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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
CONNECTS FOR ORIENTAL PORTS
Great Northern fleets Deal With Jap
anese Carrying Company.

ancee garry inS company.
Chicago, Aug. 13.-Official notice has
been made by the Great Northern road
of its agreement with the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha, which is said to be the most
important carrying organization in the
Orient. The Great Northern says that
through its connection with that organ
ization it VIII handle freight for all
Oriental ports. The first steamship to
errive under the new agreement will ar
rive al Seattle on the last day of the
present month and sailings will be
monthly thereafter. there being one
boat each way in every month.
The Southern Pacific road has enter
ed vigorous protest against the action
Of the Western Passenger association
in changing the method of collecting
and dividing the 81 extra Which is
charged in ilomeseekers excursion bust
ness. The Southern Pacific at first re-
fused to run the excursions under the
new plan, but has now changed its mind
and says that it will run them in COM
mon with the other roads.
A proposition has been submitted to
the western roads providing for the
adoption of an open rate of one and one
third fare where the local rate is 8
cents per mile for all district congress-
ional conventions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
BLOWN UP BY A BOILER
Five Men Near Alliance. Ohio, 1niuT'
Twoo OF Them Fatally.

Alliance, O., Aug. IA $50 hores-
power boiler at the Louisville Brick
and Tile works near Macimo. five miles
west of here. exploded this morning with
terrific force, completely wrecking the
building.
1siah Johnson. engineer, had his back
broken, his body being penetrated by
an iron bolt. He will die. He resides
in Louisville and has a wife and several
children Samuel Snyder was badly
injured about the head and his breat
was crushed. He cannot recover. He
resides at Louisville and has wife and
five children. James GRASSY, John
Rufaneith, Sheridan Sell and S. E. Fong
sustained painful injuries but will re-
cover. The boiler was blown through
two kilns, a distance of seventy-five
feet and the plant was destroyed by
fire. The loss is perhaps $4,000. with
no insurance. The cause of the ex.
plosion is not known.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
TWO MEMS WORK FOR ONE
Naval Engineers Break Down Even When
Only Playing War

Washington, Aug. 13.-The first run of
the feet under Admiral Bunce, from
New York to Hampton Roads. occupy
ing period of eight days. has been the
means of drawing the attention of the
navy department to what may be ex-
pected from these ships in actual war
conditions, or what. rather, may not
be expected Of them. During this short
run, and at nothing like the conditions
that would obtain during hostilities.
Chief Engineer George E. Tower and
Passed Assistant Engineer McAllister
of the battleship of the squadron, the
Indiana, broke down, and have since
been invaded to the hospital. The i'm
portance of increasing the number of
officers in the engineer corps is daily
fel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
The Season
Is Here 4. j.. .

Calling is now the order OF
the day. You can't dc i
properly unless you are equip
ped with engraved cards.
They are artistic; all others
have been reIegated TO days
OF barbarisn. II you haven't
the proPe. thing, We viii &c.
them for yor. They cost no
more than the the cheap
printed OF poorly written cnes
and besides, you are Up With
the times.
II you have q plate We VIII
get you 100 latest cards tcc
ST.oo, or have you- name ez-
grsved q; SI.so per Kindred
We have samples and de-
signs in handsome Wedding
Invitations, 90 Rome Cards
a; prices that vii get yoz-
trade.
The EAGLE PRESS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
No Reflection

The festivities a. the coming of nge
Of the present Lord HoPetoun included
service at the parish church, which
was filed with members of the great
Hope family and also with members OF
the Hope clan. The feelings OF the con-
gregation thus composed can be imag-
ined when the minister began his dis
course with the words: MY brethren,
the world il full of blasted hoPex."-
san Frsncisco Argonaut
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
How Are Your Kidneys?

thence over the Michigan Central track
so that the delay to traffic Will not be
great.
The Monon road has an eighty-foot
washout a mile south of this place and
a mill dam on the north side OF the
road has just burst and it looks as il
the Monon bridge on the north side will
GO down
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
y,poIeon... Revereoe,.

