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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
THIRD OF THE LINE
Now in Command Of the North
Atlantic Squadron.
A Gallant an Omcer ~ Ever Wore Unele
Sans Unifcrm-For Eighteen Years
the Admiral Has Been Ae-
tualiy at Sea-

Rear Admiral Richard Worsam
Meade, whose flag is flying on board
the United States steamship New York.
the flagship of the North Atlantic
squadron, will be shortly in command
of the most important and powerful
feet of vessels that has been gathered
together under our flag since the war
of the rebellion. And since the re-
juvenation of the American navy, adds
Harper's Weekly. no squadron OF evo-
luton has had such an opportunity for
experiment and instruction at sea as
that which will be under his orders
Richard Worsam Meade, third. comes
of an ancestry that has been identified
with the founding OF the country and
the furtherance of it's prosperity as a
nation. He was born in New York city
on October Q. 1887, at the residence of
his maternal grandfather, Judge Henry
Meigs, and is the eldest son of the late
Capt Richard Worsam Meade, second,
Of the United States navy.
In October, 1850, at the age of thir.
teen, the present admiral was appoint
ed midshipman from the First district
of California, and during his term at
the naval academy he made his first
practice cruise in the United States
steamer John Hancock and the sloop Of
war Preble. THIN, under Commodores
Morgan and Stringham, he made
cruises in the steam-frigate San Jacip-
to in the Mediterranean, being trans
ferred in 1858 to the sloop OF war St
Louis.
In 1886 Midshipman Meade was grad
uated fifth in class originally fifty
three in number. After leaving the
academy he was ordered to the Eu-
ropean squadron, and afterwards made
cruise among the West Indies in the
steam frigate MerriInac. AZ the age of
nineteen he was appointed acting mas
ter and navigating officer and ordered
to the Cumberland, the flagship of
Commodore Conover, who was in COM
mand of a squadron on the west coast
of Africa. The young officer was pro-
NOTED to be master in January, 1858,
and the same month received his COM
mission as lieutenant, being at the time
but little over twenty years of age.
l. ucu III SuCCCSSlOQ ilc ScTNcU Ou
the United States ship Dale. the steam
..igale oardnac, OF Ine racine squad
ron, and the sloop of war Cyane. On
the outbreak of the civil war Lieut..
Meade applied at once for duty against
the public enemy on the Atlantic coast.
Returning when yet i'll of fever con-
tracted in Mexican harbor, he was
assigned to duty az instructor in gun
merry to volunteer officers on board the
United States receiving ship Ohio, at
Boston. During the three months that
he held this position he had as mem
bers of his class of fifty Acting Master
James r. Wheeler and Eben NJ. Stod-
dard. These were the men who command
ed the 11-inch pivot guns of the Kear-
sarge when she snnlc the Alabama
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16

Tenn. and Helena, ARK. Highly COM
mended in official dispatches, he was
invalided home late IL the winter, and
assumed the duties Of an inspector 81
ordnance in the ports Of New York and
Boston. With health restored, he was
ordered TO the command OF the steamer
United States, and afterwards com
manded the naval battalion Ia New
York during the July riots Appointed
10 the command of the steam 2runboat
Narblehead, he was commended for
pauantry IN the affairs On the Stone
river, and from tie. time TO the close
Of the war he was actively in comma nd,
and served with bravery and d;stinc-
ton in the gulf and along the Atlantic
sealloard. Since the gar Admiral
Neade's sea service has been great lie
made q cruise Of 45l days al sea IN the
United States steamer Narrzca1sett,
covering nearly $3.50 miles, AID ,
cruise Of thirty-nine months as captain
OF the vaudalia- Ills services ~ An
pspolis as connaodant OF the navy
ward al Washington were 81 great i'm
portance TO the rebuilding % the navy
During this latter period the steel plant
and gun foundry were begun and
finished The great brick ship Limos
Et the Columbian exposition was Ad-
ruirnl Me73e's idea and he Is 10 De
credited FOR is Successful completion
On MAJ 5. 1892. be WAS commissioned
commodore. and September :, isz-i. was
promoted % be rear admiral Admiral
Meade has been eighteen years actually
a, sea. aud n command FOR twelve years
81 this period
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
Pins for Insect Collections.

