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charged by the electric lighting company
and the limited appropriations make it
impossible to cXtend this system even to
all the stress where the trees Will permit.
The trees are generally located SO near the
curb line that the lamp posts have TO be
set on practically the same line as the
trunks Of the trees, so mat even in win
ter, when the trees are bare of leaves, the
streets look gloomy at night, as compared
with those of most large capitals. Some
experiments have been made with a view
to a change in the type of lamp post and
lantern to obviate this difficulty. but So
far without developing anything that can
be considered a satisfactory solution of
the problem
AN important change should be made"
says Capt. Burr, lin the number of hours
for gas lighting. The acts making appro-
priatiors fer street lighting with gas
oil have provided for maximum price and
a minimum of 1900 hours of lighting per
annum. In the gas lighting service it has
to the present time been impossible to Sc
cure from the gas companies more than
the minimum service for the maximum
price. The number of hours of total dark
Iess, from tho END of the evening twilight
to the beginning of morning twilight, is
BIG in year. All lamps should be lighted
at least thirty minutes before and after
evening and morning twilight, and one hour
each night is allowed the gas companies
for lighting and eNtingushng, making
total of 3,S46 hours per annum. With a
3oHo-hour schedule and variable conditions
unreliable moon are called upon to furnish
SAG hours of lighting per annum, or an
average of 1o.5 hours per month 1t has
been found impossible to regulate the.
schedule as to secure this result, and even
with the nearest possible approXim alton to
it, the service has been insufficient and
caused many complaints. In this city. with
the dense shade of trees at the curb, and
in narrow, populous alleys, the moon Is of
practically no service a factor in street
lighting. and the attempt to use it as such
should be abandoned. An uniform sched-
ule of $500 hours per annum should be
adopted for all classes of street lighting.
"A marked increase is asked for in the
appropriations for street Lighting. The eX-
listing service is OF satisfactory or in keep
ing with the high standards maintained in
the other bra nches of the city government
Nearly all the city streets are but dimly
lighted, and many streets and populous
alleys are not lighted at ALL In many of
the suburbs imp ovements are rapidly go
ing forward, and there are not sufficient
flu DIS fer establishing the absolutely nee
es.ary lights even in these suburbs that
are practically a part of the city. The
change from horse to Eower traction is
steadily going forward on city transporta-
ticn liz eS, and all streets occupied by power
traction lines should be well lighted with
electric arc lamps. The installation of cleo
trio lamps on the line of the Columbia
railway from 18th street and New York
avenue northwest to 18th and streets
northeast, and on the lines of the Metro
politan railway, are most urgently needed"
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w. II. Hurlbcrl Dead.

William Henry Hurbert, formerly editor
of the New York World and a correspond
ent of considerable note. has died in Italy.
He figured in a sensational suit brought a
few years ago In London by Gladys Eve
Ign. He claimed mistaken identity; that
one Wilfred Murray was the guilty person.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-07

Beecl1am's Pills for CON-
stipation, Ioc. and 25c
Get the book at your drug
gist's and go by it.
Annual Sales More Than 100000 Boxes.
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EX-Congressman William

Ex-Congressman William A. Sackett
dropped dead at Saratoga, n. Y, yester-
day He a member of the Thrtieth
and Thirty first Congresses, and was the
father of Col. Sackett of the ninth New
York cavalry, who was killed al the head
Of his command in the late war.
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FINANCIAL.

The Union Savings Bank,
.E222 FStreet N. W.,
Pays four per cent interest
on savings accor, $. Open
until S p. M. ~. Govern
ment pay days and Satur=
day evenings between 6and
o. fe2o-2od
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SUNDAY sERvICES-EF DER o. o. FARNSwORrH
will speak In the tent on the cor. OF 10th and
streets Sc n pm. Subject. The Christian
Sabbath" nj 10 How, When and by Whom
the Sabbath changcd:' Meetings each even
ing at I:45. Seats free. 1t"
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CoRSoN & MCCARTNEY,
MEMBERS OF TIE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE,

EXCHANGE.
1910 F ST.. Glover building.
Correspondents of Messrs. Moore 4 Schley, SO
Broadway,
Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds
Deposits. Exchange Loans.
Railroad stocks and bonds and all securities
listed tho exchanges Of New York. Philadelphia,
Boston and Baltimore bought and sold.
specially made of Investment securities. Dis
trlct bonds and all local Railroad Gas, Insurance
and Telephone Stock dealt in
American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold
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HALL MISSION.

