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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
A n.ce-,ookinp married couple wen.

A nice-locking married couple went
into Twenty-third street boarding
house the other day and were made
comfortable. After the frst dinner,
says the Herald Of that city. the lady
was observed scraping together some
dainties from the board to take 10 her
room. The landlady, who is woman
of great decision Of character, heard
of it, and her knock was shortly after
ward heard at the door of the new
boarders- The latter wcre immediately
notified that either they Or the dog
must vscate at once.
'.If cannot keep my darling Keno
phon, we'll move" protested The owner
of the dog. who practieed the princi-
pie Of Love ne, love my dog"
Then you'll have to move" said the
landlady, firmly. 'I'm not keeping a
dog kennel"
''How in the world they ever got
that dog in here without my seeing it."
said she, after the obnoxious Memo
phon had been disposed Of, SIS more
than l can understand. I've had al
want Of dogs. A gentleman used to
keep small but ferocious bulldog in
his room where I once lived. He was
the ugliest brute ever laid my eyes
On-the dog, not The man That dog
wouldn't let anybody but his owner
tauper with him The man used to
lug him around with him everywhere
he went One night. when the man
came n, ne was feeling so obfivious to
earthly things that he left his dog
locked in the vesEbule. The next
bosrder who came in got no farther
than the vestibule, and landed down
the steps with square yard OF trousers
missing. BE was soon joined by an
other boarder, who wanted 10 come TO
bed. They rang the bell until several
OF Us came down to see Whist was the
matter On openin. the door the dog
sprang for us as If he hadn't been fed
for week, and wanted anything that
came handy, but we slammed the door
to again just IN time. Aswe could not
awaken the owner we had to leave the
dog there till morning, and those who
were outside had to go to hotel. In
the morning Everybody had to go and
come by the servants entrance until
the owner OF the animal came down
and get ms out OF the fix"
What did he say?"
Say! Why, he abused us ali as set
of brutes for keeping his dog locked
up there, and gathered it up under his
arm and took it upstairs as if it had
been piece Of Dresden chinal And
the boarders who lad been locked cut
left the house for good the next day.
We got rid of the dog, but not until it
had half depopulated the establish
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
Poison on Eapk Notes.

A bank teller OF Vienna recently died
from the effects OF moistering his fiD-
gers with saliva AT the lips when count
ing money. At the first revision of the
vaults it fell TO his lot to count q large
number OF small bills and. although re-
peatedly warned, continued nechani-
cany TO touch lis lips when his fingers
became too dry. That evening he felt
"A srnarting pain in his lips, but did not
attend to it until swelling had set in
the next day. he then consulted a sur
geon. who insisted upon an immediate
operation on the turor, that had IN the
meantime assumed alarming proper
tions, as Indispensable A consulta-
ton OF eminent specialists declared his
condition critical. bu- decided upon the
operation a. s possible chance II spite
of the operation the patient died three
days after Of blood poisoning.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
NEEDS NO PROTECTION.
Englsnd's Royal Family Moves Abou
without the Necessity of Guards.

Englsno's Royal Family Moves About
without the Necessity OF Guards.
The news that little Prince Edward
Of York numbered a detective and
constable among his suite Of attend
ants savored OF the ridiculous TO those
who know with what absolute freedom
and safety the children and grand
children OF the queen move about their
own country, says a writer In ct.
PauPs. The queen herself drives from
end to end of her various estates with
no more protection than can be
afforded by middle-aged Scotch
gillie. The prince of Wales. his broth
ers, and his son peram bulate club
land and the West End IN exactly the
same manner as do the most ordinary
OF Englishmen. Indeed. the prince of
Wales Is scarcely ever attended by an
equerry, except when he rides in the
row. The princess and her daughters
drive all over London entirely unac-
companied, save when in the height of
the season mounted policeman clears
the road for them through the park
The duke of York takes an early morn
ing stroll IN the Green park, invari-
ably alone, while all the royal prin-
cesses walk down Bond street, shop,
or drive in hansoms without anyone
either protecting or molesting them
Apropos of police protection for roy
atty the prince of Wales has funny
story against himself. He was in Paris,
and was strolling alone, as usual, one
fine morning. down the boulevards.
Stopping TO chat TO a friend. he COM
meDted with considerable giee on the
fact that he was able to go about Paris
quite a. bis ease, and untramneiled by
guards, police, or ceremonies of any
kind, and that, in fact, nobody knew
him. The prince was immensely
amused afterward to learn that the
French government are not so careless
is might be supposed, and that large
staff OF espions in plain clothes vSatch.
the prince from morning till night, and
that on the very day he made the boast
10 his friend "a least score % police
were Swallowing" him at hut a few
yards distance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
Generous japanese.

