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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Associations are being formed that re-
quire its members to pledge themselves
to wear only American clothes. If there
isn't change in the times soon, the
wearing of any clothes at all will be a
serious question
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The farmers of Hodgeman county are
entertaining proposition from the rain
makers to furnish them rain if more is
needed during the coming season than
nature supplies. The basis of the prop
osition is mo rain, no pay" and on that
the farmers will probably go in.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
gh aaaieta ay gaee suuaay ornime ganuary se4.

Talnlage's determination to retire was
probably brought about by fact that
has occurred to many another minister
that there is more money in the auction
eering business than in the pulpit.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Those who have heard the story about
not only the pumps but the mich cows
freezing up in Kansas during the late
cold snap will be interested in learning
Julius Caesar.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The burning question of the hour: as
divorce a failure::" Considering the hard
times and the slim chances for alimony
and that attorneys want cash in
advance, we have a very decided opinion
about the matter.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The announcement thai Mrs. Lease
VIII canvass the state in company with
Jehn Peter s.. John calls for the placing
Of another Interrogation point after the
statement touching her mentality.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

"Agnes" writes the EAGLE in rhyme
to the effect that My breast is cold to
the froward world, my heart is iced TO
men," We do not know what to advise,
Agnes, but chest protector might an
swer.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

1t has been discovered at the Carlisle
school that Indians cannot be taught to
sing. There is something good in the
red man after all.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The number of prominent men who
think that the good name ind credit OF
the state calls for them to sacrifice their
comfort and inclinaiions, and become
candidates, is growing daily.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Secretary Carlisle is in a muddie, and
can't figure out whether the sale of bonds
viii increase the reserve or not. II there
were no figuring to do the administra-
tion would have much smoother sailing.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Governor Pennoyer of Oregon goes out
OF office next June. Now if Waite will
retire the comic opera business in the
country will pick up.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The next Kansas Republican state con-
vention should nominate a candidate
for the United States senate so that the
people would know in advance who they
were voting for.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Last year great many people favor
ed the passage Of the Togrey bankruptcy
bill. Afte. another session of Demo
cratic congress ali the people viii need
that or some other similar measure.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

History or athletics offer no feat equal
the convulsive rapidly in which the
Khedive has just come down off tie
perch.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

With slight derivation from the fa-
nous old saw about the light, The sports
are now asking "where was Mitchell
when Corbetts fist went out?'
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The sea, scientists say, is gradually
drying up. There is a possibility, after
all, that the naval mannuvers off Brazil
will come to an end some dav.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Davv Crockett, it has been discovered,
never wore coonskin cap. What of
that? No matter what kind Of head
gear he had, Davy was a citizen who
never used it to talk through.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

While it is true that Valiant and Prem
dergast are still alive, they are not
studying the railroad maps to find re-
sort for their summer vacation.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Three thousand dollars a minute is
what Corbett made Thursday. This
makes him plutocrat, or rather a
pugilstocrat.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

During the first twenty days of 1894
there were reported in this country 29S
cases of suicide, not including the intro
duction of the Wilson bill.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

About the most unanimous thing we
know of is the opinion that when there
is return of prosperous times Kansas
will be the first TO feel the effects.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

According to the clearing house report
for last week, the Democrats have come
within 62 per cent of wiping out all the
business of the country.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The whisky consumption among the
Indians is increasing yearly. Respect
for paradox cannot be expected TO pre-
vent Poor Lo from occasionally going
out on a high.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Nerve spread often accompanies polit-
ical insanity, but they are two separate
affections, and sex is no bar to the con-
tagion of either.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Apparently the only difference be-
tween Corbetts right arm and mules
hind leg is that the mule has no oppor-
tunity to train
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Eminent medical men claim that
Grover Cleveland pays 10 attention to
the common sense rules Of health. He
also pays no attention TO the common
sense rules of business and prosperity.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

gin the inquest on the Cleveland admin
istration.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Americans are said to be the most
wasteful people on the face of the earth.
The Democratic administration is fast
forcing us to be the most economical.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Anarchists will point in horror and
argument at that Bologne laundry that
exploded and killed twenty people.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

