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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-29

his hands On the bin he thought he had
found q way out OF my difficulties. and
went after my lawyer. Then they saw
the station agent, and he identified the
bill as the only one he had ever put his
name ON, and remembered that had
1okingly asked him what to do to make
1t good. The next move was to make .
few inquiriesof the stranger as to how
he came into possession Of the money.
This was done by waiting until next
morning when he was sober, and charg-
ing him directly with the murder. Il
was SO sudden that he weakened on the
spot. as most murderers will, and the
result was that was saved. Saved in
more senses than one. too" concluded
the official. "for from that day lived q
new life, and thank God have never
fallen into evil ways since, and that was
30 years ago."
How do you explain the notion to
have the station agents signature on
the bill and your insisting on the man
taking it?" inquired the writer.
God moves in q mysterious way His
wonders to perform was the reverent
seply.
'-And the man who did not want to
take the marked bill?'
HE was running away from justice.
He had spent every dollar of fund be-
longing to an orphan and had been
called 70 an unting."-Washingto
Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-29
WORLDS OLDEST FAMILY.
The Oldest IN the British Isles II the
MARI, of Scotland.

The Oldest IN the British Isles II the
Mars, of Scotland.
AS result of recent investigations
it has been shown that the foundations
Of the families of about a dozen of the
400 barons in the British house of lords
date back to 400, the earliest being
1854. The oldest family in the British
Isles is the Mar family. of Scotland,
1893. The Campbells, of Argyll. began
in 1870, the Talleyrand dates from IIe9,
Bismarck from 1910. the Gresvenor FAM
lily. the dukes Of Westminster, 1866; the
Austrian house of Hapsburg goes back
TO e52. and the house of Bourbon TO
e64. The descendants OF Mohammed,
born $40. are all registered carefully
and authoritatively in q book kept in
Mecca by the chief Of the family. Lit
tie or 10 doubt exists Of the absolute
authenticity of the long line Of MohaIn-
med's descendants
In China there are many old families:
also among the Hebrews, "but," SAYS an
authority, when il comes 70 pedigrees
there Is one gentleman 70 whom thu
world must take off its hat. not as facils
princeps or prinnus inter pares, bu. az
the great and only none=uch. This il
the mikado of Japan" His place has
been filed by members Of his family for
more than $500 years The present
mikado is the 1924 of the line. The first
one was contemporary With Nebuchad-
nezzar. $50 years before Christ OF tbs
seven great religions enumerated by
Max Muller as possessing Bibles the
mikado family Ia older thar FIVE.
Since we all have the consolation of
knowing that we are desce adsnts from
the first family. IL makes 20 difference
II some Of the early records are lost. ex-
cspt'o far as they relate TO recent prop
erty titles--Pitis5urg Dispatch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-29
bsninK Colorx.

Black combines well with almost & n
colors, except those which are so lack
ing in brightness as 20 be too nearly Ike
it. Black and pale pink. blue, yellow.
green. red. lavender and even rather
dark shades of blue, clear brown and
green are excellent com binations.
Brown combines well with yellow. gold
and bronze - IL is the shade OF brow a
which has brightness. II is effective
also with black and with certain times
Of green. A chocolste-and-nl milk brown
combines well with old rose and the
dull shades Of pink. Very dark green
Ia effective when frightened BY Innings
OF narrow trimming 81 pale blue. A
medium shade OF green unites with old
pink Brownish green looks well with
bronze nld copper color. Dark blue may
be Frightened By lines of bright, rich
red, by lines Of cid rose or Of clear ysl-
low. Blue OF the electric" and cadet"
varieties is best CON bined with black or
with figured silks in which the sane
shade prcdodninates. - You.h's Com-
canisn.
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NEW Works. FOOD SUPPLY.
Enough Always ON Hand TO Withstand .
Eour-Honth,s Siege

Four-Aonth's Siege
II the city of New York AID tn.
aighborhood district were to be besiegei
or in some other way entirely cut Off
from the outside world, and therefore
deprived of the food supplies which in
normal times come in daily in large
quantities. how long would it be before
the pinch of hunger would be felt?
That is q very hard question to answer.
for the reason that there are such in
CAPABILITIES of purchasing capacity in
New York society that some go hungry
IN times of greatest prosperity for lack
Of means, while tho great ma jority eat
more than is good for them. Undoubt-
eddy the number of those who always
go hungry would be increased after two
or three days of a siege, and then day
by day this number would increase un-
til the public authorities would feel
compelled to take'possession of the food
supplies aud distribute them among
the people. With the exception of milk
and SOME other things the supply OF
meat, poultry, hardy vegetables and
fruits would last for two months at the
present rate Of consumption. II MI the
supplies were taken charge OF at the
beginning Of a sie2e-and this could
easily be doDe-the food within New
York could be made to last for four
months at least. The siege o; Paris
lasted only four months. Before two
months had passed. high and low. rich
and poor, had learned what hunger wa.
And. as is wei known. the French ar.
the most thrifty and economical PEG.
pie in the world. In the arrangement
and disposition Of food tho Parisians
are specially distinguished. But the
food supply in New York could be mads
to last as long as the Paris siege lasted.
and the people would still be comfor.
table.-Ladies' Home journal.
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The Cocoanut Pearl