Among the reasons for the aimosS
uninterrupted success Of japan IN pros
ecuGing the present war with China IS
the spirit OK sacrifice and generosity
exhibited by her people. Voluntary
contributions amounting 20 almost
fifteen million dollars have been re-
ceived by the government. The Rank
OF tho Mobility, which has giyen one
million dollars outright, has also
placed fifteen million dollars, interest,"
free, ct the disposal of the authorities
The noblenen and wealthy merchants
have been noSt patriotic, and a num-
Der of them have contributed more
than one hundred thousand dollars
eech- Victory under such conditions ia
comparatively easy and certain PubiiS
spirit in China With reference 70 tho
unfortunate conflict presents a melan-
cboly eontrasr. Unhappily for the
Chinese, the m ne spirit OF Indifference
to use 10 stronger word-seems to
p,rva5s great pert Of the army and
navy Admiral Ting himself had TO re-
port tina; seven of his ships remained
concealed during the 6ght on the Yaiu;
thst several officers had TO be court
rlartialed for cowardice, and tha. 10
vyas deemed essential 10 bcnead Capt
Fong, who fed before the beginning Of
tlS h2tfla
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

surprised to find them considerably
srnadc- than himself
Tho condor belongs TO the vulture
family. Although IFS size has been ire
quently exsgys1 atei by travellers, it
undoubtedly att,ins great size The
ordinary ex>aEsc OF the wings IN full
grown bird is said to d about nine feet,
and the height four feet. but the wing
measurement is sometimes es great rs
fourteen feet.
The wings are long in proportion to
the body and extremely powerful The
tail is short and wedye-shapei The
general color is black AID is brightest
in the males. Around the lower part
OF tbs neck there is broad white ruf-
fe of dovny feathers. Above this the
head is bare and of raw appearance.
The male has large cartiiaginCus
comb on his head and q dilata5Ie wat
tie on his neck. The beak Is very
thick and strong and the upper mandi-
bic is sharply curved at the end. The
condor could probably kill an unsrmed
man if inclined TO do SO.
The condor feeds by preference on
carriop. II IS qrite unpleasant 10 look
upon and a disagreeable neishbor, on
account OF It's appearance, its personal
uncleanlness and its habits in gen
eral
II is an enormous feeder. The nat
uralist Tschudi mentions the case o.
one which ate eighteen pounds in one
day and the next day appeared to have
as big an appetite Us If 4: had not eaten
for weeks. Condors often eat So heavily
that they cannot hy, aad then II at
tackled they oisgOrge their food in or
der 10 be able 10 get awoy.
Their usual dwelling place is at c
height of O.oO1 or 1900 feet above the
Sea, in the Andes iBouBtainS. They
make no nests, laying their eggs on the
bare rocks
They usually live in little companies
Together they descend to the plain,
FOR food and then return 20 their L, GUN.
tain stronCholdS.
The condor is said 20 soar TO heigh,
of six mics above the level OF the seq
or six times the ordinary height of the
clouds. This is higher fight than
that of any other bird
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
Where Czrihna Eo.m.

About the slopes 81 Mount Estahdin.
in Maine. and ranging the boys and
woodlands Of The country a. Us foot,
great herds Of caribou pasture upon
twigs, bark and the marsh grass AID
moss, from which latter they viii have
70 scrape the STOW with their torefeet,
as their kindred, the Lspland and ST.
berisn reindeer, do They are MI
Frato-y animals. covering wide regions
tn their travels. ard appearing Erex-
pNctediy in localities whicn, after =
period, they are apt - leave With
equal sudderness. & single hcr6 re-
Gently seen near Mount Eztahiin vas
estimated 20 nun Der t7vo hundred
caribou n size the caribou stands
between tie deer and The moose, and
his appearance and habits arc essen-
sially those Of the Arctic reindeer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
RIFLES THE Rancho
a Woman Who Owns Over a Mi.
lion Acres Of Land.
The State OF Rhode Island Could BE HID
den Away Within Fer Domain
How She Came "A Possession
of the Property.

