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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
FOR MEASURING coLoRs.
Ingenious Contrivance Invented By an Eng.
lish Mechanic.

Ingenious Contrivance Invented By an Eng.
lish Mechanic.
The tintometer. as its name implies,
is tint or color measure. 1t is the in
vention of l. w. Lovibond, who has
and thought to the perfection of the
contrivance, which, having been in
use more or less privately for seven or
eight years past in many technical in
dustries, and for various special pur-
poses, has now been taken over By q
company and placed on the market
To the man in the street probably the
uses OF a continuance of this nature
seem scarcely very obvious at first
sight This only shows how little the
man in the street knows about the
matter. For the uses of the tinto-
meter are believed to be nearly end
less This will be realized when il is
borne in mind that in the case of
practically every substance, natural or
manufactured, known to man color is
an absolute index to its quality. Con-
seouently you have only to ascertain
its color exactly in order TO know al
once the quality of the substance you
are dealing with And this is what
the tintometer enables you to do. Take
dour. The quality of -four can be tolo
to 1icety by its color. Hence, you
have only to ascertain the position OF
any given specimen of -four in the
color scale to know its value. Bat
how about adulteration?" some one
will ask at once; cannot an inferior
-four be colored by the addition of
some foreign substance to match the
shade desired?" Certainly it can be-
But the tintometer would detect the
fraud at once.
What, then, is the tintometer? Brief
ly it consists of carefully graded
series of colored glasses-about the
size and shape of small microscope
slides-by means of which, used singly
or superimposed one on top of the
other. any desired shade of color can
be matched with absolute exactitude.
And when it is realized that there are
just 60, 600, 900 shades which can be OBJ
tanned in this fashion, it will be under
stood that the color which cannot be
matched by the tintometer must be
very hard to find, indeed. In point of
fact, there is no color or tint percepti-
BILE to the ordinary human eye which
cannot be obtained. These slips of
glass are placed on slide at the end
of a double parallel-sided wooden tube,
something like an elongated stereo-
scope to look at, with two small aper-
lures at the lower end and eye pieces
to look through at the upper. The
substance to be matched is placed un.
der the one aperture, and then, by
changing the slips of glass to the re-
auired extent beneath the other, tho
desired tint is readily obtained.-Wash.
ington Budget.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
Found dead :

There is something so shocking about
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Millions Of people pray for deliverance from
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In the world, these words are said
From battle, and siurder and sudden death,
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lust why sudden death should be shock
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
RECORD FOR MOUNTAIN RUNNING
Row the Denver Republican Delivered Its
New Years Edition

Denver. Jan. 1.-The Denver Repub-
lican's special train carrying its New
Years edition over the Santa Fe. Colo
RADIO Midland and Midland Terminal
Denver TO Cripple Creek eclipsed the
record for fast running on western rail-
roads making the run from Denver 10
Colorado Springs over Atchison. Tope-
ka and Santa Fe. seventy-five miles. IN
one hour and twenty-Seven minutes.
Colorado Springs to Pueblo. forty-five
miles. in forty-sight minutes; Colorado
Springs to Divide. i per cent mountain
grade. twenty-nine miles. In fifty-fVe
minutes; Divide 20 Cripple Greek. twen-
ty-nine miles. mountain road, one hour
and three minutes. making the run
from Denver 10 CRIPPLE Creek. 13S miles,
in three hours and twenty-four min
utes: Divide 70 Leadville. 10 miles.
three hours and twenty minutes, in
GLIDING about twenty-eiSht minutes IN
avoidable delay. The train consisted
Of baggage ear and one coach and de-
liversd the Denver Republicans New
Years morning edition at Lesdville.
Cripple Greek. Pueblo. Canon City and
Florence in time 10 be available at the
breakfast hour the same morning.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
THE wEAT HER.
Wichita. Kan.

