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The sun., 1895-02-18
Ia GAsCoGNE's ENGINE MENDED.
To-day She VIII Try IL In tho Dock-VisI-
tors Swarmed Over Her Yesterdn

This morning La Gascognes engines will have
a dock trial, and unless something Unforeseen
should occur the big liner will sail for France
on "Wednesday. Last Friday afternoon the
work Of putting tho new piston in place began
and by Saturday morning that part Of the work
was finished and by Saturday night the repairs
were complete with the exception OF few fn-
ishing touches, Yesterday the force Of men
were putting in the cylinder heads. painting
parts of the engine, and putting things tO rights
generally, and last night the fires were lighted.
II Is intended that the dock trial shall bo very
thorough, 80 that there will be little danger OF
another break down on the return trip Tho on
Rines will be run for at least an hour at rs high
rate Of speed as H. is possible 10 develop without
making the ship break away from the pier.
II would not he an eXaggeration to LAY that
$500 people were down At the pier yesterday 10
take a look AZ the big ship. Half Of them, pos
sihly managed 70 get on Ldard and when once
everything worth seeing. They swarmed on
the decks md went M on the bridge and on top
tried 10 clmn up 10 the crow's-nc-t, but a very
brawny aud vOlublc sailor grabbed him by the
legs and pulled him down. They made them
softness of the beds and some invaded that
holy of huics, the Cartain's CABIN. The only
room aud The fire hold, and it was only main
force that kept them out OF there; one woman
mHkoa personal examination of ~" engines.
shortly after o'clock the order was given 70
clear tie ship Of visitors, and woman who had
been on board since O'clock was the last 10 90
down the gangway,
Japan Orders Two First-ciass Battle ships.
WAsHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Navy Depart
ment has information that Japan has ordered
two frst-class battle ships In England To be built
on the Thamcs one AZ Blackwell Sud tho other
at London. They are 10 bo uf l|25O tons dis
placement. length 40 feet, breadth ~ feet; to
have armnr for a3li feet Of their length OF from
Toto 4 inches thickness and an Indicated horse
power OF 4OuO. Their armament viii he two
i1-inCh CA-loadlug rifles behind IA inches
uf srmur, aud Ten G-lnCh rapd-hro guns. The
Armor plates are a. he laryeylIsh, 5000 tons
laving hecn ordered. These are the first battle
ships ordered fur the JapautHr navy which has
heretofore consisted exclusively uf cruisers and
torpedo bpAts. Japan learned the value Of such
ships Ia the war with China. Naval officers de-
clare this 10 be JApan's hTst step tewaTd mari
time p0HsH
The sun., 1895-02-18

Ask TOr German Laundry SOaP.
sold ~ all groesrA Beware Of llaitauonA-AdV.
The sun., 1895-02-18

leo Cakes GeraAh LAaadry SOAH FrsS
v EstAil ETO0srA Asa your iObbeT.-4da
The sun., 1895-02-18

= Down with Ohiow 4. the war Cry
Lsuterbnch Reports that the County Or
Gsnizstioa Can Get Nothing from the
M.yor-P.rkhsrst Has n Mortgage ON
Ouo Fat Place e-Retsiiatory Measures
The Police Reorganization Commission-
ers May 10 Named In the Bin-Pi.tt Co
lag Up TO SEQ Morton -strong's Union
League Club Friends Reported TO ne
Egging Hin On-Repubiican Managers
Will DO Nothing More for the Seventy.
The sun., 1895-02-18

Miss Yorke's mother. Mrs. Robert s. Drysdnle,
lives with her husband at 1859 West Seventy
eighth street. Mr.. Drysdale is n linen merchant
in Leonard street. They had just received the
news at the house last night when THE sun re-
porter got there.
4 young man, who is a member of the family.
said that the house was closed for the night
and that the matter was too serious 70. him TO
discuss 1t. He had received merely the bare
news of the murder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-29