Think of It; A million and quarter
ceres of land owned by one woman.
AL in one body and under fence. Reach
ing into three counties in southern
Texas. and pastured by one hundred
and fifty thousand head Of cattle,
horses and sheep.
An empire in which tho stat: of
Eli ode Island could be Put and there
would still be nearly half a million
acres outside the state line. Eighteen
hundred ana seventy-fivs square miles
Of absolute domain, in which one
woman's will is law. This seems in
credible, but such ere the realty hold
;ngs in farm lands alone of Mrs. Rich
ard King, of Corpus Christi. Tex
The southern point of Texas Is a
country Of great pastures In Nueces
county alone there are fifteen persons
who own over one hundred Thousand
acres Of land each, some OF these indi-
vidual estates amounting to over half a
million acres, and are reckoned by the
square miles. How and by whom were
they acquired? BY men who came to
Texas in the 'afties and sixties. Men
who were willing TO risk death or shat
tered health for the sake OF adventure
end for gain.
Capt. Richard King, who died in 1888,
leaving to his widow. Henrietta NJ.
King, his vast possessions in land and
personal property, was good specimen
of type that conditions OF to-day do
not produce. he was born IN 1925 in
New York state, and when ten years
old ran away to sea. In 1S47 he ap-
peared on the Rio Grande as pilot.
later as a boat-owner, and IN 1852 he
bought what was known as the Santa
Gertrudes ranch, vast possession IN
itself. By determined and aggressive
policy. Combined with daring specuia-
tons, he added rapidly to this until he
died. After MS death il was found that
he owned about oue million two hum
bred thousand acres OF land under
fence, on which ranged eighty thou
sand head of cattle, twenty thousand
horses and twenty thousand sheep. His
estate also included large amount of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
S,rep-th or insects and Animals

4 series of experiments made to test
the jawforce and pulling and lifting
strength OF various kinds If insects
gives some curious points for study. It
has been found that a cockchafer can
draw IL times his own weight, and the
common honey bee 30 times. From
this it may be argued that, weight for
weight. each of the above-named in
sects is q and 80 times, respectively,
stronger than the horse. whose
strength, as rule, is taxed to its ut
most in drawing its own weight as a
dead load" The editor of the st.
Louis Republic once experimental with
Il small hsrd-shelled beetle by putting
him under a common table tumbler
The little creature, not more than one
third Of an inch IN length, was able 20
move the glass in any direction. After
the experiment had been satisfactorily
made. both the tumbler and the bug
were weighed. whereupon IL was found
that the little Hercules had lifted 500
times his own weight. He did not carry
the weight, of course. hut caused it 10
make some lively motions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
Us- of tn. Toag-

An article upon evolution which re-
Gently appeared in the New York sun
referred to the tendency of the human
infant to work It's toes. which have at
this early period % life something of
the fexibility AID aptitude o. fingers,
Examples Of this aptitude perretuated
in the adult may sometimes be seen in
warm weather at the New York docks
aboard sailing vessels where Lascars
are employed as sailors. These active
little barefooted men In feZzes and
suits Of blue drnCaree make free use
Of their toes in climbing the rigging,
and il is an interesting sight TO see one
Of them in tarriug down backstay
rur backward and forward upon the
taut rope holding 70 it by one hand.
and by his feet. in which the great toe
Is used in the manner OF thumb. This
toe is slightly separated from the 9th
ers, and from the use made OF II in
climbing acquires a distinctive shape
suggestive of the corresponding mem
bers upon the sinian foot
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
VICTORIA is OlD-FASHlONEO
nut IS She's q Queen II Sounds Better to
CEu Her Conservative.

CEu Her Conservative.
Queen Victoria is remarka bly, con-
servative old lady SO far as the routine
Of life goes She loves old customs and
doesn't like new things-not even new
furniture or new fashions When a
distinguished lady" it is said, "a few
years back, sent her children by her
majesty's request to Windsor, abe sent
them dressed as was and is still the
mode. IN tucked blouse dresses without
sashes- But the queen considered that
no child should lie brought to her in
other but full dress, and full dress in
her mind did not exist without the
smart sash size had always known.
And very courteousiy bat firmly she
made objection - tho little frocks, and
asked that the next tine the countess
brought her children 10 her that she
would not forget the sashes-
The queen. says the New YORK. Trib-
une, stil wears the horrible congress
CATERS Ct thirty years ago IN which her
foot shows 70 sign OF spanish instep.
Her children still address Ter n The
way which was fashionable wher they
were little things. No mem Der cf the
upper class ever said Mother then;
and from the eldest 20 the yorDgeet
they still call the queen MAMMA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