1t may not be generally known that
the nature of the pins used in fasten-
ing the specimens in collections of in
sects is a matter of great importance.
Ordinary brass pins, even when well
timed. are very liable to oxidize in the
body of the insect, and often thus de-
stroy rare and valuable specimens.
Black vanished pins are almost as bad,
as the glaze soon cracks, leaving the
metal exposed. Even plated pins do
not appear to resist the action of the
compounds developed in the body of
the insect, though solid silver ones viii,
so that cheap silver may at least be a
boon TO the entomologists. A bronze
pin has found favor of late, but is far
from being perfect fastener. The
latest thing is nickel alloy, which
possesses decided advantages of the
common kind whose basis is brass
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err, even though IL furnishes no expia-
nation thereof.
Once upon time Prof Riley had two
ailanthus trees in his front yard. They
suggested to him the idea ~ obtaining
from Japan some eggs of the ailanthus
sillxworm. He got a few aud Matched
them. rearing the Larvae and watching
anxiously for the appearance Of ths
moths from the cocoons. He put ons
of the moths in a little wicker cage
and hung it up out of doors on one a
the ailanthus trees. This was a female
moth. On the same evening he took q
male moth TO cemetery a mile and .
half away and let him loose, having
previously tied "a silk thread around
the base of his abdomen 10 secure sub
sequent Identification. Prof. Riley's
purpose in this performance was ia
find out IL the young male and the
female moth would come togethcs
for the purpose of mating. they being
in all probability the only insects OF
their species within a distance Of hun.
dreds Of miles, excepting only the others
possessed by Prof Riley himself This
power of locating each other had
previously been remarked In these in
sects. In this case sure enough tho
male was found with the captive fe-
male the next morning. The lat
ter had been able TO attract tho
former from distance OF q mile and
half
Concerning the ordinary senses ofin
sects comparatively little Ii known
Most Of them certainly see well, the
eyes OF many specie. being far more
elaborate than those Of human beings
The eyes of common house fies aud
dragon flies are believed 10 be hettes
fitted than the human eye for observ.
ing objects ia motion, though those
creatures are short-sighted. II may
reasonably be supposed that insects
possess taste. judging from the dis
elimination which they exercise ia the
choice OF their food. That they have
smell is a matter Of common observa-
ton, and has been experime ntaily
proved By Sir John Lubbock and 9TH
srs Most insects seem 10 be deaf 20
the sounds which are heard By human
beings At the same time there is no
question that they produce sounds and
hear sounds that are entirely beyond
orr own range ~ auditory perception
Sir John Lubbock has said that We cAa
DO more form an idea 81 these sounds
than we should have been abb. 20 con-
ee!ve e notion % red or green IL tbs
human rnc- had been blind The air 30
doubtless often vocal with the sounds
made by insects % SO high a pitch as 70
be entirely ou, Of range Of mans power
TO hszr-W sshinston Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
LIGHTS THE LAMPS
The New Switching Apparatus for
Chicago Telephones.
light Signals Take tho Place OK Bound.
Greatly to the Convenience or Patrons
of the Talking Machines - How
the System Works.

