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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
A FIELD OF BANANAS.
How the Raising and shipment OF q
Fruit in Jamaica Began.

How the Raising and shipment OF the
Fruit in Jamaica Began.
There is probably no fruit more
sought after in this country than the
banana. 1t may be said to be both a
satisfying article of food and luxury;
it is wholesome and strengthening, and
1t can be served up in sufficient num-
Der of ways to crafty almost every
taste.
Large quantities of the bananas
which are brought to our seaports are
grown on the island of Jamaica Fiji
teen years ago shrewd New England
skipper, who was coasting around the
island. noticed the unusually fine flavor
of its bananas, and decided to raise and
ship them to this country. He met
with much opposition, but persevered
in his work. and banana fields now
cover large part of the eastern and
northeastern part of the island, near
the shore.
A field of growing bananas is a very
picturesque sight The plant, or tree,
grows to the thickness of a mans body,
and as high as twenty-five feet To
attain this growth, from fourteen to
sixteen months are ali that are neces-
sary.
The leaves shoot out to distance OF
fifteen feet from the stalk. They are
soft, pea-green color, beautiful and
delicate and feather-veined, so that the
slightest breath of wind cuts their
edges into little slips, which wave and
rustic, and rise and fall
The trunks Of the trees are as soft as
. corn-stalk, and the natives can cut
down the thickest tree with a stroke
of the saber which they carry.
The banana tree grows from the in
side, like the palm, cane, or grasses.
When tho trunk of tree is cut
through near the root. you can actual
ly, for the moment, see the leaves I'M
folding from the inside, as rapidly as
the hands of . clock move.
There are not many people know
that the banana tree is the home of
rats. Twenty-Five years ago, rats were
Der of the legislature obtained leave
to bring the mongoose from India
This is . weasel-ike animal, which
will fight the biggest kind of a rat, and
always comes off the victor. The mon
goose came, the rats were soon
worsted, and they took to the cocoanut
and banana trees as place of refuge.
They are kept now from climbing
the cocoanut trees by contrivance of
zinc, which is nailed around the trunk;
but this cannot be done with the bana-
ma tree, and they feed greedily on the
luscious fruit.
The banana plants are grown fifteen
feet apart. The fruit is formed from
big red bud, something after the shape
of the hands of man when he raises
them above his head before diving into
the water. This bud shoots out from
the top of the plant, and, as it grows
heavy, it bends over on its stem. Then
delicate and dainty buds start out by
rows, blosse1ning and forming the
fruit-Gslden Days
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
washing the Hands.

According to German physician,
the art of washing the hands is not an
easy one. To insure absolute cleanli-
ness the hands must be first carefully
washed with potash, soap and water.
and then with 5-per-cent. solution of
rarbolic acid, or one per 1000 solution
Of corrosive sublimate or chlorine
water. When the finger nails are dry
Ind break easily. vassline rubbed on
after washing the hands will do a world
Of good. MaLicurcs first battle the
hand long time in hot water, then
Eith scissors and knives clean and cut
the nails. remove the superfluous skin
about the onyx, then polish the nails
with buckskin and fine powder, wash
Ing the hand again in hot water with
soap. After drying. the nails are poll
shed with fine brush and are finally
rubbed with rosy unguent to give
Them shell pink
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
ARGENTINE'S CATTLE RANGE.

Six Hundred Thousand Square Miles of
Territory for Grazing Purposes
1t is estimated that the pasturage
land of the Argentine Repu bile is about
600. 00e square miles in extent In other
words, il is larger than Great Britain,
France, Germany, Austria, Hungary,
Italy, Spain and Portugal combined
The really good agricultural lands Of
this republic cover an area about equal
to that of Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Georgia, Tennessee. Arkansas,
Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. bis
souri,, Iowa and Wisconsin, and are
ca pa bic of producing every crop grown
in those states Yet even the cattle
which are marketed for beef are never
Stalled, but are driven in lank and
tough from the pampas while ago
the Buenos Ayres Herald publishes tie
following significant item:
''One of the prime necessities Of the
times is the fattening of cattle for
meat We have no beef worthy of the
name, while we have 50 many cattle
ira. we cannot count them The other
day we heard of a thousand young bal
locks which could not be sold for siLs0
per head; yet we have to pay very dear
in this city for the very poorest of meat
The fact IS tina. the cattle which reach
Us are utterly unfit fo= food tut are good
candidates for feeding: and II those who
own lands near by would 20 into the
business OF stall-feedlnz cattle for the
market il would not fsii 70 prove Prost-
able One reason for This assertion Is
that the price OF good beef 5 greater
here than IN the United States where
the price OF land and of food Is much
greater than IN Argentina. and yet
where they find il good business 70
fa;ten cattle. II is time that we had
done with calling skin and bones beef
Tile price that animals bring IN
Bueros Ayres aaetua.ss with The sea-
son. bat averages abo1t a. follows
reckoning n gold; Mich COWS SO 10
SIS: working oxen. els 70 So: beeTes-
SO 10 SIS; working mules. ga 10 80;
working horses slg TO s.; harness
horses native. 60 10 40: sheep. from
8 70 %. and goats ab9Et the szsssr-
-PAilade iphia Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
Willing to Fight for IL.