other possessions in the shape of money
and other personal and real property.
This all WEI. to the widow, daugh-
ter Of the late Rev. Hiram Chamber
Lain, who ests bljshed the first Presby-
terrain church on the Rio Grande, and
under her careful management the
property has increased in value
Mrs. King is sixty years of age, a
lady of kindly instincts and admirable
characteristics that have made hex
greatly beloved by the community.
She lives very plainly, and does not
spend 1.-THE of her income.
The division of these pastures will be
of great benefit to the country, but it
will destroy the entity Of so renarka Bile
property as exists in the United
States to-day. The land alone sworth
fully five million dollars as it is. It
will be worth untold millions when 1t
is devoted to viniculture. possibility
OF the near future, for which it Is bet
ter suited than 1t is for the purpose Of
raising ''scalawags" or long-horned
steers.
1t Is only within the past Eve years.
says a writer in LesEe's Weekly,
that any of the owners of these great
tracts of land would part with a cor
ner Of their possessions. Now many
realize that they must give way to the
inevita ole, and some sharper than the
rest are pushing colonization schemes
that will net them many times the
profits from their herds. It will be but
Il few years before the empire now
known by the name OF ranches will be-
come beehives OF industry, thiclsly
studded with populous little villages,
the inhabitants of which viii be kept
busy the year round shipping fruit and
vegetables to the less tropical zones
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

q handsome woman who expressed
great i,dignation when it was proposed
to search her person. She said that she
had been insul5ed. but the officials had
reason to suspect her.
When her corset was taken off it was
found TO contain numerous pockets
filed with oontrabanj goods This ar
ticle Of attire now reposes in curious
little collection of sInugglers' devices
which is being constantly added to.
One of these appliances, which Is be-
lieved to have done much duty In the
hands Of sm1gglers, is can With ru-
merous rings, made TO tow overheard
from the stern Of steamer. 1t was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
High Price OF Postage s,.mas

A green Baden 9-kreutzer postage
stamp OF the first issue was sold for
$500 at a recent auction sale in London.
that being the highest price ever paid
for a single stamp sold - auction. Il
owed its value 70 al error made in It's
color when issued. AT the same ssle p
Tellico Plains 5-ocnt stamp fetched
$3.50. pair OF blue twcpence Nauritias
stamps. S2lo; four l-cent British Gut
-anas, $50; four India 4-annas. SIPS: a
Tuscany 3-lire yellow, Sl35. and New
foundland l-shillinc orange. 500.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
BIRDS SCARCE TX MARYLAND.

q h-asorab4s TxVis1nstton Of tta~ rAos
Ihss sySrtsr>@a Have Ragged FsS-
Last years bird shooting seAsOo Il
Mary land wa a se~E d.sypo.ztz4>n.
70 s7orts1sn- aco Their greatest
ehsgrin rss caused Dr. their ts.i1re 70
tnd cartridges or q1,il where tAsy had
been r-p-e~ntsd % - in s5u16sDos
uaT p alleged for 'Aa latter. The
frequent valst-lrg q tIs bis6s - tie
spriag WLs1 tlsy ere sh-oEt % znELs 10
Lot slTLys = sale guies 20 ne aEnae-
81 oovsys Ia 3. ~ % tos,1 ~ Aovez-
Der and not - aeisu. --ccr,,-e~ a A.
tAehed q he OPPOSITION Of ,s- ni-1. -
migrate Iae we..1z-c- "a i--ax.-s,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

water-tight and contained a large
quantity Of cigars when captured.
An oil can with a chamber 10 contain
brandy was also taken from one of the
engineers OF an incoming steamer.
Perhaps one Of the boldest of the de-
vices was bogus log Of wood, or rather
log which had been followed out and
was found kicking about harriessly on
the deck of a steamer. It YVES closely
packed with cigars.
Imitation Jumps of coal have also
been made for this purpose, and these,
painted black. have been almost inpos-
sible of detection. It was good joke
on the smugglers. however, when one
CT these got lost in a load Of coal, and
the fine cigars which it contained ulti-
mately went up in smoke through the
furnace of the steamer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

but business was very SLOW coming MS
way, and i. generally passed his door
when it did Omaha was then city OF
about fifteen thousand, and there
were more attorneys there than there
WIS law business for.
Mr.. Thurston found Omaha very
poor place to begin the practice OF the
law, but he remained, held down his
Office chair by day, and slept there st
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