About the greatest business bluff thai.
we know of IS the universal reply Of the
telephone giTl talking now.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Now Sullivan is spelling for fight.
But Sullivan Will not spoil. He is too
well preserved in alcohol.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Plainly long, cruel war has been
averted by the fact that Bill Hackney is
not khedive of Egypt.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

There is no end to the slander that
Kansas suffers. A London paper says
that the grasshoppers deserted western
Kansas because the grass disappeared.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Since Governor Lewellings absence
from Kansas the affairs of state are run
ming with a smoothness and regularity
unknown for the past year.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The old saw of Figures don't lie is
taken for true, generally; but it depends
upon who does the figuring.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The indications are that this will be a
good year to raise everything except
checks.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Within five years the average waist of
woman his increased from nineteen
inches to twenty-four inches. You can't
get round this-that is, the fact, not the
waist
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Wheat has had another hard week,
breaking all previous records for May
wheat.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Williams passionate kissing OF Bis
marck smacks Of foolish affectation.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Possibly Mrs. Lease talks through her
hat TO give her throat a rest.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Cleveland had a thousand times rather
be president than be right.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
co M B IN e D

The Kansas State Medical and
Surgical Institute and Sanitarium.
DR.. Terrill President. and the Wich
lta Aedicai and Surgical Institute
and Eye and Ear lnfirmary. DR..
Purdy Proprietor and Surgeon in
chief. have combined the two lnsli-
tuticns which will be known here
after as the lerrilI-Purdy Medical
and Surgical Institute, and Eye aud
Ear lnflrmary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-29
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Justice J. NJ. Harlan. who is ''men-
toned" for the repu blican presidential
nomination in 1886, is a physical giant,
being the largest, and, next TO Gray,
the tallest man on the supreme bench.
He is sixty-o years old, bald and in
fine health. He is bluff. hearty, very
popular, and greatly in demand at din
ner parties.
Miss Bacon, young Engiishwom-
an, enjoyed most fascinating and eZ
Eilarating outing last summer. She
cycled from London TO Scotland. re-
turning through Wales and the lake
district. distance, in al, Of twelve
hundred miles, alone: was gone two
days less than a month. and the total
cost of her holiday was fifty dollars.
When the ti=nid colonial clergy
men were afraid 20 criticise Aaron
Burr's treason. they asked Lorenzo
Dow what he thought Of Burr's mean
ness. He raised both hands like a
great V. and shouted: Aaron Burr.
mean, Why. I could take the little end
Of nothing whitfield down 20 point.
punch ont the pith Of hair, and put
IN forty thousand such traitor souls as
his, shake EN- up, and they'd rattle
Mrs Jessie Benton Fremont has
been elected president OF new chap
te- OF the Daughters % the American
Revolution which has been formed IN
Los Angeles, Cal Tse fourteen char
ter mem bers 81 The chapter represent
many famous colonial patriots At the
opening session. tea was breved il
complexities that are heirloorns in the
Darsey family, and were used D. Wash
ington and Lafayette n the revoIu-
tiOnary war.
The PERSONAL appearance 81 Jean
Richepin. who = described as the mo-.
versatile genius II a. France since The
death o. victor Hugo. must irnpress the
stranger who meets him for the s-z:
time he 8 pictured az a tail. bury
man. handsome n brutal style. with
a low brow, thick meek. di.a.ed nos-
trils and q general air OF sth.etic calm
and intellectual vzcu.t-. PERSONAL
t. Il the John l. Sullivan kind such a.
this : unusual IN . famous eutho-.-
Phila6elp iia Press
The late T. y. Bird. he sts,l1-
guishe5 paper nauufsc-Erer q Wa
pole. was a believer N q s0-aetv aat ~
usual cure for sickness q az sorts
For nearly forty year = zas MS vrzc-
tee % remain N bed al one dsy every
-eeS- De woZ.d reaG saG S.eeo. and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-29
GAMBLING IN ENGLAND.
Prevalence of the Human Passion for Tn
earned Increment
-eefs longer.