An English journal tells good story
at the expense of the earl of Derby.
While walking on land belonging TO
the earl collier CHANGED to NEE. the
owner. His lordship inquired if the
collier knew he was walking or his
land. Thy land? Well, I've got no
land myself" was the reply. ard I'm
like to wake on somebody's Where
did tha' get it fro'?' Ok" explained
his lordship, II got it from my aaces-
tors" ''An' wheer did they get it tro'?''
inquired the collier. They got Il
from their ancestor.." was the reply
And wheer did their ancestors get il
fro'?" They fought for It Well.
begad," said the collier, squaring NJ
to the noble earl, III flight thee FOR
-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14

my eyes from THIS awful messenger or
ipgs first struck flied the air with ~
Ing debris, in which fragments o.
houses. furniture. trees. farming inn
plenents. haystack. and telegraph
poles-ail were propelled by a wonder
ful, irresistible current of ruin aud dis
sster
Eighty rods vida the dcath-dealiuv
cyclone swept along, skirting the blur,
where II stripped foliage and bark
from the trees and now aud then
sSooping down On some farm So sud
denly did the storm burst that m.oy
had to Zee with all speed 10 their
cyclone cellars, the only safe refu2,
from these fearful storms
After q course OF half a mile along
the biuH. the funnei-shaped monster
s~ervcd 20 the right II swept through
huge whea, fields. where IL snapped of
the dropping heads Of the aine~s
ripcned grain. and then tore on through
the little village Of Wiliismstown,
Transforming what was the rnomen.
before n lo-ely village Of the plain.
Into a scene OF devastation. Houses.
bssns and other buildings rer. a~-
scoyet. add human beings CARRIE,
through space as Il they were bus
fea.aerz
MANY lives were lost and many homes
literally swept from "a. fac. Of IN,
earth There were mary uslraculous
esczpeA A baby. sixteen month. Old
vas ciseovered By the roadside several
hundred yards away from the hons~
sslsep ard nHinszred. IA old LADY
sixty years old was carried a mile from
her home aud legged safely in "a.
Tsioe-tpreading branches Of an a.
tree. ufhurt family .. ak soagh,
refuge IN snail space under ,h~,
s'slrs' the house wzs carried AVA.
VIII The sol. exception Of that DOR.
Roe. aud the family escaped iaja-v. A
house 'Tas completely swep, away; Do.
TIE family eat and her kitten. u,a-,
ths porch were not disturbed -soap
a. Steele. In 5. sieholzA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
Giving the Brain n Chance.

Saving out sections OF the skull in
order to give the brain room to develop
Numerically seems rather delicate
and dangerous operation, but it is one
that has on several occasions been per-
formed with perfect success. Children
apparently in condition of hopeless
idiocy have been treated upon this
plan and are In prospect of developing
the faculties usual in those OF like age.
The removal of the bone which has be-
come unduly hardened permits growth,
and the clouded intellect may become
clear and normal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
THEY DON'T DRINK
Odd Organization Among Con.
greesmen at Washington.
Brief Sketch NJ the Congressional Tenn
pefance society-Sone OF the More
Famous Names ON Its List OF
Membership.