Wichita, Kan. Jan. !.
Local forecast for Wichita and vicinity:
Fair and much colder Tuesday by Thurs
day afternoon.
during the past twenty-four hours the
highest temperature was a, the lowest =,
and the mean 3. with partly cloudy YEA
Their. fresh south wind and rapidly falling
barometer; the average temperature vas
one degree above the normal and ior De-
cember tn total rainfall was I.S9 inches.
which is IS inch above the normal There
were TWO inches OF STOW
For the year the rainfall wsS IS inches
below the normal, YET il was a good crop
year because the rainfall was well dis
tr1buted as TO time.
For the past seven years the average
temperature for the month OF January
has been s., and fo- the lst d2y, 8.
FRED l. JOHNSON.
" Observer
WASHINGTON. Jan. I-FolioTtug is The fore
cast y II s = m Thursday:
For KansaS-Fair and colder rorthxe e.
teriy winds.
For Oklahoma ard Indian TERRITORY
Fair: colder Il northwest portions; west
eriy w.6us-
For CoIorado-Fa,r and colder; aor-her-
" winds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
New Orleans Races.

New Orleans, Jan. 1-Thirty-fourth
Gay Crescent City Jockey clubs winter
meeting.
The New Years handicap was the
feature of the days card. A long de-
lay at the'post beat the weight carriers
and Lillian r, a light weight, coming
Through at the end won very cleverly
Captain Kidd was the only winning
favorite. Weather clear and cool. track
slow and attendance large. Summarizes
First race-Selling; seven and a half
furlongs: Donation won; Sauterne. sec
ond; Del Coronado. third. Time 1:41H
Second-Sellin; seven furlongs: Miss
Rowett won; Miss Clark, second; In
wade, third Time :32.
Third-3-year-olds and upwards, sell
ing; mile and an eighth: Captain Kidd
won; Clarus, second; DR.. Parke, third.
Time 2:0OIa
Fourtf1-New Years handicap; g.
year-olds and upward; mile: Lillian e
won; Squire G., second; Nikita, third
Time 1:464.
Fifth-Selling; seven and a half fur
longs: Bitten won; Nicolini, second;
limp Marden's Pet, third. Time 1:39%
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
DOG STEALING A PROFESSION.
Some Men Rave the business Reduced to
an Exact Science.

Dog stealing is dying out as fine
art, for various reasons. The great
professors of former age are feebly
reflected in these degenerate days The
stories of one particular London artist
who shuffied off this mortal coil some
years ago were endless He was proud
of his reputation and probably would
not have changed places with the arch.
bishop of Canterbury. A gentleman
was very urgent in his desire for Ger.
tain breed of terrier. Color, height,
weight, age-all mnst be exact.
"Yes, sir ! think can find the dog
you want, and you can have him in ten
days-aye, in ten days"
Ten days. But why can't have ID
at onceY'
'At oncei Why, bless you, sir. ]
only knows one dog TO answer your de-
scription in all England-onIy one
available. that is, Jim, how long has
Lord George had that blue terrier"
About a month, sir"
'Aye, ! thought so. That's long
enough. Well, sir. can get him FROM
Lord George in the course Of day OF
two; then he's promised TO Mr.. Tey.
mouth next, you know, sir, the theater
gent, and must let him keep him
week. and then you can have him
sfterward- That Will satisfy al
parties"
lie was quite surprised when the in
tending purchaser expressed indigns,
ton al such proposal and refused &c
enter into .he arrangement
On another occasion he had promised
e dog 10 a customer. and delivery was
10 be made the following evening.
Don't be later than six o'clock
said the client
''All right, sir; six o'clock Il shall
be
''You see, an starting for The cont
nent at $50. and can't wait 4 the dos
doesn't come IN time"
You're what? Starting for the con
tinent27
Yes. live IN Germany. and"
''Well, an biowe6- And you want
- take that dog out Of England Morn.
Ing, SIR; morning. Sorry we cant DC
business WAY. that dogs regulas
income 20 me and you want 20 rob re
Of IL Wei, ] AMY. L. Mail zns
ExpresN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