Private roulette tables hsve become
openly sold by fashionable furniture
dealers. Both sexes assiduoVsly cul-
tivate the bucket shop sometimes
making money. but in TOO many in
stances making fearfulIy WY faces
when they find that they have TO settle
up their little differences with their
outside brokers The play" has be-
come eruphaticallv the thing" al
though in a sense far different from that
intended by the Prince OF Denmark.
Substantial business men find il irll-
some 20 make a railway journey OF an
hour and a quarter without producing
pack OF cards and getting M nice
quiet game OF whist. ana Il can scarce
" be said that, N this yesr of grace
1894. there IS single section Of society
outside the strictly religious classes
that is not in some form or another ad-
1icted TO gambling. The indictments
thereto. goodness knows. are numerous
end exciting enough, from gold mines
IN the mountains OF the moon TO tick
cts in the German lotteries.
Everybody IS painting for the IN
earned increment. Everybody yearns
to eat. drink and be merry. 10 wear fine
clothes and 10 sparkle with jewels, TO
he bought with money for which no
work has been done. There is gam
bling in the highest and gambling in
the lowest of our couches socialeS
London TELEGRAPH
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-29
HOW TO CHOOSE A SPONGE.
Don't Buy One of the Bright Yellow Kind,
and Look Out for DiscoIorations.

Don't Buy One of the Bright Yellow Kind,
and Look Out for Discolorations.
Although the difference between a
good and bad sponge is very marked,
but few people seem able TO appreciate
ii. The first requisite OF good sponge
is that it should be dark in color. The
beautiful yellow sponges commonly
seen in druggists windows are delu-
sion and 4 snare. The natural color is
q light TO medium brown. and the vel
low sponges have been bleached by
vitriol bath. which destroys their elias
ITCHY and makes them wear out much
sooner.
The feel Of a sponge should be vel
vetv, it should compress into a very
small bulk by squeezing. and it must
be of a uniform color. The best and
most expensive are Levant sponges-
They come from the eastern Mediter-
ranean- The Dalmatian sponge j. next
in quality aud price. There are very
many others. however. known 20 the
trade as horse sPonges. Zimocca
sponCes, yellow. velvet, Sleeps wool
and glove sponres The prettiest. and
a. the same time the cheapest, Is the
grass sponge. which is made I'D of
m-riads Of small fiaments and looks
like ball OF yellow wool
The majority Of sponges used in this
country come from Florida Cuba also
supplies a good many. The sponge.
after being detached from the bottom.
either by dredge net or an instrument
something like a sickle. which Is made
for the purpose. ! allowed p lie n the
sun until the flesh decOnposes-
The spJnCes are then trodden under
foot N running water until the flesh *
al washed q way. leaving The skeleton.
y hlch i the sponge a. we know II. II
the dee imposition j. allowed 70 20 too
IA yellow spots will appear upon The
sponge and damage Il Ihev are then
packed Up and sent - the dealer. and.
after a further washing. pat on the
market tn, export trade = New York
n sno1ges = very large and they are
exported 20 every country Il Europe
\. y. Word
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-29
To Be Continued,

ST. AsAPH RACE TRACK. Va, Nov. Is
The Virginia Jockey cub has decided to
continue the meeting at st. Asaph despite
the refusal OF the National Jockey club to
sanction the extension
First race-Six and half furlongs: Mo.
7ericio won: Buckeye, second; Truepenny,
third. Time 1:4
Second-SiN fnrlongs: Kilkenny won;
Trump, second; Uncle Jim, third. Time
l:l7}s.
Tnird-Seven furiones: Mcintyre won;
Blackhawk, second; Blue Garter, third.
lime 1904.
Fourth-Six furlongs: Vocality won;
Forager, second; Asia, third Time 1:171I
FIith-Seven furlOngs: Mnjor General
Won; George Dixon, second; .ThurstOn,
third. Time 1:30
Sixth-Six furlongs: Andrews won:
Eliza Morrison, tilly, second; Navahoe,
third. Time l:17l4.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-29
JUMPING HURDLES.
Dangerous Pastime that Requires Mach
Practice.