| -->ra inc - c.---r.. E7I:JTs CsIJ she would
neber tell me. Wall, one night Hiss
| May she come out ter my cabin er
erwin fitteu ter kill herself, an she tole
| me dat would halter marry Ben-said
| cat eff l didn' Ola would halter sell me-
Il wuz er awful blow, l tell you, but l
! tole her dat / would Wall, Ga made
me er nice drcsS-Miss May made it
| herse'f. an / ricollecil dat she cried
| ober tan da put it on me an da stuck
sor1e dogwocd blooms in my h'ar, an
| so WIZ married. / neber could larn
| ter like Ben, but l did worship my
chile. er little gal. Ter me she wuz de
puttiest thing dat eber libed. Oar
want no uder chillun round nowhar,
an after da. chile got big ernuH she
used ter go round de yard, singin' wild
de chickens, an she got so she went
Jest like er chicken, too. An dem
chickens used ter sing back at her
used ter call her, it peered ter me like
an we're she'd come an march round
de yard wild 'em.
zone day ole marster tuck sick. Da
had er doctor frum way ober de creek
use. fur he died: an den it didn't pear
mo- den er month TO ole miss she died.
too. ! thought DAT de WORT dun come
ter er end, sho, but / reelected dat l
still had my young miss an my little
gal. But. bless you, de fust thing
knowed yere come some folks dat da
said wuz de law, an da gun ter take
everything on de place. But l had
thought dat me an Miss May an de
little gal could manage ter live some
howl didn't think erbout Ben-but in
de ebenin' young miss she come out ter
my cabin an gun ter cry, an when L
tried ter quiet her she cried wuss, an
she told me dat da had dun tuck me
away frum her an wuz gwine put me
on de block an sell me. Oh, dis news
mighty nigh broke my heart, specially
when she told me dat in all reason 1
wuz gwine to be tuck off souf an dat
de little gal wuz gwine be KEEP back. I
didn't sleep none dat night, an L held
dat little angel in my arms, all through
de dark hours De BOOSTERS crowed, an
my heart wuz tore, fur / knowed dat
daylight WIZ er comm an dat soon de
law would be dar. De little angel wuz
ersleep, wild one han on my breast.
DAY come, an l wondered how de
sun could shine jest ez bright ez it did
yistidy, an wondered how folks could
laugh, but L yered de law laugh ez 1t
come er crowdin' inter de yard. De
sheriff wuz dar, an some ladies wuz
.dar, an wondered eff any o. dem Ia
dies had little angels at home. l WIZ
er standin' in de do an my little chile
wuz er clingin' ter my dress-ter my
weddin' dress, fur da wanted ter make
me look ez well ez ia could. De sheriff
he called me an went out, err swaller-
in my heart, an stood up on de block.
An den da gun ter auction me off. I
yered er chicken sing an den / seed dat
little gal o mine run out an jine de
Chicken. an bof o 'em an some mo-
ichiclzens stood up in de cornder o de
fence, 'er singin'. Da got through er
biddin' on me after while, fur err man
frum Texas had dun bought me.
seed de pale face O. young miss at de
winder when stepped often de block.
fDa tole me ter tell de little gal
good-by. l called her an yere she
come, wild de nhjnl<eDs er follerin' her
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Ecuador is prosperous South Amer.
ican republic, lying between Colombia
on the north, Peru on the south, and
the Pacific ocean ON the west. 1t has n
population of about 1.25G,00 and
claims an area of 275,964 square miles.
1t was ruled by Spain until liberated
by Bolivar in 1928. Until 1880 it was
part of the Colombian confederation,
when it seeded and adopted its pres
ent name. The republic is governed by
president and congress composed OF
two chambers, the Catholic being the
only religion tolerated by the constitu-
ton. Much of the trade of Ecuador is
in American hands, hence our govern
ment is considerably interested in the
outcome of the present difficulties.
The United States OF Colombia are
still engaged in suppressing rebels in
various parts of the country, but the
restoration of complete tranquility ia
so near at hand that official bulletins
concerning the progress of the govern
ment forces are no longer issued with
the regularity which made their ap-
pearance a continual source of amuse-
ment last year. If the government
troops really killed as many rebels as
their officers claimed the wonder is that
Colombia has any subjects left for the
president to govern.
Venezuela has her hands full in try
ing to prevent Great Britain from grab
bling some of her richest possessions.
among them the mouth of the great
Orinoco. Her president, Gen. Crespo,
hopes that the United States Will come
to his succor inIcase John Bull should at
tempt to take by force the territory he
claims. In view of recent official read
ings of the Monroe doctrine. however,
he should not pin too much faith on
Uncle Sam, who is an exceedingly care
full, if not always consistent, individual.
Poor Nicaragua, whose narrow es-
cape from permanent British occupa-
ton was the talk of the day few
weeks ago. has completely filed the
measure of its unhappiness by inaugu-
rating a revolution TO secure the over
throw of President Zelaya, who is an
active and progressive man and =
staunch advocate of a Central and
South American confederation The
lingo element is of the opinion that he
should have defied Great Britain in the
Hatch affair; but as this is a question
to which shall refer in a future letter,
it is sufficient to state that never was
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an instruction started on n more shall
low pretense than this Nicaraguan up
rising.
Mail advices from the other Central
American republics-Guatemal San
Salvador. Honduras and Costa Rica-
indicate that popular discomfort IS de-
veloping revolutions in most OF them
But sober-minded and cool-headed
AnGlo-Saxons must not for a moment
suppose that such disconten, Is based
on any particular act Of misgovernment.
II IS, on the contrary. frequently caused
by good government and the ubiquitous
desire for change, The latter dominant
ing Latin-Americans more than any
other feeling or any principle whatso-
ever.
After reading Of al these revolutions
with their inevitable blcodshed one IS
pleased 20 learn that the governments
Of Chilli and Bolivia have concluded a
treaty Of peace and friendship The
treaty promises To be OF profit 20 our
merchants, as il makes Bolivia Pacific
coast country. after al interval OF
eleven vears. When Chilli concluded
the war against Pe-u and Bolivia the
vic;o-s grsbH,d al OF BSlivia's sea cozs:
territory. leaving the unhappy repu Bile
completely landlOcked and without oP-
Dor;unities for conuerce b. the fzc11c
ard without means 10 maintain : navy
Of which II had once had the nuc!sus-
Under the present treaty Bolivia gains
Pacific coast port and stElp Of teF-ltosJ
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both imports and exports--wa5
regulated by the authorities at Madrid,
whose only object was the collection of
as large an amount of duties as pos
sible The great sugar industry of the
island was ruined by Spanish legisla-
ition and even the fine tobacco industry,
of which Cuba has a monopoly by the
grace of God, was jeopardized and
dwarfed.
Many years ago Lopez and his lib
orators made the first determined and
organized effort to throw off the Span
ish yoke. All the world knows that
this revolutionary movement ended in
disaster and the wanton slaughter of
hundreds of patriots. But the old
adage about the blood of martyrs
proved true in their case. For every
patriot slain a dozen converts appeared,
and, despite increased military forces
and the construction of vast fortifica-
lions, the Spaniards have never been
able to queQ the revolutionary spirit of
the progressive CubanS. In 1878 Gen.
Martinez de Campos had to be sent
from Madrid to suppress the rebellion,
and once more the same dignitary is in
the island to subdue the armed patriots
by force or stratagem; for Gen. Campos
is as clever diplomat as he is a soldier.
Seventeen years ago the Spanish troops
were on the verge of defeat. The in
vading army was disorganized and the
patriots were gaining in strength. In
stead of wasting bullets, Campos spent
gold dollars, thirty thousand of them,
and with them persuaded Gen. Maceo
to lay down his arms. The patriots,
betrayed by their friends, succumbed
to the inevitable; but scores of those
who fought in 1878 are in the field again
to-day, under the command of able
leaders. The insurgents have pro-
claimed Tomas Estrada Palma presi-
dent of the Cuban republic. They are
fighting under the leadership of Gomez,
an able soldier; MasSo, wealthy pa
triot; Guerra, a fearless captain, and
other famous men. Unfortunately not
all OF the revolutionary generals are as
trustworthy as those mentioned, and it
is feared by lovers of liberty every
where that when need of hearty CO.
operation becomes greatest the Span
iards may discover another Maceo.
But whether the present rising shall
end in defeat or victory for the in
surgents, Spain is prepared to make
many concessions to the native ele-
ment. Gen. Campos is reported to be
willing to grant partial autonomy to
the island. Spain reserving only the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-29