HALL. MISSION, MECHANIC HALL, AZ ST. AND
Pu. ave. n.w.-Urion Pcntecostal service every
Sabbath 23o pm. Tho pastor. Rev. Phoebe l..
Hall having returned from her southern work.
will lie in cllnr.c. All invited. It,
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FINANCIAL.

Advice From Wall Street.
\ wellknown Wall street man, whose position
ana connet ion In the street for him the
NEST direct inside information ohtainahe to the
movements Of certain active stocks, desires to
communicate with few discreet spectators who
VIII use this information mutual advantage.
parties who Will make liberal transactions and al
low percentage Of the profits the nforma ion
address N W., Z. y. Box 10i4 New York 1t
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We Have Everything

that any business man could desire in the Sta
tionrry line. Broid field to covcr-hut do
It,. From the ordinary scratch paper 10 the
daintiest lette: paD"r-fron the penny tablets
to the largest leigors-every Imaginable size
and shape in Peus-cyery color Of Ink-OfCc
Furniture-Waste Baskets Copying Presses
fact. EVERYTHING.
rJ'Irices always lowest.
EasfOn s Rmpp, A2H nth St.,
PrceG Stntioncrs Just above ave Jse6- Id
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CONGREGATIONALIsT.
Luther AN.

ST. PAUL'S ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH,
corner of 1lth and IL SITS n.w.-Rev. S Doner,
pastor, tomorrow morning at II o'clock. Sunday
school at $50 am. f.P.S.C.E at pm. 1t
LUTHER PLACE MEMORIAL. CnUHCII.-rASToR
Va, at 100 pm. c. F., 6:3o pm. KELLER
MEMORIAL, G. II. Butler, pastor.-Dr. Painter
Mt IL am. c. L. Echo meeting, Z pm. It,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-18
How Dead Snakes "Coms to Life


In nearly every country in the world
there is superstition to the effect that
a serpent's head must be mashed to a
jelly or else it's companion will seek
out its dead comrade and restore it to
life by means of certain grasses, leaves
or herbs This fancy appears to come
to US from remote antiquity. In the
mythological story of Polyidos we
find it related in curious form. Glau-
was smothered in a cask of honey.
With the help of Apollo. Polyidos To-
Gated the body lthe whereabouts of
which was previously unknown), and
the stern old king shut him up with
the corpse. telling him that If he could
discover that which was hidden he
was soothsayer enough to bring his
son to life. While in the dungeon
with the corpse dragon approached
the body. Polyidos killed the reptile,
but within the hour was surprised to
see a second dragon creep forward and
place blade from a certain species of
grass on the back of its dead COM
panion. Polyidos took hint from
the wise serpent, and with the same
blade of grass resuscitated the honey
smothered youth. The same story APP
pears in different forms in the folk
lore of all nations You can find it in
THE Three Snake Leaves" in Grimm's
Tales" in the Breton legend of "Sir
Elidoc;;" in the Hindoo story of Pane
Phul Rance" and also in the Chinese
and Japanese fairy stories.-St- Louis
Republic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-18
Scientific MARTYRS.

II soldiers are to be turned into SCI
entific martyrs their military ardor is
likely to be damped accordingly. Last
year a doleful story came from Ger
many of the plight of regiment that
had been put for some weeks on a diet
OF peanut floor. They were SO reduced
and weakened mentally and physically
that they would have deserted if they
had had the energy to do so. The diet
was submitted to for several days sto-
icslly, but even a German soldier will
cluded just in time to avert an out
break of insu bordination. The troops at
Fort Logan must be able TO sympa-
thiZe with the unfortunate Teutons. In
testing the new emergency ration pre-
scribed by the war department, one
company went out for three days of
forced marching in the foothills, load
ed with coffee tablets and compressed
soup. which were supposed to take the
place of hard tack and coffee. During
the test the medical officer, who is
charged with watching and weighing
the men, rode into the nearest town
for assistance. Thirty-six out of the
fifty men were down with gripping
pains. resulting from the non-assimila-
ton of The scientific ration. The order
could not be revoked, and the men in
the field were informed that they
would have to remain on the march for
two days slonger.-St Louis Globe
Democrat
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HE WAS AN lCONOCLAST.

