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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-27

Striped Kai Kai Wash Silks. White
Habutai Wash Silk. formerly sold
at Soc. q yard, for. ............. %
Black and Colored Japanese Silks,
"A inches wide, Toe. a yard would
be good value. for this sale .-. 40
Natural Pongee Silk, with hand
some new designs, the price was
81 yard, now. ...........'..'. 10
Black MORE Silk, Sl.5O quality,
White and Cream MORE Silk, $l.6O
grade, for. ...: ........'...'''' 80
Cream and White China Silks, ~
inches wide, at. ...............' 10
Black Waterproof Japanese Silk, u
inches wide, at. ............'' 10
Black Canton Crepe, was 5Oc. a
yard, now. ..........'..'''''' o'f
Black Satin Rhadsme. 81 value,
Tor. .............''''
Black Satin Marvellieux, brocade
designs, 1925 value, for......,. %
Cream Ground Silk, with colored
satin stripes, "a inches wide, re-
gular retail price sl.25 per yard,
for this sale .................. ~
New colorings in Loie Fuller, Chit
ions, and Crepe de Chine.
Black and Colored Satins at SOC. a
yard up. -,
New Striped Black Grenadines. with
handsome designs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-27

In almost every line of goods this geek. Too
much stock, and stuff not naorinS off r0p1dty
enough, causes us to offer you such
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-27

Hundreds Of worthy people who have
felt the pinch OF hard times have Ia ken
advantage OF the maryellously low prices
now made on
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-27

The best bargains ever offered to the
ladies' of this city.
We place on sale TO-DAY LOO yards
ORGANIZE LAWN, real value 1890. o
yard-for this special sale
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
MARRIED.

argue about the crest, and so asked
her: Have you your crest with your
%. no. / haven't any, she answered.
You can make me a nice one, can't
you? l learned that her husband was
a grain dealer, so for a crest designed
a sheaf of wheat. For the arms de-
signed some hawk heads on a shield
and she was delighted"
Women who ara interested in these
things should observe the regulations
set down for the use Of spinsters, mar
ried women and widows. specified
frame for the arms should be used By
each. The spinster is required to put
her family arms into diamond frame,
with very simple adornment. When .
woman marries the arms of her family
must be put on the same shield with
the arms of her husband. The shield Is
impaled, the wifc's arms occupying
one position and the husbands the
other Ifshe becomes a widow the frame
for her arms again assumes the form
of diamond. symbolizing her unmar-
ried state, while her arms and the arms
of her deceased husband remain impaled
as formerly. 4 certain dealer in station
cry presents copy Of the rules of her
aldry to each customer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
a found easy wheeling along the

81 found easy wheeling along the
dikes bordering the Yang-tis-K iang,
and had many exciting and amusing
experiences with the natives whom
the noiseless cyshion-tired machine
rapidly overhauled Small aonleys,
with jingling bells. were quite numer-
Gus. / met an elderly Chinaman astridc
a very small and evidently nervous
donkey. The beast feared the wheel
and, to my horror, jumped down from
the raised road into rice field. The
old man was thrown in a heap. l
hastily dismounted, thinking he was
seriously injured, or killed outright.
He struggled to his feet and instantly
motioned me to ride on, being far more
anxious to see the strange wheel run
than about his own hurts. After the
old boy had seen me ride, we grinned
farewells.
Farther on a woman and a small
boy were thrown off donkeys in the
same way; but Chinese wear so many
layers of wadded clothing in cool
weather that they are seldom hurt By
a fall"
He relates another interesting Incl
dent: ''Once when / was silently APP
preaching Chinaman from behind,
called out to him. Poor fellow! he no
doubt was used to a quiet and unevent-
full life in his humdrum country. He
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
New Principle In Physics

