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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-04
Governments Receipt.,

National bank notes received today for
redemption, $473.2O9. Government receipts
From internal revenue, sS75,093; customs,
s424, 715, miscellaneous, $s5. 1865.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-04
THE EVENING STAR.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-04

Look on page y for the
twenty-fifth insta11ment of
when the War Was
Over" $500 for the cor
rect solution Of the mystery
by a woman reader.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05

Some important observations on the
effect OF modern rife bullets Save been
published by Professor Dubois Raymond,
the celebrated pbyslclozist : comparative
II small hole was caused ~ tie passage %
the old ri5e bail through the body. bus
the new bullet has an Astonishing effect.
II. fc- Instance. the bah psss-s through
the head - a o0rpse, the skull + burst
asunder II Ri directions, and gsry little Of
the head remains TIE way r. which Dg-
tois- Rey1nond explains tbis phsBomenon
Is c-aph!c
a piece u bottle lsc. or sealing wax. -
long eIpossd 20 uniform pressure, dis
solves. but il bursts into sharp e6rc6
splinters II the blow Of "a hammer produces
o. II an eject ~hlch. measured IN kiIo-
gram I1eters - equal 20 perhaps . Ernail
fraction c. the pressure when slowly eI-
srrise5. The conditions q sggrrSaticn,
Therefore. can ouly r. recognized By toe
oonsssueuce. CT mechanical operations On
such bodies aid these consess1sEoes sse
quite di1erent. though tbs operations d.
No. differ a. al IN gualify, but o1iy Ia
ourzt.eu. -ealiar EaI = al c1su.pss *
body Tshl-k. while appzreafiT sol41s fEzrrss
oDt 70 D. faid = !: - orerzsssi BSoz
slowly ensEzb.--Iefrsit Trs5scs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05
Her Inspiration Door.

Writers seek lndustriouSly IN various
directions for sources Of inspiration, in
outdoor nature and in human nature,
but IL has befalleu a very ambitious and
energetic If not iilus;rious feminine scrib-
bier TO create for herself what she calls
her billboard Of inspiration -
Behind her desk Is n commonplace closat
door, and 70 it, pi6i:. oak surface she at
tacheS from time 20 tine such posters and
pictures As stimulate me- pen and fancy.
In fact, She explains, lit Is my in.
tention TO Keep that do0- up to date, and
IN return / think it keeps me up 10 date
Sometimes | rearrange my decorations
several times an one woek.
when the Yellow Book was new. il:
was covered with Aubrey Beardsley's pic
tnro> and criticisms c; that unique publ
cation. During tnrse trying DAYS when
dear Trilby' was II her crisis OF sad e1
perience I had it fall OF Du Maurier's
work and 1'TIibys portraits Some days
/ Obliterated the woodwork simply with
tine bright new magazine posters; other
days pages of Il faVotlue newspaper, enliv-
ened by woCicuts az recent events. Occa-
sionally / make th0 theme of suggestion
entirely humorous lust now am tlnt
ing Hall Games portrait and criticisms
on the -AaDzmatl' n pat on my billboard
1t freshcns thought 10 have new ideas
prominently before the physical a-..i men
tai eve. The inspiration door IS siot pas
ented, aud tie vs:1zie IS wcico.ns 60 ..
~-sss. IL lis CIicbo- -snI-ucroc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05
oleNleIeD. SUI H. HAMMERED.
Such, In the Opinion of Western Law,
yer. Is tse supreme Court.