The Chicago Telephone company Is
now installing what is known as the
Express" system of switching APP
paratus in connection with all metallic
circuit phones. The plan will work
many improvements in the service and
do away with some of the worst annoy
ances. 1t viii save time and prevent
many mistakes. The new system can
not be applied to the old style or
s'grounded" lines, as return wire IS
Necessary.
Among the greatest Improvements
viii be positive control of his line By
the subscriber while his phone is in
use. 1t will be impossible for the
operator to 'break In" by mistake
while he is talking or to interrupt be-
fore conversation is finished. 1t will
be unnecessary for the operator to ask
the old familiar question: Ibid your
party answer" The operator will
know without asking. When sub
scribers phone is attached to the new
system the little crank of the ringing
apparatus will be removed: there will
be no further need of it, as the act Of
lifting the receiver from the hook rings
the bell at the exchange Office and the
subscriber may be sure that it will con-
xinue to ring until the operator an
gwers him.
A little electric lamp of one-half cam
hle-power is placed in the switchboard
over the switch lacks" of each circuit.
If the receiver of the phone on that
circuit is lifted the lamp is lighted and
remains so until the call is answered
and the connection made. The opera
tor answers the call, asks what num-
Der is wanted, and rings for IL. This
notion lights another little lamp which
shows until the call is answered. While
the two subscribers are talking both
lamps are dark again, but as soon as
either finishes and hangs up his receiv-
er his lamp lights again. Ii both lamps
are lighted the operator knows the
conversation is finished and she pulls
the plugs and breaks the circuit. AS
long as either of the lamps burns she
knows the'wire is 'busy" and will not
Ibreak in" or allow anyone else to
made connection on that circuit. She
does not need to listen or to ask ques-
tions. The service signals are visible"
instead of oral"
The signal lamps are in absolute con-
troll Of the subscriber alone. He can
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shot upward. In a very few moments
the field about the well was covered
several inches deep with petroleum.
Within three or four hours the bitches
for miles around were overfiowing with
oil. Dams were constructed in order
that the product might be estimated,
but these were overtlowed and swept
away as rapidly as built. Some persons
living in the vicinity, alarmed at the
spectacle, packed their household goods
and fed. The Buckeye pumping sta
tion, a mile distant, was compelled to
extinguish its fires on account of the
gas, and all other fires within the dis
trict were put out.
1t was a literal flood of oil, the esti-
mated production for the first twenty
four hours being 14,56c,o0o gallons.
About 200 barrels per day have been
saved and marketed since the oil has
been brought under full control. The
owner has refused an offer of 100000
for the well, being content with the in
come of $40, 600 per day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
A COURAGEOUS DUDE.

Hut His Valor Only Came After It's OBJ
iect Had Vanished.
He was a magnificent specimen OF q
Drexel boulevard dudelet and was suf-
fering from the effect of too many
lemonades. With a companion of the
same species he boarded Cottage
Grove car just as the theater crowd
filled it. a large, good-humored
mother. with an interesting daughter
and a small. dyspeptic son, entered
also. The ladies got seat on one
side of the car and the male portion OF
the family rested his personality in q
grudging way on few inches of seat
right opposite
The dndelets aforementioned took UP
q position opposite the matron and her
daughter. the hero of the lemonade
debauch hanging himself up TO a strap
as limp as a washrag and about as in
tellectual-looking. He swayed to and
fro as the car dragged It's slow way
along until at last he almost fell oD
the lady. Then he straigh tened up
and began TO exchange cracks" in
questionable taste with his comrade-
The little man, seeing his mother sur
rounded by profanity and in imminent
danger Of being crushed BY the DISH
pated youth hanging perpendiculariy
TO the strap, grew red and redder. FL
nally the limp youth fell over on the
lady, and then the little mans wrath
dubbed over. Jumping M he grabbed
the offender around his waist. and
throwing him viciouslv in a heap into
the seat he had just vacated, blIrted
out angrily:
''Sit there. you drunken brute"
The young man who had been thus
he had been thrown and ispsed into, or
seemed TO lapse into. sudden SUM
Der. A few blocks further on the mat
ron, the daughter and the heroic son
left the car. Hardly had they van
ished before the limp young man shook
himself together. glanced swiftly
around the car. and then shouted
fercely.
Say, where's the gezer what threw
ne down? ] can lick him / wouldn'.
stand such treatment from any man.
What, has he gomez" Then. turning
70 his chum, said: SAY. Billy. honest.
did be throw me down or did fall?7
He threw you" retorted Billy. con-
temptuously.
Has he gone certain?' asked the
other.
'.Yes, he's gone replied Billy, with
curling lip.
We'll, perhaps is's better be has
returned the other, refectively. II
could have licked him easy, and I viii
when I catch him alone, but what could
a fellow % when be had his mother
end sister along. Three 70 one don't
70, bat I can lick that gezer.- and
then the conductor came along and
said: say, young Teller. II ger don't
stop ger shouting I'll pat yer OF. and
the iil-s.arreG youth said not another
word from that tine oE--Chiesg,
T.nes-
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tains. It may furthermore be foreseen
that along the whole coast of the Pa
cific ocean, where nature has already
formed the most capacious and secure
harbors, important commercial towns
will gradually arise for the furtherance
of intercourse between China and the
East Indies and the United States. In
such case it would not only be desir-
able, but almost necessary, that more
rapid communication should be main
tanned between the eastern and the
western shores of North America, both
by merchant ships and men-of-war,
than has hitherto been possible with
the tedious, disagreeable and expensive
voyage around Cape Horn.
II therefore repeat" continued Goe-
the. that it is absolutely indispen-
sable for the United States to effect
passage from the Mexican gulf to the
Pacific ocean, and l am certain that
they will do it. Would that 1 might
live to see it, but shall not. 1 should
ike TO see another thing, the junction
Of the Danube and the Rhine. But this
undertaking is so gigantic that | have
douots of its completion, particularly
when / consider our German resources.
And, thirdly and lastly, / should wist
to see England in possession Of a canal
through the Isthmus of Suez. Would
could live to see these three great works!
1t should be worth the trouble to last
some fifty years more for the purpose"
Pearls of the sea! Gems of the ocean:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
Complete Change OF Theory.