KEY. A Sims, NJ. d., baptist
missionary at Leopoldville, on the
Congo, has received decorations from
both the French and Belgium govern
ments. recognizing his medical services
to their officials.
William Waldorf Aston employed
q scholar from the British museum to
trace his geneaiogy and get him le-
Ultimate crest. After two years of
study in European archives he traced
the descent, beyond doubt, TO an
ancient family of Spanish grandees,
where the desired crest was obtained.
-London's new mayor, Sir Walter
Wilkin, made his fortune by the sale
Walters probable elevation to a
baronetcy at the expiration of his
term of Office. political antagonist
remarked: We Have Risen would
make a fine motto for the Wilkin
family"
Mrs. Catherine c. Mcdonald, OF
Maspeth, L. l., who was educated in
the Perkins institute for the blind,
South Boston, originated the thought
funds, interested other women, aud
has at last realized the fruition of her
hopes and plans. A home has been
opened at Maspeth under favorable
auspices.
Isabella and Sallie Broadbent, two
Florida girls who gave valuable assist
ance in rescuing the crew of the
wrecked Norwegian ship Catherine, in
August, 1894, have received silver lock-
cts and chains from King Oscar, of
Norway and Sweden. The lockets are
inscribed with the crown and mono
gram of the king, and the words, For
a Noble Deed"
king Oscar. of Sweden and Nor
way, recently appeared in a new role
at the performance given by Stuart
Cum berland in Stockholm Mr.. Cum
berland does not know Swedish, AMI
his interpreter failed 70 appear; so the
king. who is an excellent hnguist. of
fered MS services, and explained things
to the crowded audience with surpris-
ing ease and iuency.
Miss Frances Abdulla, the daugh-
ter of an Arab chief, established, Jan
uary /, 1855. the Northern Dairy Farm
Co. at Allahabad. India, which has
achieved remarkable success She also
instituted the Ali Abdulia stables an
equine home, and the Toe memorial in
stitute, a temporary home for gentle
women seeking employment She IS a
woman of strong individuality, and
very perSevering-
Count Okuma, who Is the most Will
ing talker and promoter in japan. il
still advocating his scheme for great
worlds fair in Japan in 1895 or the
year following. He thinks Il would be
q great advertisement OF Japap's re-
sources and progress. and would vast
" stimulate commerce with the QUITE
world His plan j. 20 have portion
Of the Chinese indemnity fun6-szy 10
90. eco yen-set aside for this exposi-
ton.
Miss Helen 4. Whittier has FOR
some Eez-s been the proprietor and
active manager % large cotton mill
g. Lowell, Mass she is bailding a new
nil a. the south. AID intends that the
product OF her southern nill shall be
Of the cosrser and cheaper fabrics.
which can be made there 20 good al
vantage. with inferior help. while the
head looms IN Massachusetts, are ex-
clusively occupied with the finer grades
Of manufacture
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
Ennrht at Mnhurn. Mass.

Woburn, Mass, Jan. 1.-Over 1000
sporting men from Boston and other
places attended the Woburn Athletic
club fights tonight. The events were
of "a fir-st-class character, the principal
one being that between Billy Briefly,
the Irish lightweight champion, and
Billy Sullivan, better known as Spike"
Sullivan. of Boston. The men fought
eight rounds, Sullivan getting the decis-
ron at the finish. The men weighed in
at 124 pounds. Both men Were badly
punished.
The preliminary bout was between
George Mere of St. Louis and Dave
Ross of Sonlerville, at Ia pounds. Ross
knocked the st. Louis man down in the
third round and was awarded the de-
sision by Captain Bill DAILY, by the
referee, who refused to allow the con-
test to continue
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
ALFRED ELY BEACH DEAD
Editor and One of the Founders of til
Scientific American.


New York, Jan. 2.-.Alfred Eli Beach,
editor of the Scientific American, died
al his home in this city today of pneu-
monia Mr.. Beach was born in Spring
field, Mass. in 1926 He was the son Of
Moses Y. Beach.
When he was 20 years old he formed
a partnership with o. d. Mum, and
they became the proprietors of the
Scientific American, which was at that
time the only weekly journal of its kind
in the country. During nearly fifty
years Mr.. Beach was active in the edi-
torship of the Scientific American and
in the direction of the extensive patent
business of the firm. He had a faculty
for mechanics and all branches Of
science.
Among Mr.. Beach's earlier inventions
was a typewriting machine which was
exhibited in the Chrystal Palace exhi-
bition in London and in the American
institute exhibition in this city from 1852
until 1855 1t received the gold medal
of the institute as one of the most in
genious and important inventions then
exhibited. The machine had the key
board, the pot OF type bars and the ink
ribbon, the spacing bar, the paper
moved by the keys, etc, as now in use.
Mr.. Beach, soon after the close of the
war, founded the Beach institute at
Savannah for the education of freed
men. He had always been noted for his
private charities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
IN THE CITY OF MEXICO
How the President of the Republic Passed
New Years Day.

