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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
VII IN COUST.,
A Lawyer Who had Understanding But
Did Not Use 1t.

A lawyer Who had Understanding But
Did Not Use 1t.
Many witty things are said by oul
bright lawyers IN the heat of legal pas
sion, says the Boston Traveller. Two
prominent attorneys were engaged il
an assault case before Judge Hardy in
the municipal criminal court recently
whose names, for the sake of modesty,
are withheld. Lawyer A, becoming
nettled at Mr.. 3, IS leading interroga.
tories, called him to account sharply.
Lawyer 3. forgot his caution in his de.
sire to draw out satisfactory response
in the direct examination, when Law,
yer A. interposed a second time. 81 be-
iieve, sir" began Mr.. A, savagely, that
] objected to your course of putting
leading questions to the witness"
Il have ears" replied Lawyer B.,
Eolemnly.
And I, sir" rejoined Mr.. A, ex.
Gitedly. have understanding"
"Weu, why don't you use it?" asked
the opposing counsel, quietly.
The habitues of the courtroom broke
Into roar of laughter, in which the
judge joined, and for the next few min
utes the officers were kept busy restor.
ing order.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Who VIII in an instant discover
and give Us an electric something which
will quickly annihilate the invader. 1t
is an excellent thing to believe in our
selves land the last war gives US good
reason for doing SOY, but there is bic
difference between relying on what we
have done and upon what we suppose
we can do, especially when there is
more romance than reality in the sup
position. True. the workings of cleo
tricity have now come home 70 Us more
han ever before, yet at the same time
never have we been so surfeited with
tales of the wonders" of it Ordinarily
this dwelling on mysteries and marvels
is in measure harmless enough, even
stimulating. but in the face OF the pres
ent anxieties it operates 10 keep peopl,
in a FOOLS paradise with respect to
potent factor in the national safe
guards which is distinctly injurious.
1t is time to put wonders, present and
prospective, out of sight, and TO dea
with facts. 1t is necessary TO under
stand that we cannot make artificial
thunderbolts, that we cannot shake
ships TO pieces by induced vibration
in the cosmic ether j that we canno-
send disintegrating currents to them
or even drag them upon rocks or shoals
by the attraction of powerful electro
magnets. In short, we cannot do with
electricity anything that is wonderful
because occult or mysterious at all; nor
anything, indeed, of which the laws ar,
not just as certain and familiar TO the
people whose bread and butter depends
on their knowing them as are the rules
for making bread or weighing butter
to the other people who keep bake
shops or groceries.
If electricity can help us to protect
our seaboard cities, we want to know
how it is to do so, and what we have
to do in order to fully utilize it, and
this without any muddling Of it with
wizards" or wonders"
Observation-Disclosures it may be-is !
of no use except through its operation, |
and the machines which il drives or
controls are what we depend upon.
These have to be designed, built and !
tested, and kept ready, just like all
other structures that men make. That !
requires time. They cannot be sug :,
gested one day and used the next. 1t |
has taken 20 years to bring the tele-
phone TO its present imperfect state,
and so years to develop the still more
electric light. and one of
the most important of all the military
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

| ter how thorough might be the man-of-
wars protection of torpedo netting.
| Only so horsepower IN electric cur
rent is required TO proPel one of stand
ard size, and if 500 horsepower, or even
1000 horse power, of electricity were
put behind one, it would rush on its
prey several miles off, with q liberal
ton or two of dynamite, and with alb
solute certainty of delivering the goods.
ated it could operate an endless sue
cession IL il were necessary.
Trolley forts are feature worthy of
consideration in coast defense. 1t is
not new to iron-clad locomotive and
car, and run them over a track, but it
would be new to adapt the light end
simple trolley to a system of movable
patrol forts, each covering several
miles of coast, and each equipped with
as heavy gun as could be mounted
on big truck of broad gauge. Dyna-
mite shells can be fired from such q
trolley fort at any point along 20 miles
of coast, the power house being located
midway. All the machinery for firing
dirigible torpedoes could also be
handled comfortably OF such trolley
fort. The recoil even of big artillery
is easily provided for. II the road
were shorter very we:ghty pieces of
ordnance could be moved thus up and
down a mile or two of earthworks or
masonry. There are electric motors
on the Baltimore q Ohio rciirOad to-
day hauling loads of 200 to 500 tons
at several miles an hour, and they could
certainly tow around fort and artil-
lery weighing less than quarter of
that. The same trolley road would be
available at all times for moving troops
and transporting supplies, and in times
of peace for liteboat service. One of
the best defenses for New York is
military trolley road on each shore at
Sandy Hook. The track can be de-
pressed and the wire put low at the
side. Laying and repair are both re-
markably easy, and some electric loco
motives even now are built as fat as
turtles.
A good many disappearing electric
boats have been constructed, and there
is no doubt whatever that New York
harbor can have the benefit of some
very good ones when the time arrives
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