rhs Man Of Science Impoli.siy Disposed
Of Tive Popular Nosioos-
The man of science was tall and
straight, with bald spot on the crown
of his head. and cold, gray eyes peering
through gold-rimmed spectscles- Hav-
Ing been introd need and left alone with
him, 1 had TO say something. SO re-
marked:
Indian summer Il pretty nearly due
now, isn't it?'
Now Indian summer was not pretty
nearly dus- But it was the only scien-
tifio thing that popped into my head.
I thought of course. that ne would
prefer to talk on scientific topics
Indian summer he asked Quiz
rioauy. II don't know what you mean,
sir"
''Ohi" said I. little confused by his
manner. Indian summer. you know.
The warm spell we always have after
the first frost You know, indian sum
mer. Regular thing, don't you known
"No. don't know" said the man Of
science, coldly. II see that you are a
believer in a long-exploded myth. /
nsed to hear OF this alleged Indian
summer when was boy. They still
talk about II in them the country
districts, l believe There Is no such
thing as Indian summer"
"Oh. but yes" / persisted quite
crushed. but not convinced, you know
we always have a warm"
w. g.
science. with = wave of bis hand. eft Is
true that sometimes the weather warns
after IL fr<t gets cold. That's perfectly
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natural The weather isn't governed
by rules. Why shouldn't a warm wave
follow a cold one in October or Novem-
Der as well IS in any other month";
Don't we have cold waves In late May
or June? Why, then, don't you speak
of Indian winter NJ those times7 The
phrase. sir, is a relic Of former igno
rance"
After q few moments silence I made
another attempt.
THE equinocsiAl viii soon be upon
as" remarked
THE what2" asked the man Of sci.
ence
why. the equiEoct!al storm. you
know" I explained.
Nonsense. he responded. with Q
6isgusted shrug of thu shoulders
"Equinoctisl rotl There Ia no such
thing as equinoctial storm. have
heard ignorant persons use the phrase
before, but IL always vexes mo II 10
another relic of bygone a9es-"
But" i began. beginning 20 -
vexed and feeling that here 1T least
was on solid ground
81 know what you are going 20 say
he put IN. YES, we usually have q
heavy storm about the period OF tho
equinoxes But what OF it7 We usual
ly have heavy storms before those Pc
RODS and after them. zoo. don't WEI
The equinoxes have nothing 10 do with
the storms, which arise from wholly
different causes. and may or may not
occur at the same time EquInoctlAl
grand fathers. sirl-
then gave IL up--N. Y Herald
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70 medical eye 1t had been poisone 3
slightly by someone Soon. what
looked like hunter came along on .
horse and offered to swap. taking
mine back to the stable II / would
leave his near Durham camp with a
trapper. ] ought to have seen through
this, but did not / got on to the pow
erful horse OF the stranger and started
through the five miles of woods half
way through, without any apparent
reason. the horse broke into q trot, a
gallop, and finally run, and dashinR
of the trail through the woods picked
his way among trees as nicely as IL he
had gone that way a hundred times.
Pull as would at the bride, he paid
no attention, but ran the fnster.
When he had leaped brook
and landed ON the sand beyond the
marks of footprints alarmed me and
] slipped off at the risk Of my life.
He ran on up q ravine and hid, fear
ing that Ii was trap. as it afterward
proved In q little while three men
armed with rifles came back on the
trail. one riding the horse, now as
calm az a lamb. I picked my way to
the road and got out of the camp.
! Two weeks later nineteen Of US FOL.
lowed a man who hired q horse at the
same place did. 1t was taken i'll, and
the same trapper came along on the
same horse. When the horse dashed
Into the woods, as he had been trained
TO do. nineteen of US dashed after him,
and finally arrived At mountain camp
of the robbers. We took every man
seven Of them-and, we'll! law was not
well supported out there then. and no
court sat nearer than two hundred
miles. We didn't carry the rascals
away from their own camp fire. The
trained horse met the fate of its own
(Me.) Journal.
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ROBBERS AIDED BY A HORSE.
4 Trained Animal That Carried tho victiE
to the Camp of the Rxscais-