yer. Is tae supreme Court.
y am a lawyer from a western city N
Washington on business" said Alfred
Fremont 20 writer for the Washington
Star
Il have seen the sights on other visits
and ind mysc;f with an Idle afternoon I
recall that the suprcIne court is in session
tina most august judicial tribunal in tho
republic. whose members are the very en-
hodimcnt of the majesty aud dignity %
the law. conclude 20 20 the.e With
ruyerent feeling, hoping for baptism Of
the spirit which VIII inspire me 10 better
efforts IN my profession. | enter the chHm
DIR with mufied tread. There sit ti.eir
judicial majeS;ics, Ia awful array, In their
great high backed psdded chairs. and most
Of them apparently asleep. But / reflect
that such position with closed eyslids 10
conducive 10 abstract attention and refe>s-
ton They are bordering deeply the argu-
ments Of counsel, a man OF age and digni-
& who has perhaps SPENT months In pre-
pairing fer this occasion, which To him IL
the high water mark Of his professional
life
suddenly one Of the judges rouscs
himself and makes somc remark TO his
left. Ii is evidently Irrelevant 10 the case,
for both laugh and pass it down the line
from right 10 left. II provokes comment
and retort back and forth and smiles and
mods until the whole court Is engaged
with itself, while the poor lawyer on his
feet not daring To notice the inattention
and discourtesy even by a momentary
break in his speech, plunRes hopelessly on.
realizing that his carefully prepared arxu-
mSnt is receiving no attention. When the
~
settle back into impressive, high hrowed
silence, which Is broken again and again
as they lean over and talk to each ether
right or left or call page or examine
docket, write note or retire TO the ante
room.
But this Is rot the worst. for inst n
the clock strikes AIT the very 4 rst stroke
without even so much as Il beg your par
don or May interrupt you''-the ohisf
Justice breaks in, Adjourn court, In the
very midst Of the speakers sentenoe. and
Gil the judges jump up and are Of, a.
though they were so many laborerS In q
trench throwing down their picks at the
stroke Of the hour. The constitution in
sures them their Offices during good be-
havior.' What . pity good behavior had
not been defined to include courtesy and
politeness toward the bar, whose mem
bers, appearing before them. ARE officers
OF the court, charged with the equal d1ty
and dignity Of maintaining the laws and
securing justiccl Why should there bs
two codes of ethics or etiquette for the
same court-one requiring even ftom tho
most venerable practitioner the utmost
Difference, while IL permits absolute rude
ness from the courtg These men of the
bench are refined gentlemen, observing
the forms and usages of polite society, and
how such rudeness can have become the
practice Of this great court II q problem "a
a lawyer from the west, where judges are
models OF judicial courtesy and dignity"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05

How lJlIo ~ uryamed that the sun was
whispering through this simple medium
ineligible messages of very high impor-
tance for this three faced form Of glass is
called prism, the change of direction Of
objects viewed through it being due to the
bending (Tefraction) of the rays of light
passing through it, and the color fringe
along the edges of the images the primary
rays of which white light is composed,
which is easily proved by passing the col
ored rays through another prism, when
they form a beam of white light once
more.
The same color band, or spectrum, is
shown by grating of parallel wires
strung in frame, or by close grained
feather, or even by the eyelashes when the
eye is half closed.
But we can easily improve upon these
primitive instruments by employing q
series OF prisms of fine construction or a
grating produced by ruling lines with Il
diamond upon piece Of perfectly fiat and
highly polished speculum metal
To get perfectly pure beam for inspec-
ton we let the telescope image of the sun
fall upon delicate slit in metal plate,
which Is in the focus of the object glass of
Q little telescope, whose duty it is to make
parallel the rays to be examined, and
which sends them through the series of
prisIns refe1.>ed to or causes them 20 fall
upon a grating In either case they are
viewed by another little telescope, and the
beam of sunlight tells its story in a mag
nificent spectram. far exceeding the rarest
touches OF world renowned artists
Now for the precious secret The beau
tifui color band is threaded with thousands
of slender dark lines. which correspond
with the bright lines, which are the sign
manual of metals in glowing state, and
we need only TO put pinch Of salt in the
fame OF a candle and let the light fall
alongside tho suns image on the slit,
when there Will be two spectra, side by
side, and the two bright yellow lines Of
sodium will exactly coincide with two
black lines in the Grange of the solar spec
.rum, and the crowning proof appears
when the calcium light is permitted 10
shine through the candle fame. instantly
turning the bright lines 10 dark ones. So
with the lines Of other metals. We have
learned from the sun 5 own messages, aft
er a Journey of qs. coo. coo miles, that il is
q gaseous body; that many of the metals
of earth are vaporized in its awful tenn
ptTdIEEes anu tflsi kalt ett-siSS - Piune.~tS
shell of luminous clouds surrounded 5y
an atmosphere" of gases thousands Of
miles deep, out of which squirt for hun
dreIis % thousands OF miles, with speed
in contrast with which the movement Of
whirlwinds on earth Is z dead calm. Jets of
flaming hydrogen inJeTmingied with the
metallic vapors, which, becoming cooled
by exposure TO the cold Of space, fall upon
the surface and cause the depreSsions
known as spcts.-Philadelphi Ledger
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05
FAD A CINCH.
Couldn't Tell Funny Stories, but Knew .
Trick Worth Two of That.