It is believed by those who have
studied the subject that electricity
offers resources of great value for such
a moment of national need, and that
six of its weapons alone might prove
adequate. These six are submarine
mines, dynamite guns, dirgible torpe-
does, trolley forts, disappearing boats,
and navigation balloons. All of these
can be readily operated from the Long
Island or New Jersey shores, so that,
to begin with, the invader would be
held off at more than arms length.
Submarine mines are simply anchored
and submerged torpedoes controlled at
practically any distance from shore by
electrical apparatus, which sends the
current through the wire, and fires the
fuse or effects release. The operator
on land, guided by various methods
discharges the mine at the right mo-
ment; and there are also electrical
methods which cause the simultaneous
discharge of guns trained upon the
same spots as those at which the mines
are situated. The shores and waters
around Sandy Hook are admirably
suited to this system of defense, and il
would not be very expensive to provide
mines enough to blow sky-high even as
large feet as that which gathered last
year TO see the international yacht
races.
There is no good reason why sub
merged forts should not take the place
of the mines, or supplement them, and
the guns therein be fired electrically
from shore, miles away. 1t has already
been demonstrated that an Ericsson
submarine gun will fire projectile nc
less than 600 feet under water, and hit
a vessel so feet long, from a depth of
% feet
My next item is dynamite guns. The
shells from these terrible weapons car
ry small electric battery, and thus
the explosion of the deadly charge is
regulated, although the gunners are
quite safe. Hitherto the range of
dynamiters has been comparatively
limited, but it is certainly capable OF in
crease, with an increase also in the
quantity of the charge. 1t must be
remembered, too, that the shell does
not have to strike its mark in order 10
be effective. The explosion is IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
THE ELECTRIC BALLOON.

uses or electricity 1.-THE firing or ex-
plosives) has been known and Practiced
for a century and half.
If. now, foreign feet should appear
off a harbor. say New York, what are
the known applications of electricity
which we can use? That is the ques-
ton which propose briefly here TO an
swer. We have some powerful guns
which shoot in nearly straight lines,
over long distances, and others which
throw projectiles over longer distances
high into the air, and so drop them
upon the enemy. But it is of no use
to throw things at a warship unless
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

& French boat of this class has re
manned under water with two men
eight hours at depth OF 80 feet The
American Baker boat of IS tons has re
nained sealed up, on the surface and
below it p. hours. and travels on an
even keel far under water. turning
readily right or left. The oniy trouble
in this work is the difficulty OF seeing
very far ahead below the water, but
these boats would he able TO DO con-
siderable damage and often escape IN
seen The use of storage batteries en-
ables them TO travel silently on the sur
face until near their mark, and recent
experience has shown that even al or
binary torpedo boat can get over the
danger line before her big opponent i.
ayvare OF il.
THOMAS CoNrERFoBD MARTCS-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
Distinguished Engineers Present Plans for
Applying this Power to Our Uses
in Time of War.
TROLLEY FORTS AND BIG WATER BULLETS.
Torpedo Propelled by Electricity That ChaSeS Ship at Speed "a Knots
and Destroys Everything Hits With Speed and Certainty
The Electric Balloon and Submarine Gable Way
COPYRIGHT 1896.