tiers there, who always vote the demo
cratic ticket. Ar. Sehlyer was not born
l. Kansas, CT course-very few Kansa Ms
were. lie was born n New York. lie
was y butcher boy in Buffalo aid was
night agent OF the Lake Shore road at
East Buffalo afterwards De went u
Kansas il 1853. There he was buffalo
hunter and sheriff Il HAYS City 10 tho
days when that Office meant killer Of
rdstlers ard horse thieves lie has
been treasurer 81 Ellis evunty and re-
ceiver Of a land ofFce: beef contractor
under Gen Custer. a prop etor Of =
hardware stors; q fa-msr; and mem
her o. the state democratic central con-
mittee. tie brs been a personal friend
Of Grover Cleveland. Wild BIZ. Buffalo
Bill, Texas Jack. tie Jordan boys"
and other celeb<sted persona
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
THEY HIDE THINGS
Queer Devices Employed to Sc
crete Valuable Articles.
\ Bible Filled with Expensive Watches
Cigars Packed 81 n Loaf Of
Bread and Cofssts Filled
with Contrab.Rd Goods

The devices which smugglers have re-
sorted 20 in order to pass the custom
house inspectors are quite as ingenious
as those of criminals seeking To escape
Jail, says the New York World. he
ehanical appliances Of all kinds have
been invented in WIZ ich 60 conceal con-
traband articles.
One Of the most remarkable of these
Is a Bible followed out inside 80 that q
number Of valuable watches could be
concealed among the leaves. This was
carried under the arm by a solemn-vis-
aged and reverend-looAing gentleman
with white whiskers
He took passage on Z channel steamer
for England, and was noted among his
fellow passengers for the care and at
tachment he displayed toward the holy
book. The man turned out to be no.
torious smuggler, who IN small way
had for years been defrauding the rev
enuc by bringing in articles supposed
TO pay duty.
Several loaves Of bread followed ont
inside SO as to contain cigars have also
lately been seized, and from the same
gang of smugglers was taken concer-
tina filed with choice Havana cigars,
upon which high duty would have
had to be paid II brought in in the or
binary way. These fellows had the I'M
pudence to assert that they were free
traders and were only putting into
practical effect the theories Of the Cob
den club, of which lar. Gladstone is an
honorary member
Another equally bold attempt to pass
the customs inspectors was made by
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
4 Lifetime Ia Twelve Years

A remarkable case Of rapid growth
has recently been investigated BY the
French Academic des Sciences \ boy
al The age of began to grow beard
and TO change his voice; he seemed a
man OF 80. Al 8 years old he was feet
c, ard strong enough to Eft ard carry
on his hack bags Of grain Weighing
200 pounds 81 his hair and beard
turned gray: al 10 his teeth fell out and
his hands and legs became palsied. and
a. l. he dico.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Peculiar argeetizing in the harvest
season il the rJod cooked with Dr.
Prices Baking Powder.
II alV:iys like tie third act c:
grand opera better than aRT o. the
others said Hicks 1T always strikes
me * AZ a., u retributiou- II most
operas al the singers with second-rste
voices get killed and leave the fourth
and fifth acts to- the principals 70 sing
without irritating Interruptions -
Earper's Bszsr.
After the Hoaeyu1ooa-Ti1ac, Jane.
The Earl ,proudly}-'-I an carving
on some Interesting researches into no
early history az Ev fsmily-' Re
American Countess Gave Of TIE Metro
politaa. veSE-iche, snapPLshlyf-
Are you -afraid that tire facts have
net Oeen e1ec-ually suppressed?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
NO DOG IN HER HOUSE.
= Board.l.s-Eorss Keeper Tells Why shs
Thi,

Persons with dogs and other pets
meet with = cold and einmmT recs 2tion
il New Tor. boardin.-houses- They
may occasionally steal into fsshions bic
aats, where the landlord or agent hare
10 direct means Of circuGnvenciny
them. but when II comes 20 tie board
ing-honse things are little more
definite
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
The GREAT CONDOR.
a Bird That Can Esa Ef=nteea Pozntz CT
Es-- IN DAY.

The condor % Ere Andes IS re izrg-
So - known ty.-y BIRDS and Is lie
subject Of snzny interesting stories
The London ZoOlociez! gardens have
recently acquired Two Ees coEcoTs.
vhsch are probably IL -5rest and Elsst
-slashlo birds Po-Sessed b Tat
great Institution. IN illustration q
cne of these tao H:-ds taken from the
Lo1Gol sketch. i PRINTED Acre