Historic mention of handwriting Is
first found in the books of the time Of
Queen Eliza beth, although it is known
that it was one of the arts of the Pom
peiians- The first machine for knitting
was the invention of one William
Lee, who made application for patent
in England in 1889. On being refused
4 patent oy the English authorities he
forthwith departed for France, and
soon afterwards set up large factory
at Bouen. The Lee machine. which
remained the same IS il was two hun
bred years before, was introduced in
the colonies during the revolutionary
war. \ sharp Yankee improved on il
and set up the first United States stock
ing factory at Cohoes. y. Y. in 1882.
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AMI WIZ er swallerin' my heart all de
time. | tuck her inter de house an
washed her an put er clean dress on
her, an after kissin' her time an err
gin, left her standin' in de do an got
inter de wagon. l wuz feered ter look
round after da div Oft wuz erfeered
dat / didn't hab my heart swollered
enough-but after we got up on de top
o de hill looked back, an dar wuz de
little gal, er standin' in de do wild er
clean dress on. An, mister, l had
somehow thought dat one deze days 1
would look up de road an see young
miss an dat little gal er comm"
How long since you left Tennessee"
] asked.
She studied moment and then an
swered: 1T must err been nearly fifty
year ergo, but l has allus been thank
ful in nav heart dat dar is dat little gal
standin' dar wild er clean dress on"
OPIE READ.
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WANTING A CHANCE
Latin-Americaus Believe In tho
Doctrine of New Brooms.
The Only Exeusable Revolution Now Rag
ing Is the Cuban Uprising = There
Are Others, But They Are Not
Entitled to Our Sympathy.
Written for This Psper.l