The most peculiar of all the ee1ns ID
the remarkable concrctions occasion
ally found IN tho flesh and other por-
tons Of the common coooanut. Il Is
composed of pure calcium carbonate.
without a trace of other salts OF vege-
table matter, and ia capable OF taking
on a polish equal To that which An eI-
perienced workman can pot on piece
Of the finest ITALIAN naTbls. Years sgo
wonderful storfes were told about the
cocosnut pearls, but they were gener-
ally discreslited by thu best known
nAturalists. 10 was said that they were
priced IN Ipiia and Africa a. charms
against snake bites and those Of pois-
onous Insects. The natives Of &ofucca
Islands, it was further said. used them
as charms against diseese and evil PR
its But the scientific world laushs
at all this "a nonsense up 10 about ten
years ago. In 1883 s. ]. Hickman, sn
English traveller "A the Celebss. OBJ
tanned two fine sperirn&nA Of the cocoa
nut pearl. One OF these N row in The
Kew Gardens museum. London. A few
years later DR.. ]. 6. +. Risdsl collected
several Of them IL Is now 10 longer
disputed that such things IN cocoa
nut pears" exist. They are real Won
ders, too.-St- Louis Republic
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fore the crsfck cavslrymen's CASINO "
the city. 1t proved to be very incns-
Greet act. too, for his fellow officers at
once took him to task for disgracing h;s
uniform, refused TO listen 70 toe cta-
lions of the czar's remarks on the sud-
ject, and eventually after days OF Pecse-
cution. began urging on him the pro-
priety Of res;gning his Commission IN
his distress tho persecutec cncer
turned 10 friend in the ministry OF
war. who brought the whole anair Ia
the Cars notice. It was four o'eioeS
In the afternoon when Nicholas heard
the story. he at once put ON DARK
suit, ordered his adjutant to do the
same. and together they wen. to the
spot where the prosecuted Officer had
taken q car. They boarded car, rode
on il to the barracks, alighted. boarded
a returning car, and went back 20 tho
palacs. The czar wrote out = brief &C
count of his little trip. and added to IL
the inquiry:
"Am still worthy to wear the uni-
form of Russian oficer?
he signed the document "Nicho'as"
and sent IL TO the colonel OF the perse-
cutsd officers regiment Since then
there has been peace at the officers
quarters of that regiment, and the man
who rode on horse car has been treat
ed with the Difference belonging to one
who pulls wires at court
Perhaps Nicholas got his idea OF an
object lesson in this case from Emperor
Francis Joseph OF Austria The en-
pcror heard several yea<s ago that his
officers in Vienna were agitated over
the question of the propriety OF riding
in ornnibuses- He remarked inpatient
ly that this was > weighty subject fos
large brains and should be settled be-
fore anybody's mind broke down under
it. lie then put on full uniform, took
with him an adjutant in full uniform.
and had an omnibus ride. The ride was
reported in the newspapers and The
question Of propriety was settled.-N
Y Sum
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The air, after Q heavy snowfall, il
usually very clear, because the snow,
in falling, brings down with it most Of
the dust and impurities and leaves the
atmosphere exceedingly clear.
1t is estimated that the drought
IN New South Wales has caused the loss
OF $500, 900 sheep. This catastrophe.
together with the consequent reduction
in the number Of lambs in the next
breeding season, will make great diff
ference to the supplies of mutton and
wool for this year and the next.
After analyzing various qualities
Of -four Mr.. Birard informs the Paris
academy of science that the common
belief that fine white bread has less
Butritive power than coarse brown bread
Is wrong, as both the fine and coarse
breads contain practically the same
amounts of gluten and of phosphates.
Switzerland had in 1894 1887 hotels,
In which s102, coo. 900 was invested. CIV
ing a return of IA per cent. OF the
travellers who frequent them 30.7 are
German, 2o7 British, 1879 Swiss, and
only Go American. The hotels employ
26.S10 servants, whose wages are 81 $780,
600, or about $50 a year apiece. the chief
portion of their pay coming from tips.
"A Norway correspondent says: I'm
til this year there have been but few
American bicycles sold here, and tho
English and German manufacturers
have had this market almost to them
selves. This year, however, the Ameri.
can cycles have taken the lead entirely,
and the demand for the American ms
chimes is even larger than the sup
ply"
AT the recent meeting of the Royal
society in London, a pendulum instru-
ment was exhibited, intended to record
the slightest tilts end pulsattons Of the
crust of the earth. It was asserted
that this instruments would render OBJ
eervable tilt Of less than one three
hundredth of second of arc. In other
words, if q plane surface were tipped
up only so little that the rise would
amount to a single inch in 1000 miles,
the instrument would reveal the tilt
ing.
1T Is we'll known that the leea, or
mountain parrot, of New Zealand, has
become notorious from its change of
habit. from living on insects. fruit end
berries. TO attacking living sheep. being
reported to have developed this carniv-
orous habit within the last 90 years.
1t appears, however. from further first
hand observations by T. White. that
the kea lives high up on the mountains
long distance above the forest line,
where there are no berries or fruit. and
only Echens and q few insects occur.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-29

