-full of sweet days and roses,
A box where sweets compacted lie;
My music shows ye have your closes,
And all must diet
Only a sweet and yirtuous soul,
Like seasoned timber, never gives
But though the whole world turn to coal,
Then chiefly lives.
George Herbert.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

The early and deep SHOWS in the
mountains of the Northwest are caus-
ing wholesale slaughter of deer. The
animals, compelled to leave the hills,
are the easiest kind of prey for the
sportsman, the pot-hunter and the
wanton slaughterer. Five hunters
with four dogs killed twenty-four deer
in one day, and a total of fifty-one in
u six days hunt in the Elk Creek dis
trict, Oregon. The animals have been
driven TO the tidewater along Puget
Sound, and great numbers are being
killed all over the Sound region. The
Indians over the border in British Co
lumbia are slaughtering the deer in
droves simply for their hides, leaving
the carcasses untouched. A trapper
found over two hundred fresh skins in
one camp of Indian hunters a week or
so ago.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

A consignment of about thirty stall
ions, broodmsres and some trotters for
road and campaigning have just been
sent abroad, notes the New York
World. Some of the animals have
been already sold, and others are taken
on speculation. The idea is to intro
duce the American trotter to the notice
of foreign horsemen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Two hundred and eighteen thousand
tons of phosphate have been mined in
South Carolina during 1898.
There are fifty miles Of electric
railway and 1000 telephones in use in
Grand Rapids, Mich, a city of 10000
inhabitants.
A deposit of iron ore has been dis
covered near Chapman, New Bruins
wick. Specimens are now being tested
with view to working mines.
p. Silvert, of Dohlen, Saxony, pro-
poses the manufacture of glass pipes
by rolling down molten glass in
grooves or flutes, and using core TO
complete the formation of the pipe or
tube.
The strongest timber is said to be
that known as "bilian," or Borneo
ironwood, whose breaking strain is
1.52 times that of English oak. 1t
becomes of ebony blackness under long
exposure.
The Yale Medical School has re-
ceived a new respiration apparatus, an
invention of Professor Wort, of Ger
many. 1t is said that it will make an
innovation among the medical schools
of the country.
Petrifed horse tracks are among
the curiosities attributed to Missouri.
They are said to be found in the bot
tom of creek in Ray County. The
ancient bird tracks of Connecticut thus
have present-day rivals.
The highest pressure used to drive
a water wheel is claimed by valley
near Grenoble, France, where tur-
bine ten feet in diameter has been
operated since 1875 with head of
1888 feet. A flow of about seventy
five gallons of water per second gives
force of 1900 horse power.
On French canals some boats have
apparatus by means of which they pull
themselves along, drawing in land dis
charging behind) chain cable that
lies along the bottom of the canal.
Formerly the machinery was worked
by steam; but electricity has been
used, with a trolley system, for the
last two months on the Bourgogne
Canal
Thousands of photographs of light
ming have been secured during the
last few years, but until last month
there was no known record, made il
this way, of the globular form Of
lightning. Such a one is said to have
been obtained by DIR. Kemphill, ot
Kingstown, England, on November 9,
during terrible storm. This mega
tive exhibits both the ordinary sinu
GUS flashes, and, on the surface of the
sea, a number of ireballs, joined to
gether by horizontal lines of light
and resembling "the course of bal
of wool played with by kitten. "
Under the Thibetan system of poly
andry, as observed by Mrs. Bishop
isabella Bird, the eldest son alone o.
the family marries, and the wife ac
cepts the brothers of her husband ~
secondary spouses. The whole family
is thus held to the home. The childreI
belong to the elder brother, while The
other brothers are "lesser fathers
The natives are strongly attached tC
this custom. The women, in particu
lar, despise the monotony of European
monogamy, and the word "widow" i
term of reproach among them
Children are very obedient to theil
fathers and their mothers, and the
family feeling is strongly developed.
Tho Coot Pittad
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

Swift as a meteor it came, and, like
the bursting of thunderbolt, had
spent its wrath; and its dreadful har-
vest lay scattered far and wide, like
dead and wounded soldiers on battle
field.
And when the sky had cleared there
lay, at the feet of them who held life
within their grasp, dead and frozen
human form. Tight against the breast,
the clutched and stiffened fingers of
the dead held the buckskin bag of
money-the evidence of Parson Toms
innocence
The crowd fell back, aghsstl
It was Saddle-Hoss Pete !-Argo-
naut
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

A French engineer named Bozin
comes to the fore with a scheme for
steamship on rollers or drums. These
rollers are to be supplied with paddles,
or creepers, and driven by engines, so
that the craft will progress more like
street roller OF a locomotive than an
ordinary ship. This scheme is spoken
of as something novel and startling.
In fact it appears to be identical with
a scheme invented and carried forward
to an experimental stage some two or
three years ago, The inventor APP
peared somewhere in the West, and
later was engaged in building a craft
on this plan not far from New York.
OF late nothing has been heard of
him and his drum ship. Did NJ. Bozin
steal the idea from the American, or
is this another of the instances in
which great discoveries are made in
dependently and almost simultaneously
by different persons far removed from
one another? Be that as it may, We
may depend upon il that the Ameri-
can, if alive and eompos mentis, will
bob up as a claimant in case NJ Bozin
makes a success of his ocean high
roller.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14
Money in a Rabbit Raneh.

