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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

, these cases after renewed inyestira-
ton, and also supplies a quantity OF
interesting information on the form of
the tongue and hyoid apparatus OF
birds in general The old idea that
the woodpccker transfxes its prev with
its sharp tipped tongue IS probably
not yet extinct, but Herr Prevot adds
his opposition TO this opinion. and
states that the insects are agglutinated
to its tongue by the sticky secretion
with which its surface is eopiously
covered.
Although the form of the tongue
usually corresponds to the shape of the
bill, there are exceptions to this rule.
as. for example, in the waders. king
fisher and hoopoe, which, in spite OF
their long bills, only possess small car
tilaginous tongues; in the pelican, in
deed, the tongue is altogether rudi-
mentary. In most birds whose food
consists of seeds, the tongue is dart or
awl shaped; in others, spatulate: rarely
vermiform or tubular. In some birds,
such as the owl, which swallow their
prey entire, the tongue is broad and
serves as a mere shovel In the hedge
sparrow, nuthatch, woodcoclS and
others the tongue is bifid or trifid at its
apex, while in the hummingbirds the
tongue is split into two branches al
most to its base, and is used for actu-
ally gripping the small insects on
which these Respondent little crea-
lures subsist. In family of parrots
(Trichoglosside) the tongue is provided
at its apex with brush of some two
hundred and fifty to three hundred
hair-lke processes IN the parrots, the
tongue j. thick and feshy, devoid of
horny barbs or papille, and is even
suspected to possess sense organs OF
taste. Herr Prevot concludes his con-
else but interesting paper with some
remarks on the influence of the form of
tongue in birds on their varying pow
ers of articulation. IL IS interesting 70
note that the parrots. the form 81
whose tongues most closely resembles
that of man. are able to initiate his
language more clearly than any other
birds--Nature-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
AN ECONOMICAL CURE.
Tsartle Doves In the House Are Said &
Danish rheumatism.

Is1fIIe loves In inc HOUSE arc S8i0 Co
Danish rheumatism.
"Y ou have doubtless heard of cures
for rheumatism by the hundreds, said
IA gentleman recently. 81 mean super
Istifious cures-charms that viii either
cure or prevent person being afflicted
with the disease. The horse chestnut
had its day, as did the carrying Of ASA,
foetida in small bag about the neck;
then the magnetic ring for the finger
was adjudged sure remedy. But a
icure and preventive which is very COM
mon, yet of which you hear but little,
is the keeping of turtle doves in the
house.
Not long ago friend OF mine who
had been a victim of the tortures of
rheuma tis1n for years was informed
that the presence of turtle doves would
help, if not cure, her inhrmity. Will
ing to try anything to rid herself of the
pain she bought a pair of beautiful
doves. Whether there is any virtue in
the superstition or not, it was a strange
fact that from the day she got the birds
she began to get better. She at last
was completely cured. She became
very much attached to the birds, and
would not. have parted with them for a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

that the terrible choking spells were
icaused by its coming up toward hei
throat. She also claimed that the Sc
we're spasms of pain were caused by the
movement of the thing, whatever it
might be, in crawling about"
The best doctors in the city attended
Fthe girl, but gave her no relief. Finally
her father decided to try female clair
Ivoyant physician, who. it was claimed,
had removed lizards and other living
things from human stomachs. The
family physician, DR.. w. +. Baker, was
jim attendance when the woman went
into trance.
, '' L see it, she cried. ''It's horrible
thing, and it's alive. 1t is crawling
around in the girls stomach. It is COW
cred with thick fur and has sharp claws.
1t has made d nest in the lower stomach,
and that is what makes the girl gag so.
We must kill it and get it out. We viii
never get rid of the thing until it is
killed"
! While still in trance she dictated
prescription which she said would kill
the beast, and the poor girl was re-
tlieved of the foot of some animal. 1t is
lowered with a thick fur, about the
color of a rat, provided with sharp
claws and is not unlike the foot of a
kitten. 1t is thought the animal came
Through the penstock when very small
and that the girl must have swallowed
it while taking drink in the dark.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