4 Trained Animal That Carried tho Victim
to the Camp of the Rascais-
when / was in Nebraska, near the
Snake river. north of the Great Sand
hill, In 1852 said Lewiston citizen.
1--WE had four camps, situated about
eighteen miles apart. and to go from
Thorne's camp to Dunham's camp it
was necessary to go through long
piece of pine woods For number Of
months everyone who had gone
through the woods alone never came
back. One day 1t was necessary that
should 20 through with lot of money
and no escort, and set out on a horse
that / got from a stable-keeper near
Thorne camp.
when 1 had nearly reached the
woods, five miles out my horse was
taken i'll snd refused to go. aeariE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-18
PERSONAL PECULIARITIES.
Escen tricitfes That Fasten Themselves .,
Mon With the Firmness of Habit.

kecentricities That fasten Themselves T.
Non With the Firmness of Habit.
The late Senator Reagan. of Texas
used to do his thinking with q short
string on his fingers, and this string
he wound up, and twisted and united
again, mechanically. as he followed
the debate. Senator Vest always
ehews . quill toothpick. Carlisle used
to tear paper into bits and drop the
pieces one by one on the floor. Tho
latter is e tobacco chewer and sput-
ters when he talks, making 1t uncom-
Portable for the interviewer.
Max Freeman, the expert stage man
Ager. pulls you by the coat lapel and
then pushes you away with his thumb
IN the most embarrassing manner. he
will suddenly pull you and then, as Il
rs feared you are likely to tread on
him. push you away from him quite a.
unexpectedly.
Jim Thompson, who aspires to be
the best dressed man In town. and
comes pretty close to IL, has been try
ing to raise a mustache, but his habit
of lingering one side of 1t wears that
section out. and then the whole must
be shaved of and he has to begin over
again
A gentleman comes down through
Herald square every day who may be
seen glancing at his left shoulder and
aecking at 1t with bis right hand.
There isn't anything there-not even
the nap of his coat, which he has thus
worn away. Yet he will keep peckina
at il about twice q minute. Another
man of my acquaintance IL always
glancing from one shoulder to tho 9th.
er. as If to see II they are yet really
there A popular Pittsburgher on the
square sounds your lungs with his
foreinger while he talks to you-tap
ming away like woodpecker on hoI,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-18
Peouli.risies of IN. Insane.

A woman who has q great deal to Dc
professionally with the insane ans
with their treatment says that moth.
ing has more impressed her in thi,
strange and interesting people thar
the clairvoyance which they undoubt
edly display. Often she has been told
of occurrences in another part of the
building which the mad narrator had
no possible natural way of learning,
and which were exactly correct as re-
lated. This curious fact would not
surprise the psychical student who has
perfect belief in the undiscovered
limitations Of the subjective mind. but
to most Of US il In but further I'M
canny proof of tho existence of NOR
things In Heaven and earth than arr
dreamed OF in our philosophy.-N. Y
Times
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Of recent wears And for all purposes

Of recent years. And for all purposes
except as cavalry mounts-they are
certainly superior to the four-footed
variety. Where would you find horses
to do thirty or forty miles a day. and
day after day, with load of two or
three hundred pounds? Yet that is a
feat which Japanese kurumaya think
little of. The power of endurance of
these men-one likes to think of them as
men and not merely animals-are mar
velous- The present writer has been
drawn thirty-6ve miles in less than
seven hours over a bad road and remem-
bers the holiday spent in which couple
of Osakei coolies contracted to draw
forty pounds of baggage thirty miles a
day for an indefinite period. Such men,
healthy, hardy, in perfect training,
able to do their work upon little food,
and that of the simplest, must be in
valuable in campaign such as Japan
embarked upon. How many of them
will survive the rigors of Corean
winter-for kurumaya are not a long
lived class-is another matter. Since
Japan is able toplant her flag in Pekin,
no small measure of the credit of such
an Achievement is certainly due to the
harmless, necessary, jinrickshaw cody.
st. Louis Republic
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Highest and Lowest Barometric Pressure.