Mexico City, Jan. New Years day
though observed as a holiday, passed
quietly. The president of the republic
received many delegations and many
individual callers were received. John
Russell Young was caller on the pres
ident who had a long audience.
A large cotton mill has been erected in
Alichoacan, the existing mills not being
of sufficient capacity to NEE the de
mand. Prices for cotton goods are good
The railroad business of the country is
in excellent condition.
The government committee is taking
soundfngs of Tampico harbor and is
preparing a chart for seamen. The Off
ciaas find the depth Of the water salts
factory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
SANTA BELLA WINS
FASTEST FILLY in THE WEST
SHOWS WHAT SHE CAN Do.

Crowd at Bay District Track so Big That
the Bookmakers Can't Handle the
Money-SaIIie CIicquot and Argentina,
are Santa BeIIa's victims-New Years
Handicap at New observation-disclosures
Plays Football at Ell Paso--R Results of
the intercollegiate and International
Chess Matches-Other Sporting News.
San Francisco, Jan. 1.-The largest
crowd that ever gathered within the
gates at the Bay District track was
present today to witness the Rosemead
stakes. So great was the crush that it
was impossible for the bookmakers to
handle all the bets and hundreds were
unable to place their money on their re-
spective choices. W. o. B. McDon-
ough's FLY, Imp Santa Bella demon
strated that she is the fastest FLY in
the west, giving away weight, getting
off none too well and then winning so
imperssively as to set all doubts at rest
regarding her. superiority over Green
3. Morris's FLY, Sallie Clicquot. The
latter was a strong favorite at TO ),
Brummen coupled at to l. Z. J.
Baldwins Argentina was at to l.
Doggett on Argentina beat the flag
three lengths and was six length in
front before the others realized that it
was a go. Turning into the stretch
Sallie ClicquOt and Santa Bella closed
up on the flying leader, the latter WIN
ming by three lengths with Argentina
two lengths in front of Sallie Cliquot
"Pittsburg PHIL started his horses
for the first time today. running sec
ond with Ed Kesrney and winning the
handicap with Derfargilla, whom he
backed heavily. Two favorites, two
second and two third choices secured
first money today. Weather clear and
pleasant; track fast. Summaries:
First race-Five and a half furlongs:
Two Cheers won; 1rma, second: My
Sweetheart, third. Time, 1:0S15.
Second-Afile and seventy yards; sell
ting: st. Lone won; Ed Kearney, sec
ond; Mont Alvo, third. Time, 40.
Third-Seven furlongs; handicap:
Joan won; La Vicente, second; Ferris |
Hartland, third. Time, 1:2414.
Fourth-Five and a half furlongs; |
Rosemead stakes. mp Santa Bella |
won; Argen tina, second; Sallie Cliquot, 1
third. Time, 1907.
Fifth-About a mile and a half; the |
Delmonte steeplechase: st. Brandon |
won; j. o. c., second; Col Weightman,
third. Time, 3:2415.
Sixth-About six furlongs; handicap: |
Derfargilla won; McLight, second; Imp
Star Ruby, third. Time, 1:12H.
Griffin, the famous jockey, who rode /
Long Lady in the Rosemeade stakes,
was thrown from his horse and badly
shken up, though he was not seriously
hurt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
Reverend Doctor is the Winner.

! Lakewood. n. J., Jan. 1.-The golf
players were forced to face "a strong
wind today in the match for the cup Of
fered by George ]. Gould, and high
scores were the exceptions. There were
forty-fve entries for the matches. Rev.
Dr. W. S. RainsfOrd of St. Andrews
club, won the cup with a net score of
SIS. He had a handicap of 8. George A
Armstrong, also of St. Andrews, won
the gold medal. given by the Lakewood
club as second prize.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
BUcKLEN's ARN1cA sALvE.