gather up tie ducks N6S one OF EN-
could fly away. l just knitted EN- and
hung 'em on the fence TO bleed, and 1t
was past noon when got the job all
done Count EN-? Not much. don't
know for sure even now how many
pairs there was, but, besides what /
gave away TO neighbors, there was
three loads for my two-hoss wagon. 1
ate couple myself. and l tell you that
liquor gave 'em a particular fine favor.
Yes, and another thing that's got 10
he taken into account is that there was
not another pond open in the hull
county. That one was frozen until the
applejack got onto the ice. Now, apple
jack is powerful stuff. you know, and it
didn't take long to melt the ice. Then
l reckon all the ducks for miles around
gathered there. That's my theory bout
it. but perhaps it was only kind act
OF Providence to pay for that loss OF
liquor. Come, lets so and hunt up the
freight Office"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

disposition he is more docile and less
wicked than a Telegraph-hill goat.
Probably that fact viii make him Of
more value as park specimen He
has a weakness for having his head
scratched, and he VIII doubtless be
thus able 10 afford amusement to many
visitors to the park when he enters
upon the duties OF his new occupation
The new arrival. barring his thick.
curling horns. bears a strong resern-
blance 70 the deer which now roam
about the deer glen in the park lis
head and tapering limbs could not very
well be more akin 70 those Of deer
lie has the same tawny color which Is
only relieved by q stripe OF white down
his back, and he has the funniest little
tail that any sheep ever possessed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

tHE WAITED UNTIL he STOOD UPRIGHT
hurry to get inside when she arrived, .
minute before, she had failed to re-
move the key from the outside The
peculiar make Of lock made it an i'm
possibility to open the same on either
eide without the aid of the key after it
had sprung shut, and thus was the now
thoroughly alarmed girl made a pris-
bner-with q big black bear as a COM
panion.
At last, having surveyed her to his
entire satisfaction, bruin gave a loud
Erunt, showed two rows of teeth, then
burned and shambled toward the open
window. With his fore paws on the
ill he looked back over his shoulder at
Miss Rankin, who stood trembling at
the door, then he raised his ponderous
form and slid out into the snow. 1t was
then that Miss Rankin bethought her
seaf, and rammed her hand into her
coat pocket for the revolver. With this
as helpmate. and the bear on the out
side of the building, all her bravery re-
turned. She knew that brcin could
hot well get back if she barricaded the
windows, and she did want to shoot
real, true bear so badly.
On going to the window she WAS SIR
prised to tind that the bear had not vet
gone more than ten feet toward the
wood. The snow was so deep and of
such feathery nature that it was next to
Impossible for the woody coated crea-
ture to move. He first stood on his hind
legs, and with his forepaws beat the
snow from in front, but when he at
tempted to move forward he invariably
BUNDLED head foremost into the snow,
which at that point had drifted four
feet high.
. Miss Rankin i',ased that this was her
chance. She md not stop TO think that
bears are not usually shot with re-
<olver. She watched bruin founder in
the snow. and knew that he could not
get back to her, even though the first
few shots did no more than injure him.
She waited until he stood upright.
when she leveled the pistol at his head
and fired. Simultaneous with the re-
port of the irearm the bear jumped
into the air several feet. then went roll
ing into the snow drift. An instant
sater he was again on his feet, this time
with his face toward the schoolhouse
window. The sight of his pretty tor
mentor and the pain of the bullet
wound in his head maddened the fell
low. and his attempt TO founder
through the snow back to the window
was terrific.
Again Miss Rankin raised her pistol.
this time taking aim for the bears eve
The bullet went "home," and the bear
fell again into the snow drift. This
sime he was slow 20 rise, and before he
accomplished this another bullet went
plowing into his body. and he lay
down 70 die.
Miss Rankin viii have a rug made OK
the bearsilin. 1t is an exceptionally
fne one, and It viii ever prove ready
reminder OF the day that she was made
prisoner in country Schoolhouse with
wild beast for her only companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
DUCKS GOT DRUNK
A New Jerseyman Tells Strictly
Truthful Tale.
How He Caught . Countless Number Of
Tipsy Birds-What Seemed . Loss
ut First Proved a Very Prof.
liable Investment.