A temperance society composed OF
congressman sounds odd-almost para
4oxical. Such an institution does ex-
Est, however, and has fourished for
more than half a century. Daniel
Webster was a member of it, although
there is plenty of evidence that he
didn't always live up to its principles
The brief history Of its organization,
which is given by the Washington Star,
is particularly timely and interesting
1ust now in view of the recent cele-
bration of the ninetieth birthday of
that grand old man of the temperance
movement, Gen. Neal Dow.
The Congressional Temperance So
ciety was organized February 26. 1888,
three months before the first national
Temperance convention ever held in
this country, which met at Philadel-
phia in May Of that year. In the old
senate chamber, now occupied by the
supreme court, under the leadership Of
such men as Edward Everett, Daniel
Webster, Horatio Seymour. Lewis Cass,
Felix Grundy, George NJ. Dallas, George
n. Briggs, John Blair and William
Hendricks, the society sprang into be-
ing. Lewis Cass, secretary of war,
was chosen president, and Theodore
Freylinghuysen, senator from New Jer-
sey, submitted constitution. which
was adopted and signed by one hun
6red members of the senate and house
Of Representa- tives. The following is
the preamble to this constitutions:
''As the use of ardent spirits is not
only unnecessary but injurious; as it
tends to produce pauperism, crime and
wretchedncss and to hinder the em-
cacy of all means for the intellectual
and moral benefit OF society and also
to endanger the purity and perma-
uence of our free institutions, and as
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
A KANSAS CYCLONE.
Its Irresistible Advance Described By a.
Eve Witness.

Its Irresistible Advance Described By -
Eye Witness.
Being an enthusiastic wheeman, I
frequently take long rides into the
country The evening of June Il
found me on the road from Topeka TO
Lawrence The heat of the MONDAY
san had given way TO slightly cooler
;empers ture, and the blue dome vas
dotted here and there with floating
white clouds There was scarcely
foliage Of the lofty trees on the bluff
north of the road The whole world
seemed at peace could hear in the
distance the peculiar CRY Of the farm
hand calling the pigs TO their evening
feeding. The nilkmaid was busy with
the cows
AZ / moved slowly along. delighting
IN the glorious beauty of the landscape.
End in its peaceful activity. noticed
that / found exertion diH1cul.; and
this. with ruSfl.ng N the trees and
the yelling Of the saa's face. prompted
me TO turn 90 the Srese, where IL see med
that Thunderstorm was gathering.
II moved along rapidly-onlys summer
shoyxc-. 70 the LEFT. along the bluff,
the gentle droos OF rain were falling
with l=l.eby-.ike patter on the thiokly-
Shattered trees Of he hillside forest 1
had diSnos3ted from M wheel. and
'vzs watching tie progress of the
storm thai. passing 20 rezr ne. had
not touched re
But. al a. once. with . mighty roar
like the rendizy Of the heavens DARK
grsen.s5 cloud with tiats Of yellow axd
BLACK, is massive foiss writing Ia
ana out Ike serDcnts az battle, emitting
vivid flashes of Lightning. came over
the b.Ue a quarter Of mile east % me-
IL was shaped Ike huge top. is iTreg-
1iarly-forned upper half revo.rsng
rapidly while the los-cr end swept the
sarth along pata quarter Of a znils
wide
Startled as waS, could no; take
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
Female Boo.blacks-

In Paris and other large towns OF
france female bootblacks are increSs-
ing in numbers They wear peculiar
-arb. not unlike that Of the Sisters OF
Aercy, which renders their appearance
rather neat and attractive Their CO.
Guetry easily betrays their secular hab-
rs and calling. Not a few among them
attend 70 their work with gloyea hAadA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
JUDGE ARTHUR cnerlAin.

The Jurist Who Postponed Assassin Prem
dergast'A Execution.
National attention has been drawn
to Judge Arthur Fl. Cheflain, of Chi
cago, by his action in the case of Prem
dergast, the murderer of Carter Har-
rison. Lawyers are talking about it
in every city and town Of the country,
and the outcome will be watched with
keen interest, not alone by members Of
the legal profession, but by the gen.
eral public. Not for many years has
public interest been aroused in a tech.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
BUSINESS TACT.
A Huckster's Keen Little Game and Its
Brilliant Success,