BEST type. 1t is entirely operated from
shore, carrying along in its hull a coil
of wire, which unreels as it goes, and
through which passes TIE current
which enables the operator on shore
TO make II dodge like dexterous foot
ball player Dynamite is slowed away
at the business end, and the fuse is also
fired by the guiding hand on shore.
AT W1Ilet's Point, in 1891, one of these
torpedoes, loaded with 500 pounds of
dynamite, was manipulated at speed
of 20 knots an hour for two miles. The
English, in 1902, tried one of them BY
maneuvering it from the deck of a
steamer in motion, when il ran out
actually 1000 feet of cable IN a shade
over four minutes, and was made TO
twist and dive like an eel. a batch OF
these would be ugly customers. no mat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
THOMAS CoMMERFoRD MARTIN
Describes New and Other Possible Inyen-
lions for Making War More Terrible.

Describes New and Other Possible Inyen-
tions for Making War More Terrible.
The defenses of New York harbor
must necessarily be placed in the vicin-
ity of Sandy Hook, as there are guns
afioat which could at that distance bonn
bard Brooklyn or Manhattan island, and
convert their tall buildings into holes
in the ground. 1t is obviously desir-
able, should any foreign war arise plac-
ing this country on the defensive, to
keep the floating enemy at long range,
and, while holding him there, assume
the offensive in a manner that will
either diminish his feet or cause it to
retire. Can electricity do anything by
its marvellous flexibility and adaptable
ty TO insure the safety of the great city,
and keep the harbor inviolate?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

propeInng charges OF the powder guns
viii be ignited by the pressing of the
button controlling the electric primers
and the electric fuses in the shells filed
with nitro-gelatine or gun cotton will
detonate them the instant the ship
is struck or the moment after sub
mersion.
But perhaps the attacking vessels are
pouring in a return fire. silencing the
batteries, so that The long line Of ships
begins To enter the channel. Now. a
dozen or more OF lean, lon1-pointed
crafts moving under the water draw
away from the shore. No human be-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

1t is said that Clappisson, the French
musical genius. is building chateau
composed entirely of buttons. The
walls, ceilings, doors, windows, in fact,
the whole of the interior as well as the
exterior is of this unique element of
architecture, set closely and firmly in
the best cement. Buttons of every
kind and description, from the very
earliest date down to the present time,
are being employed in finishing and
decorating this wonderful structure A
writer who seems to have seen Clapis-
sons Button Palace" says that the
most curious forms of buttons date
from the time of early Greece.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

We Know The distance % the vessel
from Us. and II what direction Ehe .
moving. or. n brisf. whsre she l..
otherwise We cannot train and elevate
the guns 50 Is 20 make the shot and
shell 20 70 their target Hence. as
soon - the invading feet appears On
the horizon the Observers On the shores
VIII direct apoa Il their electric zznz.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

For a pain in the chest a piece Of
flannel dampened with Chamberlain $
Pain Balm and bound on over the seat
of the pain, and another on the back
between the shoulders, viii afford
prompt relief. This is especially valu-
able in cases where the pain is caused
Roy cold and there is tendency to-
ward pneumonia For sale by drug
giSts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
We Have
What You Want

when you want it. If you
have never tried us for a
dress suit begin now. Well
take the chances and bet
dollars to doughnuts that
Well get all your trade IN
the future.
Our prices for imported
Clay worsted cutaway
frocks start at S11.10 the
suit and end, for the best,
one-third less than the Gus
tom tailorS' price for the
poorest.
SAME PRICE TO ALL.
HERMAN & HESS
4oe E. DOUGLAS AVE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING Sv~,-
should always be used for children
TeethinZ. Il so9JheS the child. soft,1s
the gums. sllays all PAIN. cures N-ins
colo. and Is The best remedy 70.
diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents bog
tie Used by millions OF mothers.
Many merchants are well aware than
their customers are their best Friends
ana take pleasure IN supplying them
with The best goods oatai-abIa IS ~,
instance We mention Perry < Cameron
prominent druggists IT Flushing. aIrc.--
1gan. They say we nave no nss5-
iatlon IN recommending Chamberlatr-e
Cough Remedy ~ our customers. as -
Is the best cough Dlaiieiae we have .ey-~
sold. and always gives satisfaction, =.
For sale al > and 50 cents per bottle
by druggists
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
REDUCED RATES

