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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17

particular History which belongs to it
aSd makes it interesting. know lit
tie cafe called the Calchina, which is up
on the canal overlooking the Giudecca-
The entrance is hardly moro than
hole in the wall When you get inside
Of it, however, yon will find = garden
where tables are spread, half Of one
side being given up to the cooking OF
food. Here you can get the most de-
icious wine that you would wish to
partake of. After You visit that cafe
q few times you find that 1t has been
there one hundred years or more; that
it was there that Turner had his room
where he made his sunset views: that
Reco and Whistler lived there, and that
when Ruskin was writing his Stones
Of Venice he and Robert Browning
went there every day and had their
macaroni and wine. The same old
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17
Tho Original Troy Pound.

In 1928. when Adams was president
of the United States. congress author
lied or appointed commission "to
bring to this country troy pound ad-
justed TO the British standard" When
the commission returned the president
received the package and broke the
seal in the presence of the distinguished
men of America This original weight
standard is now in the mint at Philadel-
phia, and is not regarded as being of
ideal accuracy by any means II is
made of a very poor quality of brass,
is rough in texture and hollow. &C.
cording to q law now in force, each
state is entitled to a copy or duplicate
of this standard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17
EYEING THE EYE
It % . Veritable Search Light Ion
Weak Eyes
4 WsaaeRful InstruDeat Which Threws
Beam 81 Electric light Int the
Human Eve and Locates
the Trouble.

Ono Of the most remarkable inven-
tons which has lately come into prac-
teal use in the hospitals of New York
is the ophthalmometer. II is used.
says the World, for examining the eye
when it is in a state of disease, and il
illustrates how accurately modern
science has come to deal with the all
ments to which the flesh is apt to fall
heir.
The invention Of this new instru-
ment was found to be q necessity. It
is an acknowledged fact among special
lists in diseases of the eye that poor
eyesight is on an alarming increase in
the United States, especially among
children. The number of school chill
dren who wear eyeglasses continually
in New York city alone, and especially
in Boston, is double or treble what it
was several years ago. The very large
increase Of work which this has oc-
casioned for the doctors in the eye
hospitals rendered it extremely diff
cult for them to carry on their exami-
nations as they had heretofore done.
J The old methed of examining the
Rye was to station the patient at some
distance from . chart on which were
printed letters of various sizes. 1.-THE
person under examination was per
fectly clear-minded, more or less ac-
curate result was obtained; but in the
case of a child or a person dull of COM
prehension the result was not general
~ so good.
The ophthalmometer does away
with all this uncertainty, and by its
use the veriest tyro fresh from the
medical college can make the most ac-
curate diaSnosis- 1t is the invention
of Profs. laval and Schiotz, of Paris,
and was introduced into the hospitals
Of New York by DR.. ID. B. st. John
Reosa.
1t is a combination of telescope and
. large painted disk. On which is pro-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17

in fact, nearly everything. you will And
that there are but one or two places
which remain prets- much As they
were centuries ago-and Venice is one
of them.
LAS regards its location for q mans
brush-to me it is inexhaustible- The
very way in which Venice is laid out
the fact that the island Of San Giorgo
is opposite the main island on which
are the doge's palace, the San Marco,
Campanile- etc, and that the other
point of q triangle formed by the
salute. makes all the water view of
Venice exceedingly picturesque. be-
cause verything seems TO be put there
to give the best and most artistic et-
feet. And then, the people are so de-
lightful: they are SO indelent and so
happy: they sing all the day long. and
it takes 80 little 70 anuse them. They
are 81 kind 10 their children and so re-
speetful TO old age-that is another
thing which makes Venice delightful
Why. even the cafes of Venice are
ahar-aina: almost eyezy eafe has soms
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17
A Juvenile Editor.

The youngest editor in the world IL
Lady Marjorie, the thirteen-yesr-old
daughter of Lord and Lady Aberdeen.
Lady Marjorie lives in Canada and has
a lovely suite of rooms in the govern
ment house ut Ottawa. When Lord
Aberdeen was appointed governor gen
eral of Canada Lady Marjorie grieved
deeply, because she felt she must give
up the editorship of her little paper Oh
her removal to America, but she was
consoled by being told that she might
continue editing her paper just the
same here as in England. Lady Mar
jorie is in delicate health. and her
anxious mother fears that the ambi
tious essays and poems and editorial.
attempted By her little daughter ar,
not very good for a child's brain--N
Y. Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17
FOR 1S93-94 WICHITA, KANSAS
A MINIATURE CONGRESS.
Nsthoa Of Procedure In . Chicago Com
NON school.