A Huckster's Keen Little Game and II.
Brilliant Success.
Lady" said the huckster, as he
stopped his team and came over to the
door, cant / sell you something to
day?"
''No, sir, she replied, quite pro
nouncedly. 81 am not in need of one
single, solitary thing"
81 have some very nice apples,
madam"
Perhaps. but 1 do not want any"
These bananas are fine. How many
do you want?'
None" she returned, sharply.
Didn't tell you that 1 wouldn't buy
anything to-day?"
Don't you want some potatoes?"
mo, sir"
"Or onions?"
"No, sir"
"or cabbage?"s
mo, sir"
''String-beans, turnips. oranges?"
Sir" she said, vehemently, 81
wouldn't buy anything of you for the
whole world So there
ana SnS Was just doOuU 10 rush lnlO
the house when the huckster. who de-
termined to make a sale, remarked:
''See here. miss Won't YOU please
send your mother out to me? Perhaps
she will buy something she may need
1 often find that young girls refuse a
huckster just out of habit"
She stopped short and sweet little
smile broke over her hitherto dark,
stern countenance. She seemed to be
thinking about something for a mo-
ment and then she tripped softly out
to the wagon Beaming smilingly
upon the hu-kster she said:
Never msad abop. mamma will
help you along, my good man. You
may give me quarter peck of apples
two dozen of bananas, one string of
onions. three heads of cabbage. half a
peck of potatoes and one dozen
oranges"
And when she went into the house to
get her basket the huclster chuckled
and remarked to himself:
That's the way to work It That
old hen is forty if she's aday!'-Boston
Courier
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
A Dfmcult Tcn.-

A member Of Houston TEX vol
urteer FIRE company did not appear at
the scene ot the eorfagration until
after the fire was under control The
chief Of the IRE department approached
him bitterly for his neglect OF duty
Its rot my fault" returned the
fireman y live quite a distance from.
the Ere"
That's no excuse. Yon must move
nearer 10 the next FIRE -Ie1as sist-
iECA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14

Mrs. Rride-oh, VIII. an 50 glad
you have come, for 1 really think my
husbands mind is wandering.
Brother Will-That's all right. Dor
othF: it can't go far.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
Ground for Divorce.

81 hear Mrs Rasch has applied for .
divorce"
ION what ground?''
II was not told whether It was iii.
rois or Dakota and Drama
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
An Ofl Acquaintance

Trotter-Say. old man. do you know
that pretty gi-l over yonder?
Bariow-know her? I should say !
did. I've proposed 10 her three times
already.-Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
Let Her Talk.

II every woman IL tie world
Stopped talking, what row
TIE men would raise Until once more
She was IS SIZE IS now
Detroit Free PresA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
MILLIONS for Churches Here,

1t is estimated that between $40, o0o.-
900 and $4,000, 900 il expended in this
country annually for church e6ifces.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
STREET SPRINKliN0.f

Discovery Of . New Use for Electric
Street Cars.
In Louisville Ky, the trolley is used
for street sprinkling purposes. A water
tank is built in street car, as shown
below from the Engineering Magazine.
The cars are similar in appearance
to ordinary passenger cars. Double
enders, for roads having no urnta.bles,
have an equipment of sprinlsling pipes
at each end. There are two pipes in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
Exhaustion.

Twynn-You look very tired. Trip
lett.
Triplett-Yes. am I'm as tired az
thauah YESTERDAY had been = holiiay-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14

Older SISTER Clara. I'm surp-iscd
10 see you soak yScr bread IN lac
Erzsy. It's exceedingly ozd form
Ciara--weil, rs 4nfuliy good taste
Grin
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14

When Baby was ack, 10 gave her Castor
when ihe vas Child, she cried for Castoria.
WHEN she became Mir, she chung to Castofia.
WAen she hac Children, she gsve:hem Castc=iA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14

irarnppes-N'a ats lie matter with
Roadside? lie looks all broke up.
Weary Racgles-He slep' in be-.
las night An Wen he woke up this
mornia' he found il was a soap-box-
Chicago Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14
4 RrU,er

Sudge--Aren't you ashamed. madam.
of treating your husband so outra-
geously? lie is the head OF the family,
and even your head
Noman-Wel. can't 1 scratch ny
E..I0
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-21