On account Of the mountaineering of
the Western Implement association held
at Kansas City, January II to 18th
The Rock Island has made a rate Of one
and one third fare for the round trim
10 that point Tickets TO be sold on
certificate plan. For further inforrna-
ton call on J. II. PHILLIPS, c. P A.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
The Submarine Bod .-6rrnno1t' al Work

M IS o. them SOrae are driven b.
electric euginsz. supplied with c-rrer,
BY Wis leading 20 druausos on TIE
land. Others ar propelled b. czrboaic
Hc5d gas. ADD arr only s;ssrcd by cleo
t-sciry through cables which tlser lar
behind then ~ they Eore- They win
run - high seed fox niles. ANY o5-
Of then touching : shir Insz.lih.Y ksnks
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Pictures afford much satisfaction in
the hOme-that is, if hung upon the
wall. Martin Will frame them cheaper,
for cash, than you ever dreamed Of
56-2t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

You can't have good cooking without
pure hogs lard-miXuureS and substi-
TuteS are n. g. WhitlOck makes the
Hard he sells from the fat of healthy
pigs. 56-2t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Exchange stables at Orlando ana 81
SKATER. We make specially OF carry
ing passengers between these points
travelling mems patronage solicited
SHIVELY. VAN WYKE < SHIVELY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
300

ladies union suits, heavy feeced, on
sale Saturday, January ., at . cents
the garment, at the Red Front Racket,
corner Second and Main. 56-5t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Extra large white shirts Hundred and
Dnlaundred-for fat men-gOod quality,
At very low prices. L. Hodge, oppo-
site Carey hotel. d55-6t.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
PARK BENJAMIN

says Il Would Take Two Years TO Ges
Ready for War
There is a popular notion that We
possess IN electricity" q mysterious
POWER somehow able TO destroy fleets
and armies. and with this : coupled q
complacent faith that in event Of war
there viii appear new Archiineces-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Drake & Ross, at 313 East Douglas.
sell new and second hand furniture and
Btoves-repair furniture and gasoline
stoves in the best manner. 56-3t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Some extra fine veal and mutton al
ices market, PA North Main. this
morning. Fresh oysters, fish and dress
ed fowls. 56-2t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Nher Bl''y was sick we gave her CaStoria-
When she WAS a Child, she cried cor Cas.oria-
When she became si.ss, she CHING 10 C.lz.o-is
When she had. Ca'Id ~. she gayethem casto-i
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Take the Ferguson stage from Oerr,
10 Pawne~ Meets all trains. lsg "a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
CHANGE OF TRAIN SERVICE ON
tn En-E Isl IN c.n-------

Commencing sunday. Dec. 5. train
No 8. leaving Wichita Tor the south
Il f,22 a m VIII run daily exce-t sun
las and train No /. leaving Tor the
North ~ le-l5 a -. daily except sun
Nor-h - l-.I5 2. n daily except Mon
Gay. J i. PHILLIPS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAy
IN Won knn~

Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if il fails TO
cure. &c.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
CHEAP RATES


ltN'N-fN Is>Ll-a-N y ItUI Z.
tn account ~ The Texas STATE Cattle
convention held al san Antonio. Tex.
IAN. i - Is. We VIII sell tickets 70 that
point II one fare fer the round trip.
Tickets on sale Jan. Il. good returning
une-l jan. =, 1896. J. II. PHILLIPS.
Agent
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-13
Ar rnn uNITEn onuRoH.

Suggestions as to the Methods of Studying
the Books of the Bible-RemarlSs by the
Pastor.
At the morning service of the United
church yesterday DR.. Munger preached
taking as his subject the book of
Jonah.
He chose this subject to show the
manner in which the books of the Bible
should be studied. He spoke of the
usual method of studying this remark
able book and the deterioration in its
influence, which results from such
study. This book DIR. Munger consid-
ers to be a historical parable or allie
CORY with the emphasis on the para
BILE. 1t matters but little to us in read
ing Shakespeare and George Eliot that
they are not strictly accurate at all
times in their use Of historical facts,
and there is an advantage in bringing
together by the imagination the many
phases and results of various charac-
teristics in men.
By this use of the Imagination the
Book of Jonah teaches several great
truths. In Jonah is typified the rela-
ton of the Jewish nation to other peo-
pie and to God. Jonah Is taught by
God first to believe, then to obey, ard
last to sympathize.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-13
Wedding Presents.