Msthoa Of Procedure In . Chicago Com
NON School.
The eighth grade pupils of the Skin
ner school, In Chicago, in order to be-
come better acquainted with the con
stitution of their country, have, says
the Inter Ocean, organized q miniature
congress.
After electing a president from all
the eighth grade the rooms are consid-
cred as two separate rooms. The one
containing the president just elected
is allowed the honor of being the sen
ate. The other is the house. Congress
convenes on the first Monday in De
cember, just as the United States con
gress does.
The senate has its presiding officer;
that of the house of representatives
called the speaker, and all other of.
ficers, such as the clerk, sergeant-at-
arms, etc, are duly elected.
The president is represented by the
principal of the school.
The president is informed that q
quorum is present in congress and
ready for any communication he may
wish to make. The president then
sends his annual message, embodying
current topics of the day.
In the meantime committees are ap-
pointed in each house.
All bills are presented IN writing
and the proper wording taught. Hav-
ing passed the two houses they are
sent TO the president, who either signs
or vetoes and returns with his objec-
tions. The bill, if vetoed. may, by a
two-thirds majority of both houses
pass over the presidents veto.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17
Nswspspers of the World.

The total number Of newspapers
published in the world At present Is
estimated at Sc. 900. distributed as fol-
lows: United States and Canada, 20
es4: Great britain and Ireland. 5000:
Germany. 5000; France, 1900; Japan,
e.0o0: Italy. 1,5o0; Austria-Hungary, l.
200; Asia, exclusive of Japan, 1000;
Spain. $50; Russia, see; Australia, SEQ;
Greece, 400: Holland. 300; Belgium, 200;
all others. 1000. Of these about Eve
eighths are printed in the English
language
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17
ConuudrcmS.

What corn do New England farmer
never plant? The unicorn.
What kind of pine is most danger
Gus? The porcupine.
What kind of quilts are prettiest;
Jonquils.
When Is an approaching caller al
ways welcome? When il is 3 coming
to you.
What kind of tories are .hickly scat.
tered throughout the northern states:
Factories.
What is the wickeaest tax in the
world? Syntsx tsin taxi.
What chants are never sung? Aer.
ehants--Youth's Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17
He Oecyed-

OF course he must have been a stupid
boy, but he certainly understood ODE
dieAce. He had been sent, on an er
rand. and told he would have 10 bring
something back with him He gave
the note TO the man who was To re
ceive IL The man read the note, and
left the room TO get the halter fo-
which it asked. saying as he left. ''Ts ks
q chair" The boy took the chair. and
carried it 10 his houe, threa miles
away.-0u.look.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17
C.ctn. club Of RaI,lDere.

The Cactus club. Of Baltimore, Is .
unique organization II is composed
of men and women who unite in com
pany solely for the purpose of study
ing cacsi- They have found much of
interes. in these curious desert plants.
and their periodical exhibitions are
much esteemed by such as are invited
TO be present The cactus would seem
to De rather dry growth to inresti-
gate. but the club which bears lis
name wholly refutes this superstition
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17
Too VIVID . Rendttien.

N. Pianothump-I hear you achieved
. brilliant success on your last concert
tour. The papers say the audience was
frequently affected TO tears
Nine. vokal-Yes. indeed. Why,
sometimes when I was singing Home.
Sweet Home" half the audience would
get up and rush homeward.-Chicago
News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17

jected an intense electric light. In
front of the disk is small wooden
mask-like frame in which the patient
places his face. On the disk is Sc
ries Of divisions.
The doctor looks through the tele-
scope at the patients eye. The effect
Of the intense light is to cause the
plumbers and divisions on the disk to
be reflected and to show out clearly on
the cornea, or rear wall. Of the pa
tient's eye. Connected with the disk
is q sliding arrangement by means Of
which any desired point on the disk
may be located, so that in the case of
hstigmatism, for instance, it is only
necessary for the physician, after To-
make . record of its exact location on
the disk. Since the reflection on tho
eye corresponds exactly with the disk
itself, he has no trouble in doing 50.
OF course, the different markings
are meant to show the different de-
grees of affection, and after the record
Is made it is the easiest thing in the
WOrlo 1Or the DOCTOR 10 prescribe the
proper pair of glasses to be worn.
And the best part of it all is that
this point is established beyond q
doubt. People need have no fear here
after of making q mistake in the Sc
lection of their eyeglasses, for that Sc
lection is made according to an abso-
lute rule, and not, as in the old method,
according to their sensations merely.
Having the eyes examined by cleo
tricity, which is really what it amounts
to by this method. is as yet something
of novelty, even among physi-
clans. Some years ago the celebrated
DR.. Helmholz devised an instrument
much after the fashion of this one,
but it was too complicated to be of Use.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17