Julius SilversmitA, 4. NJ, the tai
ented editor of the Chicago Occidert.
was recently appointed TO the position
of lecturer 90 the mines and mining
section of the Armour institute a. Chi
cago. When he made his first appear
ance before the students the other day
he made quite hit By enunciating a
new principle in physics, original with
himself He claimed that all the
metallic elements of the earth are due
to precipitation as q result of the
earth's contact with the outer spheres
anc matterspherc encountered II her
course with the solar system in the
armament As evidence the condition
and compositions OF deposits of meteor
ic iron were cited, notably the Ainsa
meteor, weighing three and oEe-haL;
tors and containing nearly all the ne
.sllic elements known 20 rnetaAurSy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

sary of saloons and gambling, and
equally as enthusiastic a supporter of
woman suffrage. Her OILY opponent
in the election was 81. ". Primer, a
hardware merchant, and she defeated
him by twenty votes.
She is robust woman OF forty-two
years. very plain and in humble cir
cumstances, but she is above the aveS-
age in intelligence. She is the mother
of three children in their teens, and
her husband is arailroader. The cam
paign was waged with a vehement
ardor, and she demonstrated remark
able tact at electioneering She has
received congratulations from all the
eminent female sutFragists of the ma
ton.
Pleasanton's city council is composed
of FIVE male members, and the evening
after Mrs. Austin's election she pre-
sided over them with dignity. She dis
charged the cid police force and put
on a new one, with instructions To
close up every Joint" and gambling
house in the town. and this was done
instanter. Mrs. Austin formerly lived
in Peoria. Iii. Twelve years ago she
moved TO Carthage. Mo She has ONLY
been resident of Kansas a short time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
AMONG THE PAGoDAs OF CHINA.

American society and at country
picnic. In some cases in China Mr.
LEM was much more in the picnic
than of 1t. Here are some of his ad-
ventures in his own words:
Seven miles east of Taipingfu the
streets were too rough TO ride. Noisy
natives at once swarmed round me,
stopped the wheel and insisted that l
mount [ was determined to be al
ways good-natured, and complied. l
had bumped along few yards when
two fighting dogs rolled out of house
into the street. OF course, it was my
luck to run foul OF them. and over |
went, among the ours. The Chinese
were convulsed with laughter. I'm
fortunately, however, pushed over an
empty frail stand, entirely by accident:
One howl from the proprietor, and he
and his wife grabbed the wheel. Ex-
citement ran high. l gave him hand
full of cash small brass coin) and he
howled worse. / then picked up
stone and hammered the thing to-
gether. The crowd saw my good in
tentions, and persuaded the man to let
me go, whereupon | breathed easier.
They managed, however, to relieve me
of my field glass and handkerchief
which 1 had foolishly carried in my
outside coat pockets. 1t was in Tan
yang that rioters, in 1891, burned the
buildings of the Jesuit missionaries
which had been standing for three
hundred years
Just before reaching Chinchiang a
mob took me in charge. They COM
PEELED me to mount and ride through
the crowded streets, every body darting
into the shops on hearing the cries of
tho crowd to clear the way. | was
progressing nicely. but one of the Chi
namen following thought ought to be
going faster and gave me a tremendous
shove Sad to relate, the wheel struck
q Chinaman who was unable to get ont
of the way. and he and and the ma
chino sprawled over the pavement
My prosecutors viewed this perform
ance with holy. chastened joy. Next,
two Cinnamon took il into their heads
that they could ride the bicycle. l
mounted them in succession, pushed
them along few rods. and intention
ally dumped them in the street. The
natives yelled themselves hoarse. and
might have been responding to en-
cores for this act get had | been so
minded. But | was 200 scared aud
gladly reached the foreign settlement.
with its macadamized streets. and left
the nursuing crowd far in the rear.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
MAGISTRATES OFFICE IN CHINA.

slow turned his head TO see who
called to him so loudly, then made one
grand jump to get out of the way. His
feet slipped, and with q terrible yell he
rolled over the bank and into the
canal, up to his waist. Two baskets of
bean bread which he carried on pole,
followed him into the water. Some
way or other, thought it more pru-
dent to wheel on without lingering to
offer sympathy"
Lenz's adventures at the Chinese
inns were always spicy and oftentimes
exciting. I'm one instance at a small
village near Likiang the usual noisy
crowd followed me into the inn. The
good-hearted innkeeper besought me
to stroll up and down the street, in
order to pacify the curious crowd.
For an hour 1 was surrounded by Chi
rese, all feeling my clothes and gaping
at me. They would not leave, and
when entered the inn all followed.
The landlord handed me a stick, and i'm
plored me to whip them out, as if 1
were some modern Hercules. So
afraid are these people of the foreign
ers that they ran when l but raised
the stick. The door was barred, but
the crowd pushed in the frail brick
wall. The landlord fairly screamed
with anger, and fight seemed inevi-
table; but it only ended in hot words.
i almost rejected that was not camp
ing out, instead of being the cause of
so much trouble.
when / rolled myself up in my
blanket and quilt the crowd at last
left the inn. Then the kind old inn
keeper brought rice, fish and tea until
midnight. Now and then he sorrow
fully pointed to the collapsed brick
wall. In the morning l paid him five
hundred cash pieces (about thirtv-flve
cents for accommodations and his
loss. He was overjoyed at receiving
these pieces. While dressing one
morning at Tongdien l heard the bangI
bang! of pistol shots. At the rear of
the inn was crowd of scared China
men surrounding my bicycle. One Of
them had pulled out the revolver from
the luggage which had forgotten to
remove before retiring and pulled the
trigger, luckily without damage. Il
might have Jared hard with me had he
accidentally shot bystander.
For long time nothing was heard
of Mr.. LEM, and it was generally sup
posed that he had been killed by tlle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
CORRECTING AN ERROR.
Bad Mathematics Results Disastrously
Even for Sharp Beggars.