An old lady in Brussels, who recently
celebrated her Tooth birthday. relates
that when Napoleon passed through
her native village OF Fumay. in 1910,
a peasant having fallen on his knees
10 ask favor. the emperor saidt Get
ap. and never kneel except to God!"-
Chicago Inter Ocean
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
Safety Asxured-

Mr.. Winks (solemnly)-A noted ply
stefan says tina. deadly bacteria hIrh
in bank notes and many diseases. ,spe
cially smallpox. arc spread that way.
Mrs. Winks-M.rcy on Us! Give M
all you have right OF. I've been vac
cinsted, you know. - Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
Fort Wayne Races.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Aug. 13.-A very
heavy rain this morning interfered with
calling the races until 2 p. m. The
races postponed from yesterday were
to have been put on the card but the
program was not completed when dark
ness fell. The track was in good con-
dition but little heavy. Five thous-
and people attended. The record for
a race, 2:0SA, was eQualled in the second
heat of the 2:09 trot, by Kentucky Union
Summaries:
Two-year-old trot, purse 81 ,00o-Ma-
BILE Moneypenny won third. and fourth
heats. Time 2:16, 2:14H. Directum Kel-
ley won second heat in 2:13% and was
second; Axmere won first heat in 2:171s
and was third. Della Fox, Athway and
Lady Bird also started
Glass 2:20. pacing, purse $500: Blaksie
won fifth, sixth and seventh heats. Time
2:15a4; 2:1712: PIG. Rossdale won first
and second heats and was second. Time
214k; 2:12. Bell Time, third. Lady
Anderson, Mazda, Blaze Boy, Booze,
Chester Boy, Dawson Lake, Luella Sh-
awhan and Kitty Van also started.
Glass 2:09, trotting, purse 81 900: Ken
lucky Union won in straight heats.
Time 2:10A; Posi-. 209. Lord Clinton.
second: Pat L, third. B. B. P. also
started
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
IOWA GOLD DEMOCRATS
Committe Appoints ITSELF to Issue Call
for State Convention.

Des Noines. Ia. Aug. IA commit
tee OF gold standard Democrats headed
by l. II. Martin. national committee
man. ard Henry Voltrns-. chairman OF
The state COMMITTEES. met here tOsdy and
issued call for a state convention of
gold standard Democrats % meet n
Des Mo!nes. August =. J. z. Markley
o. Macon City was chosen FOR tempo
rary chairman and F. W Lohranl o
s. Louis was asked 20 address the con
verttor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14

New York. Aug I3-The Nsssachu-
setts hotel. az Shelter Island, one q the
largest ard mos. fashionable 81 tas
sumner hotels on the Long Island coast.
took fra early today There Sas no
means az hand % combating The flames
and the engines had % b. brolghs ron
a distance The whole south SIDE o..
the hotel was banned. eltaiilg Ices .,
10000 Moe OF the baggage G. the
guests vas saved
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
WIND HELPS JUST a LITTLE
Horrors of the Heat In New York are
Nearly Up to the High Marx

New York, Aug. l3.-There was but
slight improvement IN the condition OF
the weather and but for a breeze blow
ing at the torpid rate of fifteen miles an
hour from the northwest, the mortality
roll might have surpassed Wednesday >
list The dead from heat in this city
today numbered siNty-four and prostra-
tons 12S. There were 374 death certifi-
Gates issued by the health board for the
twenty-four hours ending az noon to-
day. OF these, I5S were for pepole who
died from the effects OF heat This sur
passes all previous records IN the his
tory of the health department The
horses killed by heat today number
more than on any former day of che hot
spell. The health department carts
could not work fast enough 10 dispose
OF ell the csrcasses and many We're left
where they had fallen for hours before
they could be taken away. The fire de-
partment is keeping everything around
the hispitals drenched. Ice is 10 be dis
tributei to the poor by the city and ell
police stations and engine houses are 10
be depots. The parks are kept open all
night, with permission for persons 70
sleep on the grass, Several thousand
took advantage OF this order.
There were eight dea tbs from heat In
jersey City today Five died in Hobo
ken, fourteen n Newark, four a. Eliza
beth and seven in Patterson. among
them William II. Morse. editor Of q
morning paper. There were twenty
one deaths in Brooklyn
Mexico. No, Aug. 1S-At the prelin-
mary hearing OF William January. who
murdered his aged father. Alexander
January. the patricide was bound over
to await the action OF the grand jury.
Young January was brought from Fa-
Der AMI placed in jail here today.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14