Tommy Magruder, of FREEDOM, N. j.,
whose story of his wonderful hen that
| Matched hard-boiled eggs has gone the
rounds of the newspapers, has friend
named George Lefferts, who is also a
natiYs Jerseyman. Lefferts has just
been matching Magruder with mar
velous narrative, to which he is will
| ing to make affidavit. George took a
| large lot of ducks down to market to
sell the other day, and the way he got
| those ducks is without precedent.
| He says he drove over to one of the dis
| tilleries last week and bought a barrel
of applejack, which he placed in his
wagon. The rest of the tale sounds
better as it fell from his own lips:
SIT was late in the afternoon afore l
started for home. and it was a powerful
cold day." he said. Il fortified myself
pretty well afore startin' and didn t
care much for the weather, only that
the roads were pretty slippery from
Mondays thaw and the horses had con-
siderable trouble in keepin' their feet
place, where l see that the main road
in the low spot by the marsh was just a
solid sheet of solid ice, and / lowed
that had better go up the branch and
across to fuckers corner. 1t was just
a little more billy, to be sure, but it
was likely to be less iced up on that
account. l was passing the corner of
my pasture lot when struck a piece of
,slanted road that I'd neglected to fix.
- l.
spring breaks out of the limestone and
runs down into that half-acre pond
of mine, where put the German carp
that Frank Ward sent me. Just as
soon as the wheels struck that ice |
see that the wagon had to go, and L
jumped for a branch of the big oak and
hung to it whilst the wagon slipped
away from under me, slid down the bank
and crashed through the fence atop of
the low stone row. / dropped to my
feet in the ditch on the other side OF
the road and got over in time to grab
the horses as the whifnetree broke and
the pole snapped. Then Hooked to see
what damage was done, and see the
Hpplejack barrel hanging empty on
gallons of liquor afloat on that little
pond. left the wagon and the empty
barrel there and led the team home.
"There was no daylight left when l
lgot the horses into the barn, so l didn't
go back to look at the wagon until
about o'clock next mornin'. 1t was
kinder misty then, and afore 1 got
within nine rods of the pond heard a
noise. 1t was the greatest goin' on L
ever listened to. and sounded like 40
Ooo, 900 ducks all quackin' ct once. L
kinder slowed up and sneaked along
far side of the road until l CONF to the
fence corner, and then, through the
mist, see the derndest sight mortal
man ever gazed at. There want moth
in of the pond to be seen. 1t was moth
ing brt a mass of ducks. and most of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

great deal One day the cage door was
left inadvertently open,. and one of the
birds escaped
/ -Four days after this she felt the
twitchings of her old rheumatism COM
ing back to her. But one morning she
opened the door, to have the lost bird
walk into the house as unconcerned as
could be. She experienced no more
rheumatism from that day to this.
Whether the cure so accomplished was
the result of that suggestive force of
hypnotism or merely coincident is for
some one better verSed in the laws of
psychology to decide. Anyhow, she
was cured"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

fth's home. but Rad gone bat a few
steps when 70 their right on a steep
hillside he Ssure Of man dragging a
heavy chain came tearing down The in
cline.
G-i1Sth sars he had often heard q
tins appzritiOn. bat zttribsted IL 70 the
imagination % his neighbors- They
had reached the open space again when
the bayi1g II dogs greeted their ears.
and down the hillside and % The other
vide went pack Of foxhounds 10 ho-
pursaIt e game Presently they also
vanished from view aud .he party cUn-
ti-uels their tourney-
IN ISIS fox drive vas advertised.
and circuit % Eve. miles HzaS-- q:
one O'Clock in .te afternoon ;he arm
sTsz eeDte-lnR. and N the ei-r-ft we're
Tn or sf,eca foxes Joe IS oc~ls. q
sG-ly. re-ergefui ehz-zcter. are %
with Zen large hc.zndA The do-rs mate
scTersl attempts - hre1k thr rms.
SEEING his dovs faii Joe kicked ID
hattie syi;n the czpfsiu. ard fgh. fol-
loved Wae1 ;Ae liEcs t.o-e - .ox.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

couT,Cy, CaI., ana Is temporarily quar-
tered in a stable until the park COM
imissioners can find suitable babita-
ltion for the new curiosity IN Golden
Gate park. The horned beauty, whose
future occupation in life VIII be TO
create speculation among visitors to the
park as to whether he is FIJI island
goat or the only living specimen of an
otherwise extinct breed of deer, is a
most interesting little animal. The
only disappointing quality which he
possesses is total lack OF that timidity
which all Rocky mountain sheep are
reputed to possess.
: The new addition to the park COM
missioners' collection OF curious quadru
peds looks as if he might possess enough
ivigor and vitality to lead keen sports
man a rapid chase up perpendicular
cliff were he so inclined. But he does
not seem TO have inherited suspiciou
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
GHOSTLY FOX HOUNDS.
Ts-sy Follow the Track Of an Apparition
Dragging Log Chain