IraSttcc.
In Jumping hurdles the one thing
which is imperative IL not To jump
them Hurdle racing has become en-
tirelv an artificial sport Il was dis
covered that by taking off from one
foot and landing on the other, and by
covering the ten yards between each
hurdle in three strides, tho hurdles
could he run over, instead OF jumped.
and IL was also discovered that tho
man who couldn't perform this aero
batic feat was not in the same hunt
with the man who could. A long
jumper with a turn OF speed has a
much better chance Of becoming n good
hurdler than n high jumper. IL il n
pastime which requires much practice.
You must harden your shins and keep
a. near 70 tho top bar Of tho hurdle ~
You can II you are clearing the hur-
dies los too much. Won must practice By
leaving part Of the skin OF your leg 90
the top bar.
4 famous hurdle racer. IT, X. Up.
cher. Of oxford. who be- assiduous prac-
tice brought tho surmounting. ona
could hardly call Il the clearing. a
hurdles 20 the highest point Of p-rfcc-
ton. was 10 the habit - humping each
hurdle i'm practice % make sure be way
not going too high, and % going
through the top rai when 10 vas nova.
BILE and sometimes when - was not "A
order - be quite certain that there war
nothing unnecessary - spare Port.
nightly Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-29
A Cooking Episode.

The people who know it all are so
tiresome that the verdant simplicity of
the novice in everyday affairs is abso-
lutely refreshing. Here is an incident
about q young woman who was making
her first essay at housekeeping:
friend had sent her by mail a recipe for
some new kind of bread. giving her di-
rections to take e portion Of the dough
at time and make it into the requi-
site form for baking. This seemed ex-
plicit enough, bat what was the sur
prise of the fl lend to receive tele-
gram from the young housekeeper 20
this effect: What shall do with the
rest of the dough? Please answer. -
Detroit Free Pres.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-29
SUPPLY FELL OFT
DROUTH CONSPIRING THERE WITH
WHEAT ADVANCES.
Northwestern Wheat Receipts Very
Light-IndicationS of Permanent
Decrease in Farmers Deliveries
Cash Wheat in Good Demand
Corn Receipts Uader Grade.

CHICAGO. Nov. 2s-Encouraged BIZ
steady bles, diminishing north western
receipts and drouth in the winter belt, the
bulls won out in today's battle. May wheat
closing g cent mp. May corn gained Is
cent, May oats s cent and provisions also
made moderate gains.
Wheat was not so weak when il opened
today as it was at the close of the session
yesterday. The foreign markets were firm
Notwithstanding the decline o. l cent per
bushel here. The reports from all parts
OF the winter wheat country were that the
dry weather was beginning 10 have
a damaging effect upon the young
plants and it was stated that
there were indications OF per-
manent increase in farmers deliveries
III the northwest. The receipts at Mime
apolis and Duluth today We're only 516 cars
rs against goo on The corresponding day of
last year. Foreigners Were reported 70 be
moderate buyers of wheat i'm New York.
Cash wheat was IN good dem and ia this
and other markets ut prices which prac-
tically ignored carrying charges. Primary
market receipts Were heavy. Export
clearances of wheat and flour from Attain
tic ports amounted to about 230,OUO BUSH
els. The opening price for May
wheat was from 81 cents 10 59I5 cents.
and that was tie lowest IL sold
at duiing the day. Il gradually
worked up until il got around Gu cents
and was playing between GO. cents aud
1913 cents during the greater part OF The
latter half OF the session. Tue closing
quotation was $4,000 cents. Australia is
added TO the list OF countries having
failure of its wheat crop this year and &C
cording to "a London cabiegram received
near the close, there is but little wheat
to export from Australia this year or next.
Corn Was uuexp lainabiy strong. Re-
ceipts today were sci cars, or ninety less
han estimated yesterday. and of
that quantity only about per
cent graded contract The latter
fac; had something TO do with creating a
demand from shorts and acceleraring the
advance. May opened at from 4S3s@4Sjl
cents and gradually improved uuJii 1t
reached 40 cents. II closed at ASS cents
bid
In oats some strength was noticeable,
due principally to sympathy with corn,
but only fair business Was transacted.
May opened shade firmer at 32Jz cents.
sold al 321S@32,3 cents. and up TO 321I5
Gents, where Il closed.
The provision market was firmer on &C
count of receipts of hogs running 1900
head below yesterdays estimate aud i'll
sympathy also with the firmer grain mar
kets. Pork, at he close, showed gain
for the day of 121l cents; lard > cents and
ribs of from To ~ cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-29
On the Road to Dallaa