The A. j. Mcclure base ball club, oil
Trainer. will come TO thls city on Sat.
qrdey and cross bats with the Y. NJ. @
A. team.
NEW York. juno 2O.-It is possible
simmons VII fight Ii New Orleans fol
$40. 600 and the cham pionship OF the
world, ths only question being cor.
belts willingness to meet Fitzsim'
mons. To-day the following was re-
ceived from the Auditorium Club. OF
New Orleans: Arrange a match be-
tween Bob Fitzsimmono and james
J, Corbett to fight In the Auditorium
Club In this city In December. We
Will guarantee Il purse OF $4,000 and
deposit security for that amount with
the Police Gazette"
After the above was received. the
following was cabled to The Sporting
Lie, London. 1.-The Auditorium Cluu
New Orleans has offered q purse Of
$40 900 for James J. Corbett and Bob
t2simlnons to fight for in Decem.
ber.. Fitzsimmons Is eager to fight,
Cable Corbett's reply
Garrison Will ride Senator Grady In
the American Derby.
Billy Plimmer. the bantam weight
champion OF the world sailed for
England yesterday. lie will return In
September.
The victory Of the Cornell freshfn en-
over the Dauntless crew OF New York
on Tuesday is said to he the twenty
fourth consecutive victory of Cor.
mol. crew in recent years.
Nearly $1,000 was cleared at q benefit
given in Cincinnati ON Tuesday night
for Mrs, Frank Goodale. widow of the
jockey who was killed Mt Louisville 10 :
Gently. Fred 1aral wired 500 for q
ticket.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-21

Tho excursion 10 Coney leland.
Am orica'a Inost famous seaside resort
on thursday, july l2th, under the
uble direction OF SIR Leonard Johnson,
pr0IEises to liz tho largest one ever
taken out OF Wilmington. There will
be many people from all parts OF Della.
ware, Mary land and Pennsylvania who
Will avail them selves OF tho low rate
Ci.S tho round tripl OF taking In the
many ulenauIea Offered at Manhattan
Bench.
Many Will stop In Sow York to take
In the roui.gHrden concerts. make d
visit to EldoTado where 10 now going
on tho biggest spectacular production
OF tho aga iihnliueia, u summers
Night Dream; also OF seeing buffalo
Blll's Wild West show a. AmbroAe
PARK. lie trip will DO made over plo'
rurUsuuO Iunnsy lvduin H. H. to Jersey
city ana on tho Palace Iron steamer
10 COnal Island. Tickets at Baynard's
iowdlry slora, Clayton House an
IlOiei J"nnng, AlsO at LhallenRer's
dluJ slore, Now Castle, anu Frazer's
drug store, Newark
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-21
THIRD EDITION.


Tfln funeral OF 10-year-old Taylor
Maxwell, the son CT John Maxwell
who died from arsenical poisoning OH
Monday. took place from his parents
home yesterday afternoon and WINS
largely attended. The body lay In a
handsome white oasket. silver mount.
cd, and bearing a plate with the In
cription ''Our Darling" The floral
emblems were profuse and almost
covered the casket. There was pill
low from the members OF Rodney
Street Sunday School, OF which lay
lor was q member, and which he at
tended short time before he ate the
poisoned butter.
The scholars OF room No. 8 OF
school No. Is cent bunch OF pink
roses and there were numerous other
bouquets. "a wreath and Tyre from
friends. Rev. W. L. Lewis conducted
the service and his talk was a SOLEMN
one. more so for the suddenness oil
his death and the uncertainty of life.
He had seen tho little boy few hours
before his death. aud at that time
never thought that he would be q
corpse In several hours,
HIS talk concluded by assuring the
Borrowful parents and brothers and sis
tiers that they would meet their loved
onetn world where death nor sor
row never come. Several members oil
Mt. Salem NJ. L. Church sang, afte
which the casks was borne by six boys
all former play mates, to the hearse
ard interment was made In tho Mt
Salem cemetery.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-21

W. T. Hunt, Of West Chester, caugh.
three twelve inch bass in the Brandy.
wine, below tho dam at Lonnpe. one
day this week. lie bad only been fish
ing about one hour when he recorded
his luck,
In tho Brandywiue several sixteen
inch bass have been taken during the
past week.
Taylor Melton caught bass OF Is
inches weighing 4 pounds near Bir,
mingha III Park.
Quite nice mess of pike ard yellow
nads with an occasional fine bass Is
caught daily in the canal near st
Georges.
William VIII, Daniel Rriner, Warren
Deeds and John Kerns. of Reading.
cau.ht u sun fish in the TuIpshocKen
measuring "a ircho5 and black bass
1S' inches.
Al Bucn'a locks. near Leesport SOW
ertl thousand fish were discovered III
q small hole. They had boon washed
there curing the Hood. number ol
larga ctrp aud hundreds OF catfish
have boon captured.
The man who passed. the winter time
In sitting round aad wishing
Can now re icVc his hurlc Icd ninl
ify going out a ilshng.