To keep track Of the doings of our
Spanish-American cousins is task re-
curing more than ordinary industry.
A Philadelphia lawyer would hardly
be able to remember, from day TO day,
the names of the countries having on
hand revolution or two. to say moth
ing of explaining the causes leading to
the rprisings against alleged constitu-
tional authority.
The struggle in Cuba, of course. is
one for independence. 1t is based on a
patriotic desire; and in it are enlisted
the best men and the best thought of
the island. Year after year, decade
after decade, the government of Spain
has maintained in Cuba vast military
esta blishment, the cost of which had
to be paid by the people it was tc
enslave. The commerce of the country
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-29
DEEP SOUNOINGS AT SEA.
Answer IN an Oft-Asked Ouestion-Inky
Darkness and Freezing Cold.

Darkness and Freezing Cold.
How is the sea sounded? The Pop
ular Science Monthly answers that
question as follows: "A ship regularly
engaged in deep-sea sounding usually
mas the sounding machine mounted at
the after-end, and when about to sound
is brought TO a standstill with the stern
to the sea. The stray line, with the
sounding-rod and sinlzer attached. is
over the guide pulley and carefully
lowered 70 the waters edge, the regis
ter is set 10 zero and the deep-sea Their
mometer is clamped to the sounding
line, which controls the velocity with
which the wire is unreeled, another Rt
the brake and a third on the grating
outside to handle the sinker and instru-
ments, and TO guide the wire as it
passes overheard: machinist is at the
hosting engine, and the recorder takes
a position for reading the register.
When the sinker is let go the vessel Is
maneuvered so as TO keep the wire YER
teal and the friction line IS adjusted SO
as to allow it to descend from seventy
to one hundred fathons per minute.
The instant the sinker strikes bottom,
which is Enthusiastically indicated by the
sudden release of the wire from strain,
the reel is stopped by the friction line
and brake; the recorder notes the num-
Der of turns Of the reel In an hour
this messenger OF mans Agenuity
makes its excursion through FIVE miles
of watery waste 20 the abysrnai regions
OF perfect repose, and brings to the. sur
face the soil with which the rain OF
shells Of minute infusorial organisms
from the upper waters has been for
ages mantling the oceans foor. Here
and there e giant peak rising from these
sunless depths lifts his head 20 see the
sky. and the dredge and trawl tell Us
that along his rugged sides, and on the
hills and plains below, and even IN the
inkv blaciness and freezing cold Of tha
deepest Valleys there Is life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-29

J was al farmhouse. sitting on porch
amid an ENHANCEMENT of morning
glory vines. An old negro woman came
out of the house and stood upon the
steps, and, shading her eyes with her
hand. looked down the road. NO, da
amt ia sight git" l heard her say.
'sWho is not in sight?" l asked.
Law me, is you listenin' ter my fool
ishness? You mustn't pay no 'tention
ter me. chile. An know you'd laugh
at ne eff / y7uz ter tell you who l WIZ
loolin' fur"
mo, l wouldn't"
..Sho huff, now? Wall, amt tole it
tn SO long dat would jess like ter tell
it ergin."
I assured her that I would not laugh;
and I urged her until she told me the
following story:
81 wuz err Twin erway back yander
Ia Tennessee. Ole mars an ole miss
WIZ po' folks, an wanter tell you dat
1T wuz allus bad ter b1ong ter po' peo-
pie, fur you didn't know how soon dad
halter sell you. Niggers WIZ jes Like
any uder property, an it didn't make
no diffunce how much dar owners WIZ
'tatched ter EN-, wy sometimes da had
ter glib 'em up jest de same. Ole mars
an ole miss wuz monstus kline ter me
noan' blebe da ever did whup me-but
o. cose / had ter work hard an dat wuz
ter be 'spected, fur ia wuz POI. Da
owned one uder niger, er greet big
beaich-lsiged feDer named Ben. An,
ez growed up, da wanted me ter mar
nv Ben. l didn't Ike dat niger, he
wasn't my style or tail, an / uOle ole
miss that he want. | tole her dat she
had dun raised me 50 particular dat [
wuz mighty keerfui who I married, but
ole miss KEEP on er sayin' dat l oughter
marry Ben. An'dat triflin' niger hung
-oun' my cabin do most all day. some
times Ger Sunday, er beggin' me ter
marry him. But I allus .tole him dat
wouldn't. Huh, | tole him dat he didn't
waifkter suit me. didn want or pusson
dat went er wabblin' err long like him.
He put me IN niue o err wagin dat didn't
track. ulster tell him ter git outen
my way ur I'd Scald him. but de rascal
1znowed dat ! wouldn't DO dat. an so
he KEEP on er hangin' rOun' de do. Ole
marster he tuck it inter his head dat I
must marry Bcn-1owed one day dat l
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-29
There We're Others. OF Course.