They were talking about Texas
20, yes. / have been down there"
said the traveller, land ! remember it
very well. | ought 10 remember IL l
was invited TO git into little game
Of poker, and when | got up from the
table hadn't a dollar in my pockets.
not n cent
''Of course" said some one who was
believer in hospitality, they enter
tanned you and then gave you q ticket
to your home"
20. no." answered the traveller,
thoughtfully. The man who owned
the house in which we were playing
left the room when | announced that |
was broke. Presently he returned with
n lantern and beckoned To me 70 follow
him. stepped out of the room, going
carefully so as not 10 disturb the play
ers- Ny host led me out the front door
TO the road. Placing the lantern in nv
hand. he pointed into the blackness o;
the night
Here is lantern" he said, and
this is the road 70 Dallas
Dallas, my friends was one hundred
and sixty miles away. N. y. Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-29
1,rrodsburr OF Old and TODAY.

Before the declaration OF independ-
ence was. Harrodsburg was, and there
was time when II King George OF
England had dropped into the town
unexpectedly every head would have
bowed and the IIarrodsburg brass band
would have played God Save the
King" but that time has passed, and so
has King George Now III king shorld
come there the band would play Com
rades," and everybody would trnt up
and shake hands with his nibS and ask
him 10 take something. 50 much for
the Dec. of Ind and is glorious results
IL was in 1874 that James Harrod, with
a party OF Indians. came out 20 tina
WI Of this section and established
here the first town in Kentucky. They
called u Harrodstown at first, then
Oldtown. and finally decided that a
burg was what they wanted, SO called
it Harrodsburg, and thus il has re-
NAMED to this day.-Louisviiie Courier
journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-29

Built on Paper First. Then OF Wood and
Finally OF Steel.

! Finally OF Steel.
! A man-ofwar is built upon paper be-
fore a single plate of steel is forged.
Not only is the design and model made,
and sketch to show how she will
look when she is floating on the foamy
deep, but every piece that enters into
her construction, whether it be of iron
or wood or steel is measured and drawn
out with even greater care than an
architect exercises in designing the de-
tails of the mantelS and door jambs
and plumbing of house. Not only is
the length and breadth of ship de-
cided upon in advance, but the naval
constructor VIII tell YOU to an ounce
how much wa ter she will displace when
her armor and guns are placed upon
her; how many times her propellers
viii revolve in a minute with q given
pressure of steam. and how many tons
of coal an hour must be consumed to
drive her at a certain rate OF speed.
The science Of shipbuilding has
reached such perfection that of the
forty ships that compose the new navy
OF the United States only two have not
promises of the men who designed
them. with reference to horsepower,
speed and other qualifications
The Atlanta and Monterey did
not develop quite the horsepower that
their engines were designed TO give,
and their builders had to pay a forfeit.
The CaStine and the Machias were
found TO be top-heavy when they got
all their armor on. but that was an
error of judgment. They were given
too many guns for their tonnage, but
the defect was easily repaired.
When the plans of a ship are given
70 the contractor the first thing ne
does is to reproduce the design. or at
least croSS-sectiop full size. with chalk
on the floor Of his loft. and wooden
patterns are made from the chalk
marks for the use of the founders in
casting her ribs and beams Then a
wooden plate is made for every steel
plate that is needed and marked with
white paint to correspond with that it
represents on the pen-and-iuk design.
Then the keel is laid and the skeleton
riveted together until il stands ont in
the air like the steel buildings that are
now being constructed fifteen and six
teen stories high before brick or
stone is laid for the outside walls.
When ii comes time to put on the
plates. the wooden pattern i used first
to see If ii is a perfect Tt and to mark
where the rivet holes must be made.
TIE steel plate is then laid upon It. the
rlaces for the rivet holes are marked
and then drilled. and finally it Is fast
ened by red-hot steel bolts where i
belongs. In a ship OF FIVE thousand
tons there are over seven or eight
thousand different pieces Of steel and
City or sixty thousand steel rivets--
Chicago Record