The neighborhood about West Unity,
o., is greatly excited over n remarka BILE
apparition- Ex-CommissiOner Alex
aHder Griffith. of Brown county, says il
is caused by the appearance in deep
rayine on the farm Of Tip Martin of a
spirit-like form dragging an immense
log chain. The figure is followed by a
pack of hounds, baying as If in pursuit
of game. One night recently ne and
some visiting friends were returning
from Ripley, and as they were about 10
enter this ravine their attention was
attracted by loud groans. They
paused, supposing some one was hurt,
but could see nothing. They resumed
their journeylin the direction OF Crit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
BRUN FELL DOWN
He Was Killed Because He Was
Exec ssively Polite.
II He Had Crowded the Pretty Pennsyl-
vania School-Teacher Whose Boom
He Had Invaded Would Not
fave Shot Him.

Katie Rankin lisa pretty twenty-year-
Old school mistress in Cummings town
ship, Lycoming county, Pc She is also
a heroine, as an adventure, III which
she was a leading character, has proved.
"A 250-pound black bear was the other
actor in the affair, and Katie's school
house was the scene of combat. The
structure in which pretty Miss Rankin
conducts her school is located near the
banks of Pine creek, in a sparSely-set-
tied district. Just back of the one
story schoolhouse stretches forest, up
and across the mountain, which rises
800 feet or more. 1t is no uncommon
thing to see bears or cataInounts in
these woods. The knowledge that there
were wild beasts about caused Katie
Rankin to carry a revolver. for her
boarding-place is fully half mile dis
tant from the schoolhouse. Diligent
practice has made her a proficient
marlfswoman. :
One night recently SHOW Eel in that
locality to the depth of twenty inches. +
Next morning Miss Rankin started for
her school, going quite early SO that
she could have the room warm before
the pupils began to arrive. The task
of trundling through the deep snow for
q half mile was more than she had
counted on, and when she arrived at
the door of the little schoolhouse she
was nearly tagged ont. On opening
the door she was surprised to find one
of the windows in the rear of the room
wide open 1t had apparently been
open all night, for the snow had drifte6
in.
Hurrying up the aisle to make fast
The window, she was startled 10 see a
big black bear lying on the floor close
10 the stove. She screamed, for she
Thought the form that of a tramp who
had taken shelter in her schooiroom
from the severe storm of the night be-
fore She was about to fee when the
black form raised up, and she was sur
prised still more TO find it not a man,
but big black bear. Now. here-was a
preGicament. Run she must She
kprang 10 the door, but, behold! In her
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

Fem had their feet up. All around"-the
shore was ducks, some with their heads
under their wings and others lynn
down In the snow. Then there was
some, too, that was tryin' to walk
around. 4 duck amt much on the
walk anyhow, but it was just comical
to see them fellows trying to waddle.
] knew what was the matter in Sec
ond. All them ducks was jagged on
applejack. Some were dead, some dead
drunk and the rest in all stages of what
Parson Slocum calls insobriety. when
he's speakin' bout neighbor who has
money.
81 sat on the wall and laughed for
five minutes and then Yaded in to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
a MONKEY IN WHITE.
Called Jim Corbett Reczuss He 10 Ha.A,
some and Wears = Pornpadour

Donald Burns, of No. 115 Roosevelt
street, New York, has received an ami
NAL appropriate to the prevailing color
of winter. 1t is u little aibino monkey,
white as Snow. He is classed in men
keydon as a sal. His species are found
IN great numbers along the Amazon
river, but they are rarely white, this
being a freak of nature. The South
American Indians worship the slbino
monkey. and the latest arrival would
never have seen the land Of the FREQ
from his cage If it had not been for the
treacbery of a halfbreed. who sold
him TO sailor.
! Jim Co-bett, as Mr.. Burns calls tho
monkey, is little fellow with q pomps-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
Dog with /. Wooden Leg.

A dog gvith a wooden leg u one Of IN.
curiosities % Wavcrly. Nd. II IL pug
dog belonging % John Eccleson of Bra
dy avenue. The dog lost par, % his fore
leg while Investigating the mysteries
Of an electric car. Mr.. Ecclesson meas
ured carefully the length Of the dogs
leg and made q stick 20 e. the stuiap
The dog haz become accustomed 70 the
strange appcndage and r71ns about a.
easily and as naturally "a hk moro
fortunate canine friends
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
rr.mp. STRIKE for Better Food.