Cutters Art Store is fully prepared
for the wedding season, being well fill
ed with articles, both elegant and use
full, carefully selected with a view to
pleasing the refined taste of the large
constituency who have learned to place
implicit confidence in the artistic merit
Of goods offered for sale at this store.
A small collection of beautiful mirrors
in Florentine styles, costing from S. to
$50; also one old Colonial mirror, all of
which are most desirable articles for
gifts. In glass there is a very choice
collection Of St. Denis, small number
Of beautiful pieces of the famous Nan
cy glass, a fine large stock of the most
beautiful American cut glass, and there
is no cut glass in the work equal to
that produced by the best American
makers, and this store carefully avoids
the goods of inferior makers. Among
the most attractive goods is a fine col
lection of PLAQUES in real Deft, and
French and German reproductions of
Delft, Rozenburg pottery, Cantagalli.
Capo al Monti and the productions of
many other famous potteries. PLAQUES
are rapidly returning in favor and are
Lie proper LItliS lOI uSCOIdllNc puI-
poses.
In the matter of pictures there has
never been g. time when so much that
is in the highest degree desirable could
be found at such moderate prices.
Among the choice things at present
attracting attention are Braun's auto
types, which are made doubly attrac-
tive by the beautiful styles of framing;
the beautiful Platinotypes from the
pictures of Sir Edward Burne-Jones,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, G.. F. Watts
and other apostles of the pre- Raphaelite
school, also small collection of the
new and beautiful Baryto- Prints, while
the stock abounds in most desirable
etching photographers and engravings.
1t is safe to say that it would be diff
cult, and probably impossible, to find
| store in New England containing so
desirable a collection of art goods as
| that OF
ap13 Is EvARTS CUTLER & CO.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-13
MALLEYNEErNYC:.
Ha7~aH go sH7f'1717777 ~
TELEPHONE
No. 323.
Sorrows of a
Manufactures

It was in February that the orders came
rolling in, taxing the iactorys capacity to
it's extreme limit
Then came cold her---March with
its snow storms---a wlntry Eastet---a late
spring very little shopping and cancella-
ton of orders by the score
The manufacturer heaved many sighs---
wiped his glasses ickled the bald spot on
his head---turned over his ledger-:-made a
blue mark opposite the names Of half-dozen
of the largest and strongest firms outside,
but near, New York--and to each one
sent the following telegram
SIR thousand ladies' suits, eabe jackets, jaa aisAeA
best e1ey naaae orders cancelled o0eyloaaea aOat the
money, half prize, SPOT casA, send 6uyer at once"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-13
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

High water to-day at 11:15 p. m.
Own home $780, r. e. Baldwin.
Houses. Lots. EN-. Clark, AZ Church.
Ashes carted-Connecticut Concrete
Co., 40 Church street.
Loans and insurance furnished by
Charles Wilsor. s, Co, - Church street.
General S. E. Merwin and wife and
Mrs. s. R. Strong are home from Flor
ida.
Manure specially composted for fer
tilizing lawns. Connecticut Concrete
company, 40 Church street.
Rev. B. F. Kidder preached his first
sermon in the Trinity M. E. church
yesterday. There was a large attend
ance at both services.
Gas: Persons about to move and
wishing to use Gas in their new homes
will please notify the Gas Light COM
pany as soon as possible.
Tomorrow the men and women of
this city will have an opportunity to
vote on the question do You Want a
Waiting Room on the Green?" f. M
Brown & Co. announce in their adver-
tisement to-day that they will furnish
printed ballots and place a ballot box
of the regular kind in front of their
stores. The polls will open tomor-
row and remain open until Saturday
night at 10 o'clock. The box win be
opened Monday next in the presence Of
a representatives of each of the city
newspapers. Every man and woman is
entitled to vote and ballots will be dis
tributed throughout the city. They
will be ready for distribution at II
O'Clock this morning,