A quarter of a century ago fever
patients were treated in a way that at
present seems little less than barbar-
ous. They could get no water either by
entreaty or strategy, and were
frequently almost starved, on the
theory that fever must never be fed.
Nowadays eminent medical men give
fever patients eggs, chops. beef and
pther articles. In short, they feed
them on the dishes they most liked
when in health. Enormous quantities
pf water are given and baths as well,
with much larger percentage of re-
soyeries
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16

Active service followed the second year
in the war on the steam sloop Dacotah,
Of the North Atlantic blockading squad
ron, as executive officer of the United
States steamer Conemaugh for three
months during the summer. He was
commissioned lieutenant commander
in July of the same year. During this
period he participated in several affairs
with the confederate batteries on the
Vernon river. In the fall Of 1852 Com
mander Meade was appointed to
the command of the ironclad
Louisville, of the Mississippi squad
ron (under Rear Admiral G. Fl.
Davis. and afterward under Rear Ad-
miral Porter, and was active in the
events on the river between Memphis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
GIGANTIC OIL oEYsER.


Flowed Fourteen and . Hall Aiilton Ge1-
Ions In . Day.
The Kirkbridge No. 1 oil well, OF
which we give an illustration, is To-
Gated IN Madison township, Sanduslxy
county, o. The flow of oil commenced
November Is. The spectacle is de-
scribed as one of the most magnificent
ever witnessed in that part of the coun-
try. First appeared a column of water
s or 10 feet in the air. This was fol-
lowed by black stream of mud and
sand, which gradually changed to yell
low. Then, with deafeuing roar, the
gas burst forth in an immense volume,
hiding the derrick froLl view.
AS this cleared away solid golden
column foot in diameter shot from
the derrick floor 100 feet In the air.
there breaking into fragments and fall
ing in a shower of yellow rain for
quarter of mile around. For a period
Of five hours this great column Of oil
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other men hastily constructed raft Of
come timber floating in the slip.
The attempt to get the horse on the
raft was unsuccessful, and when the
men gave up In despair the horse
struck out for himself He swan under
pier No. 2 and made his way inshore to
shallow water.
A derrick was rugged on the dock
and ropes were tied around the horse.
Then ready hands seized the ropes, and
the animal was raised twenty feet and
swung around to the street. He was
rot badly injured.
During the excitement two IF the
big crowd of spectators leaned too far
out from the dock in order not to miss
3 single detail of the scene. and fell
with a splash into the water. The
crowd yelled with laughter, while
pol.oenen threw them rope. When
pulled ont they refused to give their
names
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
--pnilsielphia's boast that she is the

--philsjeiphia's boast that she is tho
city Of homes aud not OF tenements.
sounds odd IN the face of seine facts
related in Gabriel Thomas book, pub
iished IN 1897, when the city was not
yet twenty years old. Gabriel called
his work An Historical Description Of
the Province of Pennsylvania, includ-
ing an Account of the City of Philadel-
phia." He atfirms the houses of Phila-
oelphia were stately end OF brick,
generally three stories high, after the
mode of London. and IS many as sew
eral families in each" This seems to in
dictate that Philadelphia had the apart
ment-house system nearly two hundred
wears
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
Rapid Movements In Insects.