GEgvAx FRrExD-'sDe hict1re ycc hAf
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word n dc English lsocxEicge vieh de-
sc-loes it-snd / h4f yorgottea if-"-TIt-
Bits.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14

Our series of ads, with prices,
has been the cause of a general
reduction On the prices of print
ing in al the printing houses In
q 81. We always lead In 70
tc1as OK This kind
While We employ nothing but
the best workmen, our prices are
lower than the fellows who kick
a press, up stairs IN some dark
room, and who have not credit
enough to buy q ream of wrap
ping paper.
The Eagle pays more IN sal,
aries each week than all the ether
houses combined pay in a month.
You, as q merchant, receive the
benefit ot these pay rolls and We
ask tina; you psuonize Is SO long
as we give you the best In the
market for the same you are pay
ing for the inferior grades.
THE EAGLE PRESS
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-29

The study of domestic cattle should
be of especial interest to us because they
have undoubtedly occupied q more i'm
portant place in our own ancestral his
tory than any other species of animal.
The Aryan tribesmen from whom nearly
all western civilization folk are de-
scended were cowboys almost to man.
Like the Kaffirs and damaras of South
Africa today, all their thoughts were
about their herds. This is shown in a
curious way by the study of the early
development Of our language. The San
skirt word for king meant originally "A
chief herdsman. The word for an as
sembly, or the meeting place of n con-
gress, was the same as that for a cow
yard. A soldier was Zone who fights
about cows" 1t would seem as if they
regarded nothing else as worth ruling
over or talking about or fighting for.
Professor Max Muller traces the word
daughter" to the ancient term for a
millmaid. In the good old times they
plainly did not take any account of
young ladies who were not accomplished
performers in the cowpen.
The COW or OK was for long ages the
chief standard of value. Everything,
from anew coat to new wife, was
priced at so many COWS. Many of our
words which refer to money bear traces
Of this such as fee" and "pecuniary,"
which are directly derived from the old
English and Latin words for cattle.
Doubtless there We're currency disputes
when other materials began to be used
for coinage, and difficulties arose about
the adjustment of relative values "Cow
metallism" might well have been an
important plank in some of the Aryan
political platforms. North American
Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-29
In SarRent's Studio.

Sargent's studio is always a sociable
place. Unlike many artists, the presence
of visitors or companions does not dis
turb him when he is painting. He seems
to work without obvious exertion even
in his intensest activity. "When his
models are resting, he fills up the gap
by strumming on the piano or guitar, {"
says one Of his friends. "His manner
while at work is that Of man of con-
summate address and does not show
physical or mental effort" He knows
thoroughly well what he is about and
what his capabilities are, so that while
he searches the truth in his pictorial
rendering of what is before him, and
often repaints part Of his picture en-
tirely in the effort to make 1t as perfect
as possible, he works with confidence
He has never been allied with any revo-
lutionary movements in art, and, while
novelty appeals to him in things seen,
he shuns all passing crazes or new doc
trines. William A. Coffin in Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-29

But though much has been done,
much still remains to be done, and even
If it did not, the necessity for our con-
tinuance III Egypt depends on some-
thing more than the completion of q
programme. When we have exhausted
the list of improvements of which the
country is capable, our mission will be
only half fulfilled. The pashas and the
whole tribe of fatteners ON corrupt
system are still on the spot, only watch
ing for favorable opportunity to inau-
gurate counter revolution and repos-
sess themselves of their lost fleshpots.
The people have not yet learned to rely
on any protection against their former
oppressers, except what is afforded by
the English.
Take away this support and the whole
machine of progress would run down
hill again, and the great work of the
last ten years be completely undone.
The old corrupt system would at once
reassert itself, and the second state of
Egypt would be worse than the. first.
The appetite of the bloodsuckers only
whetted by their enforced abstinence,
and the hapless fellaheen, instead of
feeling, as they feel today, deeply CRATE
full for the intervention of England,
would only curse the hour when they
first listened to her counsels. Black.
woods Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-29