Even Tor sharp begGars-
As a comforta BILE citizen was going
home about nine o'clock in the even
ing, he was accosted by tramp.
please, SIR" said the needy one,
give me some money to buy bread.
/ have not had anything to eat for two
days"
That's q long time between meals,
isn't it?" he smiled. and forked over a
quarter.
About the same hour the next even
ing, the same tramp, not recognizing
him. struck him again
please. sir" he said. give me some
money to buy bread? / have not had
anything to eat for two days"
Three days, don't you mean" re-
sponded the citizen.
No, sir; rn telling the truth: its
two days"
But you are mistaken" persisted
the citizen. You told me last night
that it was two days then, and an
other day has been added since. Of
course. You wouldn't lie about it, but
all of us are liable TO mistakes. and
merely wish to call your attention to
it in passing. Good evening" and he
sailed away, leaving the beggar with
a case of establishment in aggravated
form. and nothing 70 cure II within
sight-Detroit Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
KING ARTHUR NO MYTH.
High Oficer Among the Britons Durtn,
the Roman Occupation.

High Onicer Among the brit ons During
the Roman Occupation.
When Godfrey of Monmouth wrote
his history of the Britons he wrote it
like a classical epic, but with the in
spiration of French chivalry and le-
gend. Thus Caxton had little difficulty
in making acceptable Sir Thomas
Malory's translation of the Arthurian
legends as they had been written IN
France. His edition was published IL
14s5. with a preface in which he says
that the nine most celebrated men IN
the world are three pagans. three
Jews and three Christians, the
pagans being Hector of Troy.
Alexander the Great and julius
Cesar; the Jews, Joshua, David and
Judas Macca baus; and the Christians.
Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bouillon,
and King Arthur He says that many
men believe ''there was no such Ar
thur. and that all such books as be
made of him be but feigned and ables,
by cause that some chronicles make OF
him no mention nor rememb Der him no
thing nor of his knights"
But the skepticism of the time OF
Caxton, which continued until the end
of the eighteenth century. is not at
present scientific. The mOderns do not
doubt that King Arthur existed. He
was superior officer of the Britons,
whose rank was known in the time of
Roman rule as Comes Britannia. He
moved about in Britain as Agricola OF
Severus would have done. His position
naturally entailed the association with
his name of heroic legends Malory's
originals were romances written
in French, which he translated
literally, but reduced in length. The
stories were based on Breton folk.
lore which came from Great Britain
and was transmitted through the Nor
mans in the eastern portion of Brit
tany. The entire Arthurian legend, as
used by Mallory, is Breton, but the
great legend is Welsh. John Rhys,
who writes the preface to this new
edition, is persuaded that Mallory,
whose birthplace is as unknown as
that of Homer, was a Welshman.
Mallory made of the Arthurian legend
the Iliad of English prose literature,
and used many of Homer's set phrases.
His knights. when they leaped to the
ground, invariably avoided" their
horses. The strokes they dealt were
Sad" and there are keen touches of
feeling in every incident. His style is
admira BILE. Tennyson, in the parting
of Arthur and Guenever, did not ex-
press more pathos than Mallory in the
parting of Guenever and .Launcelot.-
n. Y. Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Che great ability Of the Chicago man
was recognized by tn president, and
to him was given the honor. Mr..
Grosscup had the almost unanimous
support of the Chicago bar. without
regard to politics. Peter Stenger
Grosscup was born in Ashland, o.. Feb
ruary Is, 1852. His ancestors came to
America before the revolution, and
Paul Grosscup. the first of the name
born on American soil. represented
BerlSs county. Pa. in the colonial assem-
bly,, and after the war was q member
of the Pennsylvania state legislature,
and of the constitutional convention.
One OF the family moved to Ohio in the
early part of the present century.
Peter S. attended the common schools
of his native town until capable OF
higher work, when he entered Witten-
berg college at Springfield, o., whence
he was graduated in due time. Then
he studied law in Boston, graduating
from the Boston law school in 1874.
He began the practice of his profession
in Ashland, in partnership with the
late Judge William Osborne He
dabbled in politics, too. and was NOM
mated for congress by the republicans,
but was defeated In 1873 he won
praise by his great speech in placing
in nomination for congress before tho
republican convention Of his district
William Mckinley, now governor Of
Ohio. In 1888 Mr.. Grosscup came to
Chicago and entered into partnership
with Leonard SWEET, one of the most
distinguished lawyers of the west.
Mr.. Grosscup soon acquired a reputa-
ton for thoroughness and brilliancy
as lawyer. He is a man of broad
culture and owns q fine library,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