Miss Highfier-o, Mr.. sappy. hon
nice it was OF ron 10 name your new
hunter after me. What is she Hke7
Young sappy-Well, she's . regular
sumner, Miss Highfier. Not much 70
look at, don't-cher-know, but very fast.
And he cannot make out why she u
20 cool TO him now.-Vo0ue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17

-Dinks (zneditatiyeiy1-''To sue .
mar and get beaten may no, indicate
snv SCARCITY OF brains but DAMS
Blu; WHAT Dinxs-"fs certainly
means lack Of Suaxmest7-Bv O. g
COuxsax.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17

China has at las, one complete rail.
wa. Il is the short line connecting
Tien-tsin with Shan-hai-kwan, . town
~ the eastern part of the great Chinese
wall, where the latter runs down thS
Gulf of Liau-.unS. There Is cer,ain
snschronisrn N the association Of the
iron korS.." 30 snbiems,ic Of Gus
modern celebrity Of Communication.
with the Chinese wall. which sta ads A
the perscosfcztion OF oh~.ruc,ioz "a
free intercourse However. this new
Chinese railroad Ia Itself an anomaly,
Il - No. intended for trasis II will
carry sestker merchandise nor pas.en.
gers Having been built simply Zoo
strategic purposes e will be strictly
confined 20 military uses The s<a.s
chair will eontsnus 20 % tie vshici.
for overland j7urneys in China. s.6
freight Will ssllI - carried s,anx "a
poles Borne GA THE shoulders Of rnsscs-
lar Chinese porterA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17

fate "a. 2secfsozs o: q Bostss gin
thy snowflake spsd
Ara lag there sslveriry IKE . vh!te-se serJi-
q. AZ 50 css2. 80 SAL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17
VENICE ON PILES
A Nine OF Wealth for the Seeker
After Beauty and Romance.
=. Hopkinssn .smtth Taks-fsals About
His Book On the Island City. and
Describes the Delight Of Ex.
istence by the Adriatlo.
IcoPYR1OHr, 1891

l is q well-knoWn
fact that a num-
Der of our lead
ing Anne rio an
artists have of
late years en-
tered the field of
literature in adj
dition to their
regular work as
painters or illus
traitors. There
are now at least
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15
FLESH EATING HAREs.
A sl.eptic Was Convinced Wn.n lie Saw
One Mnn..IIin. Mntlnm.

- rAfpiH W as tbHf itttu ~ men hF Jaw
One nan"hing Mutton.
Hare is dish never -een ou IL Spanish
table because IN Spain there il sup"r
stition That hares in fhe nl.ff - INTO
churehyards a..l dig NJ -o -saYes avid
eat the dead bodies. A writer VINO spent
some time shooting IN Castillo. whore
game j. vers plentiful. reia's- lo~ be-
was convinced Of the fact iha' me hare
10 cal flesh. lie had been told 50 us
the country people, but had treated incr
assertion as a ridiculous fiction The
text time ne found himself in a party ~
tportsnan he repeated what he HAD
heard as joke, but 10 his surprise ev'Iy
one listened quite grayely and assured
him that il was perfectly true. Iu,y
themselves had frequently seen hare
eating flesh. A. he still expressed d0ubt-
on the subject. however. one Of tn com
pany offered 10 bet Inn III liter- Of WIG
that he tthe Germany should sce a hare
eating meat The bet WAS accepted.
The next morning very early. the Span
lard, the German and two greyhounde
went ont to ii great heath to look FIR
flesh eating hareS. As they were sitting
waiting for Tie mares 10 appear the
Spaniard, to the Germans amazemer'.
took little live crab ont Of ms pocket
"What do You want that for said the
German To catch the hare with. t.
piled the SpanIarl Il struck the Ger
man that perhaps the Spauiard hal
brought him ont merely Ia make n fool
of him But then he reflected that that
was hot the Spanish WY With strangers.
So he held his tongue and went on wait
ing. by and 10y fine hare appeared.
In "A moment the two dog WEE aft 7
him (they were well mnzzlcd. 50 THAT
they could not do him any harm ana
in few moments more the hare had III
appeared again in his hole, and ne do
were barking at its mouth. Ti,a faen sot
up and hurried after them.
Now" said the Spaniard. this j.
where my crab comes in. He pulled
ont the crab and put it down al the
mouth Of the hole, and it. glad 10 hide in
the dark shade crept in with al Inc cX-
petition it could manage. Tae span
lard instantly spread large coarse -ack
over the entrance. aud II Il few moment.
ont rushed the hare. terrified 10y lis I'm.
expected visitor. right into the sack
Home they Went with their prisoner
which they placed in a cage. When 1hf
hare had recovered from his fright h
ate before the German's astonishel eve,
several pieces of the mutton which were
thrown in.-Muenchener Zeitung
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