Just over the boundary line of Wash
ington county, Pa, in the town of Fin
ley, certain man has run his general
store over thirty years. Last spring
Jim was elected to the state legislature
The general feeling of surprise among
those who knew him, as we'll as the es-
tin,ation placed upon him by his friends,
can be gathered by the following ques.
ton asked of him by knight of the
road, who has known him long and
well: Say. Jim, how is it that such an
old, rampageous, lying, ornery cuss a s
you ever could get elected as "a repre-
sentative?'' Simplest thing in the
world" replied jim, while a broad
smile illuminated his wrinlkled face.
why, don't you see, the ornery cusses
were in the ma jority."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-29
STOOD IN THE DOOR
Dpie Read Tells Story He
Heard in Texas.
The Old Negro Mother Had No idea OF
the Flight of Time and After Half
Century OF Waiting Still
Looked for Her Girl.
written for This Paper.l

How odd it viii sound after awhile
10 hear some one say: Il saw human
being placed upon block and sold to
the highest bidder" And yet many OF
us have seen this. But how dreamy
and shadowy it seems, away back yon-
der in that past that the thrill of child
hood makes hailowed. The world is
swift and in the feverish lull that comes
at nightfall we can hear cry of dis
tress-we know that life is full of
greed, and that men trample upon the
weak and forget the dying IN their
race for the dollar, and yet we must
acknowledge that the world is better
than It was when a human being was
placed upon block and sold.
Some time ago, while in Texas. L
heard a story that affected me greatly.
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LUIS CoBDERo, PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR.
right of veto, and TO change the exist
ing civil service rules by appointing
native Cubans to fill half OF all the
government positions. Whether such
4 readjustment OF affairs would prove
satisfactory to the rebel leaders cannot
be predicted with any degree OF GER
tainty.
In Ecuador a revolution has just been
inaugurated for the purpose of ousting
President Louis Cordero and his cab
met. The uprising is general, and ex-
tends to all the more important points
along the coast. Moreover. II is ex-
ceedingly well organized and directed
by men who have snelled powder be-
fore now. Diplomats who have been
interviewed II regard to the insurrec-
ton pretend that there exists no cause
for dissatisfaction. the revolt being the
oUtgrowth Of periodical desire for a
change in government affairs. PreSi-
dent Cordero is a great fighter. how
eYer. and will unQuestionablv defeat
his opponents. Like other episodes of
the same kind this will proba bly, end u
the execution Of a number OF -evoir.
tiouary leaders. But should the latter,
contrary to present expectations, sue
coed IN whipping the government
forces, Cordero and his advisers. ioad.
ed down with riches acquired during
their term of Office. would fee 10 neu-
trail soil where they could enjoy the
rewards of their industry" In the
meantime the United States govern
ment has sent a cruiser 20 Esmerslca
for the protection Of American citizens
and property endangered by the var
like operations .. 80 oDpoSinc. tlrosz-
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,icadmg 20 II. his Will enable It to re-
sumo foreign commerce without the
necessity of crossing Gillian soil. Chill,
in exchange for this concession, is
granted valuable commercial advan-
tages. The final settlement OF the
Chilian-Bolivian dispute without much
hard feeling is the only international
adjustment reported within decade OF
which our Latin-American neighbors
have honest cause to be proud.
G.. w. WEIPPIERr.
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Commenting on the amount which a
spider actually consumed during TWEEN
tv-four hours, Si- J. Lubbock says: AT
3 similar rate Of consumption a man
Weighing one hundred and sixty pounds
viii require whole lat steer for break,
fast. a steer and five sheep for dinner.
and for supper two bullocl1s, eight
sheep and four hogs. and just before
retiring nearly four barrels OF fresh
fish
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-29
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoria.
An Impurz.Br-

Yes said the dealer. domestic
.obaccos are much cheaper now than
they used 20 be
well, said the customer. who had
Just bought boz Of cigars, II seems
to me, then. that you ought 70 quote .
much lower rate on these imported
CHARS Chic oo Ee~O-T