Forty '.hobosr confined in the corntv
jail Ct Appleton. Wis. went on a strike
and sent petition 20 the county board
complaining Of the quality of the food
furnished them by the sheriff The board
investigated the matter. and Is 2 result
of their impert;nence the board adopted
a resolution directing the sheriff to
feed tramps on as plain fare as allowed
bv the statute. and 20 DENY them read
ing matter, cards. game. pipes and
t.ahacco.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
Fair Dealing.

''I don't see why it is that Ethel IA
always so popular with the men," she
remarked.
We'll, ;" he replied, cit goes to show
that business-like methods pay the best
in the end. She has a reputation for
the greatest promptness III returning a
ring when the engagement is broken. 70
Washington Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
The TONGUES OF BIRDS.
They DO No. sISsys Correspond "a the
~f-- Of che Bill

Every naturalist Is acquainted with
the elaborate spriEE-iilse mechanism
b. which the wcodpecisrs and hun
IDingbi-ds are enabled % rrotru1e
their tongues with such rapidly for
the capture 81 insect prey. These r.
variable instances % adaptatson have
been more than cnce GescT5 cSssl- and
some other special lnodia-ztious Of the
zvsiB to1zue AID is hony supports
vii ~ recalled b. oraitholo-isis- IL >
recent number 81 Der Zoo.oTlsche Gar
ter. Herr ScAcDif. irz Prcvot receserItes
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rushed through ana gave chase 70 the
foxes, breaking the circle, and neither
foxes nor dogs were ever seen again.
Losing the foxes made the hunters so
angry that they took Woods TO large
stump, secured big log chain and
fastened him. He was then left 10 get
away the best ne could That night
Woods escaped and was never seen
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

she-I had the greatest time I eve,
had IN ny life
Held sou break the ree1rd7
She-I don: LnoT; but papa .ays I
came very near breaking hi1a.-D~.-oit
Free Pa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
Scott Emulsion

is not a secret remedy. 1t is
simply the purest Norway Cod
liver Oil, the finest Hypophos-
phites, and chemically pure Glyc-
crime, all combined into perfect
Emulsion so that II will never
change or lose its integrity.
This IS the secret of SCOTS
Emulsion's great success.
1t is the happy combination of
these most valuable ingredients,
materially increasing their po-
tency; hence the great value OF
SCOTS Emulsion in wasting dis
eases. We think people should
know what they are taking into
their StomachS.
Dcnf bs persuaded 10 aocs7t = substitute
Sec5t : eosre, NY. Al Druggists. Soc ard ST
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
Drlllet Desp Co Gas

The deepest Wen IN the United States
has been said "a b. one drilled b.
George Westinghouse, IT.. IN Pitts
bnrgh. for rzs. 10 point s,j>o feet be-
iov the suTfeee, where the drilliag
cable broke OF is o<n weight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

That's ths girl pointing "a .
young LADY and her ss.Es-tB.
Bat Why do yoa tsiak tL1y are en-
gagedz-
Because Be has stopped taking her
- The saeAtes aod goss 20 church ia.
s.ead Life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02
STRANGE CASE THIS.
A Michigan Girl Has q Queer Animal
Her stomach.

a Afcnigan Girl Has Queer Animal N
Her stomach.
About three years ago daughter OF
George w. Millars, of Detroit, was at
tackled with what physicians diagnosed
as an aggravated form of stomach
trouble. At that time the young lady
was eighteen years of age. Her malady
took the form of what was classified
as gastric lump" and she suffered a
great deal of pain. She was exceed
ingly nervous and was frequently
seized with severe choking spells.
From the first the girl was i'm
bued with what we thought was a
strange fancy said Mr.. Millars the
other day. ''She insisted that there
was something alive in her stomach;
that she could feel it crawling, and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

At Atlanta Ca man Is 50 fond %
checkers that Re PLAYS the game three
hours night six nights IN the week.
he has kept this up for years- some
times paving a partner. whose time IS
valuable. 70 plar with him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-02

with instructions to set him OF; some
where, and then went to shop on Grand
street. Later on boy Of his own age,
Gut dressed in knickerbockers and
wooden stockings, squeezed beside him
,n the seat and pulled one of his curls.
The little boy with the golden hair
q rinned weakly, but had as much