a drummer, as the word drummer Is
understood in these piping times of peace,
is man who tells you funny story and
incidentally takes your order for goods. A
faculty of making himself ''solid" with
his customers socially is one of the most
valuable features of successfuldrUmmer'
equipment. The commercial traveller is a
hail fellow well met wherever he goes.
There are houses whose trade is so firmly
established and its hold upon their patrons
SO strong that their goods sell themselves
almost, and the solicitor has very little So
Letting to do But even with houses of
this character a smooth tongue and ready
wit count for much
Occasionally there is man who departs
from the old lines, invents method of his
own and makes great success of it.
what has become of that man Jones
who used to travel for you?" asked one
Randolph street jobber of another the
other day. Il suppose he has gone off the
road. l always thought he never would
make success of it. lie was too chilly.
He was the chilliest man 1 ever saw"
''Theres just where you're wrong" re-
piled the other jobber, who deals in lin
seed oil. ''He was the most successful
on the road, he kept Us jumping TO fill his
orders. The only reason be isn't travel
ing for Us today is that another house Of
fered him a good deal bigger salary than
we We're willing to pay, and he is repre-
senting the other house now. He was very
chilly, as you say. He was that way with
everybody, his customers included. He
never had a word TO say 60 them about
politics and couldn't tell funny story if
he tried. He never talked anything but
oil. As soon as ne got an order he walked
out and never tried to conceal the fact
that that was all he had come for. Yet
his customers thought he was the best
friend they had in the world.
This is how he did it. AS cold blood
cd business proposition he decided that the
strongest hold he could get on man
would be hold Oh his pocketbook. He
left the other drummers to do the anus
ing part of it, but he studied the oil mar
ket. He seemed besides TO have an intu-
ition about the fluctuations OF prices which
was almost prophetic. When he saw that
oil was about To SO up. he sat down and
telegraphed 20 all his customers, Buy oil
They followed his advice, and in nine
cases out of ten they saved lot of money
by il. IL only took few experiences like
this TO convince them that it was a serious
mistake &c buy oil of anybody else. He
was hardly solicitor 1T all. When he
told a ;nan To buy, lie bought. Chicago
Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05

~ pretty, with a sweet face, laughing now
at my air of bewilderment, and with long
tresses of brown hair blowing about her.
/ suppose my dropped jaw and staring
| eyes must have struck her as very COM
ical, for she laughed-such musical,
soothing laugh. strangely like the ripple
of the waves among the eroynes higheS
up the beach.
Excuse me-" she said. but you look
SO funny
"Funnyw 7 exclaimed indignantly.
'.Whas have you been up to- You've been
throwing water over me.
81 haven't"
Eyes. you have Look here, my face Is
al wet now, and my hair is damp"
, ''I didn't throw water over you. sup
pose it was rather forward, but l put the
end OF my tail on your face. You looked
so tempting, you know, lying there
really could not resist you.
well, you shouldn't, then" / said.
Snow you've woke me up, and some OF
the water has gone down my neck
1 spoke arunpilg. You see, Twas scarce
" myself yet IL was so utterly incom-
prehensible that / should be sitting here
with an absolute mermaid, creature
had never for q moment believed in, sit
ting almost close enough for me 10 touch.
had wandered Of that afternoon among
tho powders that lay piled up on the
shining beach at the foot OF the cliffs &c
the left of the little town. I5 was very
hot, so hot that after skimming through
the columns OF the paper had brought
with me lay back and snoozed, in bliss
full disregard of tine glazing sun and the
white rocks and the low ripple of the re-
F, treating tide And then happened all
; have described.
do you know you snore?" she said sud
! denly.
Said I, You must be a very mischiev-
{ Gus girl-mernaiG, l mean"
'Oh, no, I'm not-aOt nearly so bad as
some. It's lucky for you my cousin wash I
with me when came up and found you
here -
"A gentleroan-a merman?" ven
tured.
'Oh. no. She usually comes up here
with me of an afternoon, but she's up at
the other end of the hay today. Her
names Genevisve, and mines Maud"
Where do you get your names'"
asked.
.'Out of books we pick up. We got
mine and my cousin Imogen's ont of a
supplement that dropped overheard from
steamer. Pretty name, ImCgen, ism I
it.''
Not half so pretty as Maud"
"Wen, / don't know. We're glad to
get anything to read. Is that today's pa
per- pointing TO The Chronicle that lay
on the beach.
Yes" said. would you like it TO
read?"
Thanks, awfully. No, not now, but
III take it with me, if you don't mind.
Smoke your pipe, will you?"
With great pleasure. Sure you don't
mind:'
Not bit Besides I want you to let
me light it,
SO I pulled out my pipe and filed it,
and Maud, with sinewy loop of her tail,
glided up to me. She seemed highly de-
lighted at being allowed to strike the
match for me TO get q light by.
Isn't this jolly" she said, looking up
at mo with wonderful eyes.
Rather" 1 said, looking down into
them. do you often go in for this sort
of thing?'
''Wen- now. I'll tell you,' she replied.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05
Very Strange