The hopeful phase is when we seek
work for the first time. Possiblywe are
entire strangers to the great city and its
ways. We have entered ITS gates with
out introduction, with little experience
of life, less money, and yet with the
grand idea of stepping into some lucra-
tive appointment that may be had al
most for the asking. Ii Of an adventure
loying and enterprising spirit, we are
prepared to enjoy this new experience.
The untried city has n fascination for
US. Its streets, its buildings, the faces
of its inhabitants-all touch our fancy.
We set off full of hope. We are 30 sure
that fate has something bright in store.
We go from agent to agent, from edi-
tor to editor, from publisher to publish
er, from one place Of business to anoth-
er. Agents are naturally pleased to
pocket their fees as they smilingly as
sure us they will do their best to find
us work. Editors receive us with tired
air and point to a pile Of unread manu-
scripts Poor editors! Publishers do us
the honor of assuming that we have q
book for inspection. Business employ
ers scan us with commercial eye. "No
business capacity" is their inward COM
ment We read it in their faces-Good
Words.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-29
The Thought Switch.

II suppose" said Mr.. Glimmerton,
"that If man is blessed with fairly
good health he ought to be able to sleep
nights, but, as a matter of fact, many
people lie awake half the night worry
ing over things not worth fretting
about, and waking up in the morning
tired out to start with.
"What is needed is a thought switch
that will switch the thoughts over from
unpleasant lines 10 lines that are pleas
ant and keep them there. There are
plenty Of such switches now, but the
trouble with 'em all is that they don't
lock. They're all open switches A man
gets over all right, but it's always up
grade where this switch is laid, and the
first thing he knows he slides back on
the old line Of thought. What we want
is switch that will keep him ON the
right track till he's gathered strength
enough to climb the hill to the level,
where the going is easy, and where the
track lies straight for dreamland.
"There's money for the inventor In
this, and what boon he would confer
on his brother man. New York Sun
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-29
WORKING 1T BACKWARD.
Remarkable Things Shown by the Kinct
oscope When Reversed.

Remarkable Things Shown by the Kinet
oscope When Reversed.
"Impossibilities Made Possible by
Means of the Modern Inventions In the
Electrical Field" furnished the theme of
lecture given recently by Professor G..
Queroult in the Paris Academy of Sci
ences. During some of his experiments
he hit upon the idea to turn around
Photographic records and also the series
Of pictures seen through the kinetoscope,
respectively the kinematograph. Having
walls and shown in the kinetoscope the
growth, the development Of the stem,
leaves, buds, flowers and fruit, the
same consequence of Photographic pic
lures reversed was presented to the eye
Of the astonished academicians, who
wondered at the fruit turning into flow
ers, flowers into buds, buds drawing
back into themselves and disappearing,
the leaves closing, getting smaller and
disappearing, the stem getting shorter
and shorter, until the earth closes over it.
The most incredible things are devel-
oped before the eyes of the spectator if
n most ordinary series of such pictures
is reversed. A drinker takes up an empty
glass and replaces it full upon the table; (;
a smoker sees the stump of q cigar fly
ing at him from the floor, takes it to
his mouth and sees the smoke originate
in the room, draws it into his mouth
and into his cigar, which is gradually
heightened and finally replaced in the
pocket A wrestler, who has probably
thrown away his garments, is recovered
with them by their, so to speak, walk
ing up on him into their places, while
he himself performs motions of which
we can understand nothing because we
never saw these most ordinary motions
performed backward; man, for in
stance, seated at table before an empty
plate, works hard taking bite after bite
from his mouth, until the chicken is
whole again on the dish before him, and
the side dishes are also returned full to
their respective places In order to fully
enjoy an exhibition OF the kinetosoOpe,
such an exhibition should be completed
by arranging alongside Of each other the
same scenes in regular order in one ma
chine and reversed in another. 1t would
be advisable, however, 70 inform the
spectators previous to their looking at
such reversed series of pictures, for
otherwise they might think themselves
the victim of q dream, q hallucination,
or something worse. St Louis Globe
Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-29