The Best Sa1ve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refund
ed. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at
Geo. Van Werden's Pharmacy, 32S N
Main street and G. Behring's drug
store, northeast corner Topeka and
Douglas avenues.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
intercollegiate Chess Match.

New York, JAN To-day the inter
collegiate chess Tournament conclud-
ed and Harvard came out victorious.
Today's playing resulted as follows:
Seymour, Princeton, beat Price, Col
umbia, after AZ moves; Ryder, Harvard,
beat Murdoch, Yale, after So moves;
Southland, Harvard, beat Arnstein,
Yale, after So moves; Ross, Columbia,
beat Elmer, Princeton, after fifty
moves.
On the final record, Columbia Won
eight and lost four; Harvard won So
and lost By; Yale won SO and lost Sla,
and Princeton won and lost s.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
Fitz upsets Indian Footballists.

FL Paso, Jan. 1.-Fitzsimmons played
football today. a team composed of
Indian students from the territorial In
dian school at Albuquerque, n. NJ, and
said to be the crack football team of
the territory, met Ell Paso's eleven on
the gridiron here this afternoon and
were defeated by the latter. Ftzsim-
mons played right tackle for FL Paso
and enjoyed the sport of throwing In
dian heels over head immensely. The
score was twelve to four
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
HOW THE BRITISH STOLE 1T
Hitherto Unpublished Story of Their En-
croachments In Venezuela

New York, Jan. There is chapter in
the controversy between Great Britain
and Venezuela which has never been told.
1t is the story of how the officials of Ven
ezuela discovered that the English were
occupying territory other than their own.
The discovery was due to a robbery which
occurred in 1880. Blaneo was then pres
ident. General Alfaro was an ex-presi-
dent and was suu ambitious. The voters
took little stock in him, even after he
organized an inSurgent army, and, with
Rodil Rebollo, and others, made war for
several months without accomplishing
anything.
Finding that he was beaten. and with
moose the only thing in sight, he d.Much
gold was being brought in at the time on
mules, and Ilfaro. Rodil and some COM
panionS stole about Si00,00 of il. They
got a canoe and padded down the Grin
oco river until they came to some rapids
which they could not get over. There
were some Indians about, and to them
the insurgents trusted the canoe which
contained all their weapons. When the
Indians found the weapons they chased
the owners away.
Hard times were then in store for AL
faro and his companions. They had TO
subsist on leaves and such fruit as they
could find. There was plenty of game,
but, owing to the loss of their weapons,
the rainy season, but there was no shell
ter for them They camped in the woods
and soon their clothes began to rot on
them. One by one the men became ill.
until there We're only about half a dozen
in the party. The sick ones were left
behind TO de. Those who were well al
most starved, and at last lots were drawn
ana one OF the party was killed and eaten
All this time the men were pushing on
for the coast. The 10000 which they
carried was a greater burden than they
could bear and was thrown away. The
men were almost desperate, when one
morning they heard the report OF fire
arms. They wondered what Il could be
They knew that there were no Venezuelan
soldiers about. and decided 10 Investigate.
Thy pushed on in the direction in which
they heard the report. On reaching a
clearing they were surprised TO see
house over which the British flag was dis
played.
The little party FASTENED toward il, and
had gone but a shou distance when they
saw a soldier HIS back was turned ard
they called TO him. When he saw them
he gave a shrek and ran for his life. The
men had been out four months. their
boards were long, and they were almost
naked.
The wanderers asked the officers what
the firing of guns meant, ard were told
that Il was Tire queens birthday. Then
Alfaro. who had been governor OF Quay
ana NOW Bolivis) wanted 10 know what
place was a British possession on terri
tory ceied 70 Great Britain by Venezu-
ca Aifsro knew the boundary OF the
state. and was aware that the English had
taken territory that did no. belorE 20
them. Then one of the insurgents returned
10 Caracas and told the officials Of the
finding Of the British fort.