a young girl took her watch into the
jewelers. recently and explained that
something was the matter with II,
While the MATCHMAKER examined il tho
owner Of the fractious watch remarked
that she did not see what made it act
30.
ut is always stopping or having SON.
thing happen TO it, =" shs said
Possibly you do not take good care
Of IL, " ventured the lsweler. closely re-
garGiug tho interior Of the watch.
"Oh. yes. do. ! wind it nearly ev-
cry night. and ! nearly always remeu-
Der 20 take IL out Of my POCKET when I
take OF ny dress. The pocket Ia nay
gray dress Is too large. though, and
sometimes 10 falls into the bowl when
am washing "
Water would ruin n IL IL got In
eide. " remarked the jsweler.
That little bit wouldn't. - said tbs
girl, with very wise shake Of the head
IT'S only falls that hurt them. Onos
r. fell out Of TIE Up stairs window, bzs
it landed in the rosebJlsb, and IL vazn's
hurt much. The time Johnnie sq1eezed
ii by shutting the hgTeaG drawer On 10
the crystal was broosn, though. -
By that tine the je1vsler had discov-
cred that the balance wheel vas out II
place and TWO c0gs nfoken-
Il dor . zee now IL happened. " said
the girl u surprise. 1t few cot ~ ny
blouse pocket yesterday when / was
swinging dun bbeils. %. did not sup
-soee THAI vss what hun H.
"IkCse things seldom do. said The
rlan. THE time =itb . t0sck Il socrrA- -
Sew York Pres1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05

''You re the first man ever spoke to
like this, mean-but old Nep sent me
here for-trying TO. You're in my nook,
you know. ! often come here, and yester-
day it was so hot that dropped asleep,
and when you came along | only Just had
time to get behind that rock.
$50 you've seen me before then?'
'iOb, yes, several times. l saw you along
the beach on Sunday evening"
The deuce you did beg your par
DON"
And / saw you kiss that fisher girl
Oh, yes, you did. -
"Well, said, turning very red, Il adj
init il, bus it was only one"
'.There Ain't any mermen here, she re-
piled.
Arena thsre' 1 suppose it's rather
lonely"
Il used 20 he spoons little with one at
Brighton, but we never see one here.
That's ole Neps doings. 1 haven't been
kissed for aver so long"
Really [ said, edging over toward
her.
Really she sighed. looking down.
''Er-sha!i I-would you-shau We
that is
leaned over her as she raised her face,
smilingly, miSchievously, to mine, when,
just as our lips touched, with sudden
twist of her tail she caught me dab in
the face with hex wet en-
fell over backward, and by the time
had got the sand and wet out OF my eyes
the mermaid had disappeared
No trace Of her was left, but my news
paper was gone, and as went slowly home
cut by the big black rock that Just showed
itself above the sea. stood still and called
TO her and distinctly saw her white arms
waved to me and heard the ripping of her
laugh and saw, too, her long brown hair
-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05
Homeseekers' and Land Excursions Via the
Missouri Pacific Railway.

On February Il, the Missouri Pacific
railway company will sell tickets to
Lake Charles, La, TO all points in Ar
kansas and Texas to Colorado, Utah
Wyoming, Idaho (east of and includ-
irg Market Lake and Weiser) to Dem
ing, New Mexico and to Phoenix, and
Prescott, AriZ., at rate of one fare plus
81 for the round trip. On March 3.
md April 2, same rates viii be made
TO all points in Arkansas. Texas and
10 Lake Charles, La. Tickets will be
limited to twenty days after day of
sale. Stop-over granted st all points
south of Coheyville. WI.eTeever tick
ets read over foreign lines stop-overs
Will be governed by local conditions Of
lines over which tickets read For fur
Their particulars cali on or address
L. Z. BLECKLEY,
p. and II. A ia North Main.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05
DO You Know