Highest and Lowest Barometric Pressure.
The highest barometer pressure ever
recorded is believed to have been noted
at Irkutsk, Siberia, on January IA,
1898, the reading being 3Ls. This
phenomenon was attended with very
low temperature, the mercury drop
ping from 90 to 81 degrees below zero
in 21f hours On the same day there
were several observations made in
north Sweden. which showed a reading
of more than 20 degrees below zero.
The lowest pressure ever recorded by
skilled meteorologists was 27.s inches.
This reading was taken on board a
British ship during the prevalence Of
ss-.re storm on the bay OF Bengal in
1888. The area of this amazing low
pressure was found by observation to
lie less than 5000 feet in diameter
St Louis Republic
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Holes Always Clean

saw q good thing in hotel towel
the other day"
"What?''
"A towel that couldn't get YER,
dirty"
"Couldn't?"
"No; ii was too full of holea.--Chi
oAgo Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-18

"How sad. Don Frolian has Jus
died a moment ago!'
'Indeed." exclaimed the doctor
"Then 1t is his own fault He neve,
would take the pills ordered him, and
as could be expected he is dead. If he
had taken them he would be aliv,
now"
~Oh. but he was run over by Q
coach"
well, people who take my pills keel
indoors along time and don't get rus
cver."-Bremon
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-18
In RuAsiA

Russian Oficial-You can't stay in
this country, sir.
Traveler3Then I'll leave It
Have you permit 70 leaver
mo, sir"
~Then you can not GO. L leave you
twenty-four hours to make up your
mind as to what you shall dollhouse
hold Words.
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Registration NJ tice.

Wichita, Kan, Oct. II, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the books
for the registrat ton of voters will close
at o'clock p. m, Friday, Oct. %. 1895,
and remain closed until after the cleo
iion Of Nov. g. 1895.
c. S. SMITH,
d1s1-6t. City Clerk.
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A sect calling Itself The Pecuiias
People" Is attracting attention In I'm.
gland from the number OF deaths
among the children, due 10 its trusting
entirely 20 the Lord and refusing -
call in doctorA One mother testified
before the coroners Jury tina, she hal
allowed FIVE children out Of air 20 De
OF bronchitis In this way. They call
in the doctor when an animal IL sick.
for the Bible says nothing against tbs,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-18
A Youthful Conscience

Laura, a youthful church woman,
aged seven, having examined her con-
science with great anxiety, announces
to her amazed mother in relation to the
ninth commandments: ''Well, there's
one thing | never did, anyhow. l never
coveted my neighbors wife"
(The mother expresses noincredulity.)
Vogue
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-18
Hear Mr.. Gardner Sing
Registration Notice.

Wichita, Kan, Oct. Is, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the regis
tration books of the city Of Wichita
viii he kept open for the registration Of
voters Saturday, Oct l9, 1895. until 10
O'Clock p. m.
c. S. SMITH,
d131-2t City Clerk.
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Taking Desperate Chances

Mr.. Billus--It's very kind of you.
Maria, but I'd rather buy my cigars
myself. Seven for ten cents is rather
too cheap.
Mrs. Billus-I know that's cheap, but
/ thought there might be one good enc
in the seven Chicago Tribune.
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low limb Another from the same
burg-a good story teller-always en-
phasizes his stories with liberal
punches in your ribs.-N. Y. Herald
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Best butter, fjc; fresh eggs, = doZ. 25c;
and when you come for these you'll see
how cheap We are selling other good
things TO eat. Tapp Bros. & Hanshaw,
o40 ~. Main street 130-4t
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Exchange stables at Orlando and Still
water. We make speciality OF carry
ing passengers between these points
travelling mems patronage solicited.
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Bulk oysters, fresh fish, green and
cured meats, all, and only, the good
kinds, at Joe's market, PA y. Main.
40 3t
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Hack Line.

Fine bulk olives 15c at, at Dunn Bros.
S2S N Main street 121-6t
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Fish and oysters, ham, sausage,
pressed corned beef, fresh meats, home
made lard-Jacksons PA North Main
street d131-2t.
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When Bchy was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When 5hc was Child, she cried for CasSpria-
When she became Miss she chung TO Castoria.
When she had Cbildssn, she gavet them Castoris.
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Picture Frames.

Closing out the entire stock. Martin:
Art Store. 130-tf
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Herman's celebrated saratoga chips
Doc h. Dunn Bros. 72S y. Main. 127-6t
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AWAY the pieces when a chair or other
article of furniture is broken-tale
them to 313 East Douglas avenue and
Drake & Ross will put them together
make the piece good as new. TN cost
you very little. dl3l-2t.