II IS not generally known that rab'
bit ranch exists near South Bend on
what promises to be quite an extensive
scale, observes the Journal of that
place. J. B. Baumgartner and Mat
thias Foerg are TIE owner OF the ranch,
which is located above the Narrows,
and already have a barn forty feet long
and divided up INTO stalls, all Of which
are now occupied by bunny and his
numerous progeny.
The rabbits are OF the lop cared va
riety, breed exceedingly scarce and
held at fancy prices in the United
States. Mr. Bau ugurtner imported
two pairs from Switzerland q year and
a half ago, paying 5000 for them. He
now has over sixty rabbits from those
two pairs, which shows that IN rabbit
farming, ut least, two pairs beat three
of a kind. The rabbits breed seven
times year and have from eight to
ten TO q litter. When full grown they
weigh from fourteen 10 eighteen
pounds. They are most delicious eat
ing, their flesh being considered supe-
rior to chicken As they command
from ii fteen to twenty cents rpound,
rabbit farming is much more profit
able than chicken raising.
Like ordinary rabbits, they are prac-
tically omniyerous. They are heauti'
.ul animals, with their long, silky ears
,ni fluffy fur. Unlike other rabbits,
hey do not burrow except at breeding
me, and sre exceedingly tame 10y ma
ure and easily kept. Messrs. Baum
gartner and Foerg say tnat they lave
only made a fair beginning m the
business and are already planning "
enlarge their building and rench
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14
Following Her Examnle.

1t is often remarked that an unac-
customed traveller can get on pretty
we'll if he will keep his eyes and ears
open. A native Of Ireland landed at
Greenock and wanted TO take the train
for Glasgow. Never having been in a
railway station before, he did not
know how to get his ticket, but he
saw lady going in and determined 10
follow her lead. The lady went TO
the ticket box and, putting down her
money, said;
''Maryhill, single.
Her ticket was duly handed TO her
and she walked away. Pat promptly
planked down his money and shouted
''Patrick Murphy, married -
Youths Companion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

Sixty per cent. of the Hungarians,
more than half of the Italians, thirty
five per cent. of the Austrians and Bo.
hemians, twenty per cent. of the
British, eighteen per cent. of the
Germans, forty per cent. of the Irish
and ten per cent. of the Scandinavians
who came to the United States between
1850 and 1890 returned to their native
lands in the decade.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

Owing to the ruthless manner in
whi,h orchid hunters and other Eu-
ropeans have devastated the fauna and
flora of the domains of Sarawak, Rajah
Brooke has decided to prohibit the
collecting of natural history specimens
within his territories. Many species
of valuable plants native to that re-
gion were in danger of becoming ex-
tinct
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

The total value of the crops of the
United States during 1892 is estimated
at SO, 900, 600, 600, of which the larg.
est item is $3.50, 600, OOO worth of hay.
The animal products, including meats,
dairy products, poultry and eggs, and
wool, are placed at 1865, 600, 900 more.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

had been so kind to him would be
guilty of robbery. And yet the money
was gone. The long buckskin bag, in
which he kept his money and which
bore his name worked in silken thread,
he found behind the trunk.
When he met Paymaster Bill on the
following morning, he mentioned his
loss. Bill was astonished. He did not
believe that any man in the camp was
mean enough to steal, Eat any rate, not
parsons money.
The story of the loss of Parson Toms
money was told about the camp, and,
while it was a mystery to some, the
more irreverent smiled and said they
guessed the parson was excited, and it
would turn up all right in time.
On Sunday the sun shone out bright
and clear, and old King Solomon was
as glorious a sight as one might wish
to see. His biblical namesake in all
his reputed glory could not have fur
nished a grander inspiration.
Every male person was promptly on
hand that night at the little school
house, and there was sprinkle of the
other sex-women who had not
listened to a preachers voice since
they were little girls.
The half-hour was devoted to read
ing stories, which were responded to
by hearty laughter and few pathetic
ordinations.
When Parson Tom had finished and
was about to say goodnight, Paymnster
Bill arose and reminded his compan-
ions that on the night the pGrson had
called on them, it had been proposed
that fund be started toward building
church. Then he added:
81 don't reckon none of ye has got
notion o. backin' down on thet ther'
propersition. Eff ye has, let's hear
it."
There was not dissenting voice,
though the amount of gold and silver
dropped in the parsons pretty buck
skin bag was not so large as it might
have been had the parson not 'lost
his first winnin'"
The moon had dropped down be-
hind the peak of King Solomon, leav-
ing the camp in darkness, while soft
snow fell with that monotony which
indicates heavier fall to come.
Parson Tom had just opened the
door of his cabin to step in, when q
heavy hand was laid upon his throat
and hoarse voice demanded:
"Give me that money Quick !"
The parson was by no means q
coward He struggled with his assail
ant, and together they fell into the
cabin and rolled out into the light
cover of fresh snow which had falleI
on the frozen crust. Muttered curses
and tighter grip upon his throat me-
his resistance.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

'Tt is somewhat OF joke" thinks
the Chicago Times, "for bankrupt
Spain to talk of building a navy big
and powerful enough TO stand any
show besides those of England or
R,ss;o -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14
SERVICE AND SONG.

~ am worn with work and watching
My home is humble and lone;
Why lift up my voice in singing
For no human heart but my ownT'
Her notes stirred passing poet;
He sang 10 mighty host
And the world IS glad and better
For the music she counted lost
q. T. Packard in Youths Companion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat states
4tiat the house property of Australia
ismore valuable, compared with popu-
lation, than in Europe,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

Ohio produces fully one-half of the
total quantity of iron and steel roofing
sold in the United States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-14

Even little Belgium spends every
year 80, 600, 900 on her army.