The best evidence of the truth of th'
theory of hcrcditv | ever saw. said r
F.. Lucas to the corridor man ut the Lin
dell. as a family named Walker living
in Mitchell county. N c. There are al
present seven brothers and five sisters
the lowest stature of any of them being
6 feet which Is the height of one of III
girls Her sisters run in regular gralu-
alton as to height feel inch, G feet
, inches and feet 3 inches The tallest
brother is feet o inches, and the short
est 6 feet inches.
The mother is short. being but feet
8 inches. while The father from whom
the children inherit their remarkable
growth. is : let iuchr-. He is of +.
family of nine brothers, the talle~' 81
whom WAS s feet in height and ihesHor'
est : feet, aud all of then lived to- rY,-
siderable aG". tho only one Surviving.
however. being the father of the >ars
and daughters mentioned If the lr".
cnt family were arranged one above the
other. they would reach - feet q iuchr-
IN height 1t Is said that all Of the an
cpstors back through several generations
were of like proportions. ST. Louis
Globe-Demucrat.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

The pharnacoruia has long recon-
mended iron Wire as material for iron
preparations. Musical wire. being steel
and therefore prrer. is also often APP
piled and Yields sufficiently pure prep
arations More lately there have boon
recommended for this purpose soft steel
drillings. as being cheaper. purer and
no. so difficult To dissolve As wire. winch
by the various processes of forging, ham
mrl'ine. rolling and final drawing be-
comes denscr and harder
The more impure an ron the quicker
it will dissolve. Int the same piece Of
iron or steel will more rapidly dissolve
the less it has undergone the mechanical
treatments in question Thus. if the i'm
mense amount of mechanical labor be
considered to which an iron or steel bar
is subjected in reducing its diameter to
that of wire, it is argued that soft steel
drillings, shavings or tumingS deserve
preference. In Il word. The turuings and
drillings of aXles and steel boiler plate.
which can be obtained at any steel works
or machine shop. are ranked among The
purest brands of iron. III the chemical
sense of the word According 10 cx-
perts. il may he considered a practicsl
rule that any brand Of steel capable of
making good axle or boiler plate VIII
also Yield pure preparations on dissolv
ing. New \ ork Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15
Women'S Relief Corps.

The Woman's Relief Corps at the
Tenth annual convention N Bangor
last week elected the following officers :
President, Mrs. Ella Jordan Mason !:
senior vice president. Ella Emery, Shcr-
man Mills; junior vice. president, Orilla
Whitcom. Searspurt secretary. Addie
V. Grant, Biddeford; treasurer, Isabel
W. Haley. Biddeford; chaplain. Frances
Gould, Pittsfeld; Executive board.
Clara Leavtt, Skowhegan, Mary +.
Inham. Cherrylield, Antoinette Millett.
Gorham, Hannah Small, Biddcford,
Emelnc Tasker. Corinna; delegates to
the rational convention. al large, Rose
Burncll, Gorham, Mrs. Palmer. Monroe.
Mrs. Whilcom, Scars,iort alternate AT
large, Mrs Cooley, Rumford Mrs.
Ietrows. Bneksport, Miss Lillian lIarri-
man. Bangor, Mrs. Milett. Gorham
inspector, Veal ny Murch. Lewiston
and officer, Cyrene I.iltleiirld, Bethel
Among the resolutions passed at The
close of the meeting We're the following :
Rcsolred, That the kindest thanks of this
tenth annual convention of the Department
of Maine, w. r. C., are rendered the twenty
seventh annual encampment of the G. A.. h.
Department of Maine, for the great courtesies,
and kindly recognition of this body, and for
its cordial endorsement of the work of this
Department, and
Whereas, Department commander Vain
wright Gushing has endorsed and assisted in
the special work of establishing a Woman's
Relief Corps Home in our State, in such a
degree to bring about the grand result ia
the years work.
Resolped, That he has won the greatest re
spect and commendation of the representa-
tves of this convention and of the community
at large and in his honor words of praise are
due.
Resolred, That thanks are due and are here
by extended to all comrades of the q. A. X.
who have been of service to our order, during
the year
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15
Connection with the w. &. q.