That Che Santa Fe route est Louis and
San Francisco railway is positively
the only line running two daily through
passenger trains from Wichita to St.
Louis, without change. leaving Wichi-
Ia at l0;4o a m. and 1885 D. m. arriv-
sng in ST Louis AT $50 p. m. and $50 a,
N. The equipment OF these trains is
first class in every particular, consist
ing OF elegant reclining chair cars (seats
freel and Pullman Palace Drawing
Room SleeperS.
If You are going beyond st. Louis re-
member that connection with all lines
for the east. northeast and southeast is
made in the magnificent new Grand
Union station. st. Louis, the largest and
hsnosomest passenger station in the
world.
For sleeping car berths and all infor.
mauon relative to rates, routes. etc
call RI Santa Fe Route ticket Office. i5s
North Main street. or Douglas Avenue
Station. 6Eetf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05

Commencing Sunday, Nov. %. new
time card Will go iuto effect. The most
important change will be il train No. 454
which now leaves Wichita for tie east at
] O'Clock p. IN. This train will leave Wich-
tia Nov. y at 1I:45 a. ~. arriving at st.
Louis next morning at ESQ. Il will make
direct connections at Yates Center with
the through Hot Springs train from Kan
sas City. arriving at Little Rock next
morning at S o'clock and Hot Springs II
lilo a. m. Other changes in the time
card Will be shown in local time card In
4 his Dnusr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05
THE MERMAID.

vas haziiy conscious Of gentle, rus
ling aossa BCrr me ana rien something
wet and Geld came dab IN nay face I sat
up with jerk. ana there sat mermaid
Coed gracious. Yog can imagine how
startled feit-
She sat on the sand quite Close 10 ne,
resting on CIR hand, scc vita her tail, an
indispuSahle tail. with beautifully glis-
teniDg silvery brown scales. coiled ro1Ed
IL q graceful curve. She was tasciDati.S-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05

To god business men with or without
Insurance experience, liberal contracts
will be given to work life insurance
for the Massachusetts Mutual Lille
Insurance company, besides having the
best selling contract in the WORLD.
Agents contracting in this department
can work in Kansas. Missouri, Texas
or Oklahoma and report TO this office.
Do not make contract until you have
examined our policy and agency con-
tracts. Good agents are making from
500 10 $500 per month. Cali or address,
j. NJ Knapp, manager, 3o6 SedSwick
block, Wichita, Kan. 92-3t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05
Cr,spT. Insight Into Human Nature

! have known in my lifetime not few
public men recognized az great, bat have
never known one who hsd such insight
into human nature o. one who had more
infexible rule Of public conduct In speak
ing Of him one day with Cardinal Y,
ore Of TIE liberals VI tie ss.cred college,
referred 20 Crispi's intimacy with things
70 the Vatican. and he replied: His
knowledge OF oar Affairs c1cites the aston
ishmeut OF all al u. L i Ike intuition
He knows o. better than We Know our
selves, aHd the liack anarchy as well as
the red. ~. J. ~.iiIman IN Century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05
HoMESEEKERS EXC


On March .. and April ,. the Santa
BE Route viii sell tickets to Lake
Charles. La, and to all points in Texas
except III Paso) at one fare plus 81
for the round trip, ticket limited 20
days from date Of sale. For further
particulars call at City Ticket Office
jas North Main street. or Douglas avenue
station. IAGCi * CARSON
City Ticket Agents
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05
a F.sAsRMaN's ENTHUSIASM.

Bv the s--rara where heaa the rEsAsa
There the shadows scold s-fG so,
There IL i mans trEe zIablt'0ns
wildly IN Eis bosozz Throo
Tier Il ) IRE fisr9s seIs--tlon.
Eals sszSza1l-.-- -: Il ds-i1ssi.
Sank NJ, - i. E-cxr-ely whispers
y te.seve I've 60 a bite
Tel re not q toi-erlr.E gisrie@
o. repEh1cs tempest sept
Tt ne 1sos Ct here's va1z1zfs-ss1
Or q pr miss unsost-
Taxes q Ssc-s1ce Ez-s- v-.or
Lstzr or --sy =c-a a-iSs;-
H. - pTese-.. To-i-E. exe1ssc re
II bsiisTs I've g.. = bsfe
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-05
Notice.
Notice.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Office of Comptroller of the Currency.
Washington, d. c., Jan. 16 1885.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
who may have claims against -Ahe
Wichita National bank OF Wichita -
kansas. the same mutt be presented to
w. N. Ewing. receiver. with the legal
proof thereof, within three months
from this date, or they may be diSal-
lowed. JAMES H. ECKLES,
Comptroller of the Currency