The timber wealth of the United
States gives yearly product Of over q
billion dollars, or twice the value Of
the entire output Of all the mines put
together-gold, silver, coal, iron, cop
per, zinc and the rest. This is re-
source worth keeping, and yet we are
cutting into our capital at the fearful
rate Of rs per cent each year, as only
about 25 per cent of the timber market
is represented by new growth. AS for
losses from the fires that are started by
locomotives, cattlemen, berry pickers,
hunters and incendiaries, it gives suffi-
cient idea Of what they cost us, to be
told by the forestry commissioner of
Pennsylvania that his state alone prob
ably suffers to the extent Of $50, 900, 600
annually from this one cause. Not only
the trees are lost in these mighty con-
flagrations, the vegetable mold which
would supply fertility to the soil for
future agricultural purposes, or food for
the roots of second growth of forest,
is burned. and the first step is taken on
that easy descent to q landslide or flood
bed. .-Scribner's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-29
The Princer. nYetsa,nich.

In the days when black skirt looped
up over a short colored petticoat was as
daring costume fora hdy of position
as the divided garment of the cycleuse
is today. the Princess Metternich eager
ly urged the empress to wear the new
fashion on public occasion. One Of the
ladies of the. court who knew that the
advice if adopted, would bring censure
ON her mistress, asked pointedly, "But
would you give the same advice to your
own empress (of Austria)?" ooh, mol"
was the answer. "But the Empress
Elizabeth is real empress"
The other anecdote, though not more
creditable to the princess taste, has a
racy humor about it which puts us, in
spite of ourselves, on better terms with
her. Having lost patience in an argu-
ment with Nine. de Persigny, she ap-
pealed to the empress, who begged her
to give in, saying of Nine. de Persigny,
Remember that her mother is mad. "
$50 her mother is mad?" retorted the
princess. "Well, madame, my father is
mad. So, why should I give in to her?'
London Spectator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-29
BITTEN BY A SNAKE.
That II what the Victim OF Practical
Joke Thought.

"A good many years ago." said an
ex.congressman to a party of congress-
men, II was in Georgia. A party of us
decided to go from Atlanta to Clarks-
vile on horseback. Tim Murphy, an
Irishman, was lieutenant of the At
lanta police force. He wanted to go,
too, and we consented. On our way to
Clarksville, through the mountainous
sections of the state, we killed two large
rattlesnakes. Murphy was amazed and
frightened. He wanted to know If
snakes were plentiful, and we told him
that they were. We told him that at
Clarksville they had often been found
in the rooms of guests at the hotel. Tim
hated TO turn back and so went ON.
1--WE knew that ut Gainesville sa-
loon keeper had stuffed bull snake, and
we concocted plan to make Tim wish
he had never left Atlanta. We got to
the old fashioned hotel all right We
were put in big room, with four beds
in it. We drank good deal, and Tim
was in excellent spirits II was warm
night, and most of us undressed Tim
pulled off everything but his shirt. He
lay down face foremost across the bed.
Then tied u string around the neck of
the snake, put fishhook at the other
end of the line and cautiously hitched
the hook to Tins shirt.
1.-THE next time he turned around he
got glimpse of the snake. Holy
schmoke' he yelledl 'LookP And then
he made dash for the window. AS he
jumped out the window the fishhook
pricked him in the back. He uttered an
awful yell, said he had been bitten and
went flying through the sandy streets OF
the town dressed in Kongo style. We
followed and tried to catch him. At ev-
cry step he swore he had been bitten,
and that he would die. We overhauled
him after the whole town had been
aroused. We took him back to the hotel
and filed him with whisky, telling
him that was the only cure for snake
bite. The next morning he went to At
lanta and took course under physi
clan for snake bite. For years after that
Tim would brag about killing 20 snakes
at one time and of having been bitter
by one of them. He did not learn of the
trick for five years, and then he threat
ened to take my life. "-Washingtor
| Star.