natives. He arrived in India at last.
however, bruised, battered and de-
spoiled OF his outfit. lie had had TO carry
his wheel in cart much of the way.
and it was in such condition that he
had to send for a special check to pay
for the repairs lie had met a hard
fate among class of the natives who
were more than ordinarily inclined 10
amuse themselves. The last INSTALL
reuts OF Mr.. Lenz's manuscript have
been recovered from kia Kiang and
Will be reported during the spring and
early summer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
"TExAS JACK" RUN DOWN.
The Budding Bandit, Masked and Heavily
Armed, Protested His Innocence.

The Budding Bandit, Masked and Heavily
Armed, Protested His Innocence.
''Texas Jack" was locked up in the
Seventh district station house, Phila-
delphia, the other night. The desper-
ate character had been captured by
officer Stone, and the latter, new on
the force. was as proud of his capture
as hen is of her first egg. Stone was
patrolling his beat at Third and Green
streets when he noticed suspicious
looFing figure crawl over back fence
on Green street The figure on the
fence wore heavy boots, into which
were tucked embroidered velvet trou-
sers. A short velvet coat, a wide SOM
brero and belt, with cleaning revolt
yer and knife, completed the costume.
The face was covered by thick mask.
The figur jumped down to the pave
ment and was quickly caught in the
firm grasp of Officer Stone.
Here, unhand me, curl" shouted the
captive. know you not that l am
Texas JACKIE Stones heart beat faster
as he realized the Importance of his
capture and he fastened his pace con-
siderably. He dragged his prisoner
before Sergeant Brown, at the station
house, and said, laconically: Texas
Jack-suspicion of robbery Take
off your mask" ordered the sergeant,
sternly. The prisoner promptly obeyed
and displayed the tear-wet face of an
overgrown boy. Il didn't do notin',
mister, honest" he said. 81 was Just
wouldn't see me. l want to turn out
with the Merry Men New Year club"
The sergeant thought it best to lock
him up, and Texas Jack began to cry
About midnight the great scouts man.
ma came and took him home. "-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

his own paper at county seat with q
capital of thousands of hope. and a
score or two of dollars. He made sue
cess of it, too. Later he drifted east.
Was for three years editor of the Re-
pository at Canton, O., where he be-
came the warm friend of Gov Mo
Kinley.
With his brother he started the Even
ing Post at Cincinnati, and sold out
after making the paper a success to
the Scripps syndicate. Established
1884 joined the staff of the Chicago
Herald as a political writer, his work
over the signature of "Mentor" attract
ing much attention. Except a few
months with the Chicago Tribune he
has been with the Herald ever since as
city editor, editorial writer, staff cor
respondent and Washington represen-
tative. Mr.. Wellman has had rather
more than his share of the news beats in
Washington during the last five years.
He is noted for the amount of work he
can turn out apparently without much
effort on his part. For five years, prob
ably, he has written more ma tier than
any other newspaper man in Washing
ton.
Three years ago he was sent by the
Chicago Herald to find the spot at
which Columbus had first landed upon
American soil, and to erect a monu-
ment there. The manner in which he
performed this task attracted wide at
tention, and the correctness of his To-
cation of the spot has since been in
dorsed by Clements r. Markham, Of
the Royal Geographical society, and
other geographers. Mr.. Wellman has
for years been close student of the
arctic problem, and last year visited
Europe to pursue his investigations
and to make preliminary arrangements
for this expedition. Mr.. Wellman is
married and has FIVE girls. He is pres
ident of the National Capital Press
club,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
WHEELS IN CHINA
Bone Of Bicyclist Lenz's Adven.
lures In the Orient.
ths Cinnamon Mako Him Mount and
Dtsmeunt Innunerable Times-Taken
IN Charge by . Mob Be-
seIged I'm an Inn.
Especial Lefter.1