rh,sc Is considerable interest mani
tested in town in the matter of securing
connection with the Wiscassct and
Quebec railroad thai IL in process Of
construction from Ni-clsset 10 Burr
ham or Clinton.
1hrrr are cool and sufficient REASONS
WHY Skowhegan should make The CARL
81 possible arrangements for ilii- con
neclion. One is thai it Will give more
direct rail communication with eastern
Somerset towns giving the citizen,
thereof opportunity 10 come here upon
business connected with the courts. IL
well As other business. aud. also. give
is more direct connection with. Bangor
aud the east and with the Moosrhead
lumber region il which 50 many Of our
people are interested III Il business WV.
Bui the chief reason and one that must
ultimately be of importance 10 oa
town is the fact that il would Civ. u
another route to HE .ea. and one that
fo heavy ffeighls would be likely IT.
be Il competing line with the present
aud only railroad serving this part ol
the State.
II is not yet definitely known just
where the proposed road will strike the
Maine Central. The objective point
northWard seems To be some point on
the Bangor and Aroostook road 1T
Gnillord. Abbott or Dover so IL to fur
nish an outlet for that road To Il winter
harbor, 1t seems to be uncertain
whether the route will be through Burn
ham. Pttstield, IIartland. Harmony.
etc. or through Clinton, Canaan. etc.
Whichever route is adopted Skowhegan
should move in the matter early.
one proposition that seems to meet
with favor is the construction of Il road
of the same gauge of the WisoaSset aud
| Quebec road from NorridgeN ock ol
Madison via. SkoWhegan to Canaan and
thence to connect With the line of the
". 4 q. road ut the most available
point. This would give Us rail connee-
ton with the northeastern part of The
county MS well aS with the eastern
towns There j. some engineering
| difficulties in the r ute from SkoN hrgau
10 Canaan but probably none but Suel
as could be readily overcome. Tn,
route Skowhegan to Norrid .pWuck al
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

\ very ediiying exhibition WIS Wit
messed ia Washington. Friday Of last
Gresham and Carlisle. haunted the SEN
ate lobi"s. urging senator's to vote for
the confirmation of W. II. Pecllham for
judge, who was nominated by President
Cleveland some weeks ago after the re-
lection of IIornblowcr by the Senate.
The animus of the contest is the old
fight between Hill and Cleveland and
there is no statemanship or public prin-
ciple involved in it, SIMPLY personal
rancor between The New York Demo
cratic factions.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15
The New Commander.

John Wesley Gilman. the new De
parrmcnt Commander. i tine-lpn,ing
na,i. rycl} inch soliier ia appearance
aud lac Is well liked by all The men of
the Grand &rnv. lie j. ~ years old
and resident ofOakla lam, where liz is en-
gagged in trade and has hell various town
Offices lie was a member OF the 20th
Maine regiment in which II" s"lvcd all
through the rebellion, taking part in
the battle, Of Gettysburg, The Wilder
NJ aud sFottsylvaaia among others
On Sept, 30. 1854 lac was terribly
wounded in The leg al Pegraln's Farm,
near Petersburg. He wouli not accept
of discharge, aud remained with his
regiment until it was mustered out. He
is a member of Sergeant Wyman Post,
Oakland, aud was its first commander.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15
The Gold Reserve Intact.

The gold reserve in the treasury is
again intact. It reached that condition
Thursday when the gold received from
the recent bond issue swelied the amount
beyond the $4,000 mark. August 10Th
the gold IN the treasury stood at Sl03,-
GOO. 900, since which it has gradually de-
clncd, reaching its lowest point of SCI
0O0, 900 on Tuesday last, WHEN the gold
received from the sale of bonds was
transferred into the treasury.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

Embrace the opportunity to get the
SOMERSET RErORTER and the New
York Weekly Tribune for the small
sum of sl.75. lis big offer aud our
Subscribers will do well to avail them
selves of il.