The rapidity with which certain
Species Of insects move is something
truly astonishing. The common house
6y is known TO make coo strokes per
second with his wings and the dragon
by l,5oo. In the case of the fly the coo
strokes causes an advance movement OF
e. feet. These are figures on ordinary
flight, and ii is believed that the fly is
capable OF increasing both the strokes
md advance movement sevenfoId.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16

is amenable to treatment. Hope,
courage, proper exercise, and
from the inception of the dis
ease the continual use of SCOTS
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil and
HyPophoSphites, are absolutely
necessary.
Keep up good courage, and
with the use OF this most nour-
ishing and fattening preparation
recovery IS certain in the first
stages, and may be accomplished
even when the lungs are seri-
ousiy involved. Stop the exces-
sive waste land nothing will do
II Ike SCOTS Emulsion,. and
You are almost safe.
DaS'' b pfrsaraei 70 cocept a substitute,
Sci; 5os7s, ny Al Druggists. Soc. aaI 81.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
Irene made NO reply. She knels

Irene made no reply. She knelt
60 wn beside her friend and embraced
Ter lovingly and then left her.
At length the welcome sound OF car
rage wheels greeted the rio;her's ear.
and a moment later she was clasped
In her sons arms Eveu then his eyes
wandered around the room
Irene. MOTHER
"She went to change her dress You
will not Jet her see, Guy, that you feel
any alteration in her face 1t was to
sava your mothers life that abe gave
her own beauty"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
GOETHE'S PROPHECY.

ahs German Poet Soresaw the Bunc!rc
of the Isthmian Canal.
In recent issue of the Overland
Monthly remarkable prophecy con-
corning the Nicaragua canal is recalled.
III was made ey the poet Goethe, and is
Ehronicled in his Conversations with
Echermann and Soreb," tpp. 90 -22Sl.
The authors say that ca February 81,
ASH, while at dinner. the nlustrious
9ermap began TO talk OF Humboldt's
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scheme for piercing the ishmus. and de-
livered himself as follows:
81 should wonder If the United States
were to let an opportunity escape of get
ting such work into their own hands.
1t may be foreseen that this young state,
with its decided prediction to the
west, will in thirty or forty years have
occupied and peopled the large tract
of land beyond the Rocky noun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16

The Witwatersrand district in South
Africa is about fifty miles long and
produces about one hundred and forty
million dollars worth of gold every
year. The four square miles compris-
ing Cripple Creeks producing area
make up the richest tract Of gold-yiel6-
ing ground of the western continent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
fELEP4THY AMONG INSECTS


wonderful sixth -enss7 Prot C. Y.
Riley tAinks be has discovered sstis-
factory evidence Of telepaihy sEsoag
insscts-tnst j. 20 say. xixts sease by
which they are ahie % eoznDzEieaf.s
ideas fror- one 20 another At gr~at d.
tznecs- The power. zs illustrated In.
The case sbOgt % Re mentioned. ezi-
IDENTIFY depends uot upon sight or sa.sil
or hearing. The taef thzt man Is sfs,.
20 transmit soaud a. telegraph sla.o-,
ins;aniAreonsiy around the globe rasy
saxSest something Of -. s.E..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
Taking CHANCES

Browr-Heaf about that burglsry IN
Smiths? They mast have been a dcs,
perate set of fellows
Mrs. Brown-whst did they do?
Brown-Nsde their way into the
xitchen and ate some o. Miss Smiths
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
CYsTERS IN ERICA.

Four Hundred Of the Bivalves Survived
the Trip TO Cape Town.
"The consignment of one thousand
oysters, which arrived by the Athenian
recently, are destined for Salt river
They were sent out to. the order of
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OF about twenty centimeters about
seven inchesl. At the left, OF the con-
trary, the bundle is compressed; the
maximum spread is scarcely ten cent?
meters, and it must be remarked that
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16

The impending crisis in European af-
fairs awakens universal alarm. DR..
Prices Baking Powder is the most paci-
fc mediator always.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-16
RAISED BY A DERRICK.
How . New York Cart Horse Was Saved
from Drowning

from Drowning
A big black horse belonging to Will
liam Aiken, No Coenties slip, New
York, and driven by William Wilson,
fell overheard from pier No. East
river the other afternoon. The slip
was full of canal boats laid up for the
winter, and the horse started to swim.
ont into the river. The driver swan
after it and brought it back, while
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m this part OF Its path, as far as the
ground, the spark is condensed.
Whether our explanation be true or
not, the fact is very interesting, and it
is fortunate for science that there was
found on the spot an intelligent man,
thanks to whom specialists have an ac-
,urate record to study"