Especial Letter.
The success of the journalistic enter
prise that led to the equipment Of
Etanl.y's trip to Central Africa, and
the popularity of Keenan's travels in
Siberia in the interests of the Century
Magazine has given rise to another
similar expedition which has already
become famous as the world-girdling
bicycle trip Of Mr.. T. G. LEM, of Pitts
burgh, in the interests of the Outing
Magazine.
Mr.. LEM set out from City Hall park,
New York, a little more than year
sgo. His passage across the continent
and over the Pacific was scarcely diff
lerent from that of numerous other
tourists, and even in Japan his expert
ences, though pleasant and picturesque
Ia the telling, were not especially adj
venturesome. The japanese are at
worst a friendly people, and at best
their culture and artistic sense proved
equal, to say the least, to that of a rep
resentative American cycling fiend.
Some Of the excellent photographs
which show Mr.. LEM in bicycle cos
hume among the daintily dressed ma
lives leave one In considerable doubt
rs to which are the semi-civilized
Ind which the civilized individuals.
Throughout Japan, and even in the
coast districts of China, the American
wheelman, astride of his novel two
wheeled machine, was an object of
dread and aversion, which he sets
down to the score of superstition, but
which the lover of things cultivated
and oriental is tempted to attribute to
4 different sentiment.
The advance sheets of the April issue
bring him among the pagodas of
China. From the eastern coast he fol-
lowed the grand canal to Chinkiang and
then pushed westward along the
Yangsti river valley through Burmah,
making occasional detours to interest
Ing spots. His experiences with the
natives as he iourneyed along the val
ley become more in the nature Of adj
ventures. The difference between the
treatment Mr.. LEM received from the
Japanese and the inland Chinese is
about the difference between the
treatment of camera fend in polite
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
MAYOR ANNIE AUSTIN.
Tho Edicient Chief Executive OF . Pros
porous Kansas Town.

porous hansas ToWns
Mrs. Annie s. Austin, the chief ex-
ecutive of Pleasanton, Kan, is the
only woman mayor in the Sunfower
state. and probably in the United
States PleaSanton Is hustling
town of fifteen hundred.
She is the third woman to enjoy the
distinction of being elected mayor. the
other two being elected in much
smaller towns than Pleasanton three
years ago. Mrs. Austin accepted the
nomination FROM a convention of
women, composed of less than dozen
delegates. She was the leader of the
moral clement, being an ardent a1ver.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
THAT culloM Law.

Something About tho Judge Whose Do.
ession Has NuiiiHed It.
By his recent decision in the inter.
state commerce cases. which practically
nullifies the Cullom law, Judge p. s.
Grosscup- of the United States district
court for the Northern district OF
Illinois, has attracted much public At
tention. Judge Grosscup was one OF
the last of President Harrison's ap-
pointments. having been named to the
federal bench few months before Mr..
Harrison's retirement from office.
Many of the prominent attorneys OF
the west were mentioned as candidates
for Judge Rlodgett's vacant chair, but
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
WALTER WELlMAN.
The Chicago Newspaper Man to Lead IN
Arctic ExQedifion.


Arctic Expedition.
Walter Wellnan. the Washington
correspondent OF the Chicago Herald,
has left for Europe. Next May he will
start from Norway to discover the
north pole. Mr.. Wellman is thirty-five
years of age, and a native of the west
ern reserve. While boy his parents re-
moved to the backwoods of Michigan,
and after some years of residence
among the swamps and forests re-
moved again to the prairies of
Nebraska We1lnan left home and
school as lad OF twelve to
earn his own living: first as a clerk
in country store. where the Indians
were the principal customers, and later
as an apprentice in a frontier printing
Office. When only fourteen ne started