In tic Czited States the ADMINISTERS
ton Of the .sw affecting the evil rigAts
ioi the citizen. his property rights rrsw.
ing out CT tia eortrov<rsies be;wes.E
maD and r2a3 upon o1traets. has come
20 be regarded az Of Isurh rporp ts3ySr-
taDe< thar the erfoTce rnent Of tie la.
which protects the lie Of The ei;izsE
Al can notice that The criminal isss
and its administration bss rstker fallos
into disgrece. That IL especially trs'
OF the large cities Of the country. Ali
must egree tha. 10 IL more iInportant's
protect a mans life than IL n hss prop
erfy. II the mans life n Destroyed. q
the assassin ares into bis k01lSs sDf
taxes away bis life. IL that not greater
deprivation than to deprive biz q ia
horse or his COW. or even Of ell tie other
property which be po~sssses? New
Why IL this The ease? II "a largely o.
cause of The corrupt methods rsssrtsi
to todefeRt the laws a6EinisiTsfiozs.s c1
bocaus. courts Of Justice lock 70 tbs
shadow IN The shape Of technicziitiss
rzih~T thsn 20 tie E1A<-Gnes ia es
shape Of c-5-ne.-NortA An.<r1ssH Le-
v5sE
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ghe aal1a aay ae adaednesaas g1ornine Gully 20

spoonful OF sa1t-- Pour N cup of milk
that has been boiled and colored. and
also cup Of warm water. Add finally
half cup Of homemade yeast or a
quarter OF yeast cake. Set it at six
o'clock in the morning for tea At 4:3o
o'clock pour the cakes into sheets about
an inch thick. Brush the cake over
thickly with butter, dredge it thickly
with equal parts of fine -four and pow
dered sugar mixed together and let it
rise one hour. Bake it half an hour in
quick oven. A simple, delicious tea
muffin is made Of two cups Of -four,
sifted twice. with two teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder and saltspoonful of
salt. Rub a tablespoonful Of butter
thoroughly through the four and add
one beaten egg and cup of milk. Beat
the batter with a large-sized patent
egg beater very rapidly for several mo-
ments. Drop the cakes into creased
muffin rings resting on biscuit tin or
into more convenient patty tins and
bake the mullins rapidly about 20 min
utes.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-29
\ MARYLAND SNAKE.

g u 1wcnty-sfx Feet Long and Exes
DRcks Alive
A gentleman residing out in Mary
land near Hyattsville has been reading
snake stories The other day he came
TO town and announced that stories
were stories. but that Maryland was the
possessor OF the biggest snake in this
portion OF the country. The statement,
he said. was easily proved. and then he
spoke as follows:
Last Saturday as was walking up
the Little river from Riverdale, looking
for raspberries, I noticed ut a point
about half a mile north of Collins sta
lion, flock of ducks making a terrible
racket in the stream. looked careful
ly and noticed something that at first
appeared like small stump floating in
the water. The stump in q minute.
however. resolved itself into a big
snake, and in a second opened it's mouth
and seized one of the ducks. In start
ing OF with the duck the body Of the
snake came 30 the surface. have
come in contact with a great many
eiiahS III my Isnlc, DoJ never oc4Oi .
saw one like this. AS near as I could
judge 1t was about 20 or % feet long.
1t was striped in bands about two
inches In width. running lengthwise Of
the body, the stripes being from n
bright gold bronze to light orange
color. while just back of the eyes were
two large diamond spots of a vermillion
red color. As tue snake left the water
it passed up the east bank, which was
about six feet high. It glided over the
ground al fast as a man could run.
had no desire to follow il just then.
but shortly after crossed the river and
took its track. which was very easy Ia
follow. as where the ground was bare it
looked as IL q log had been dragged
along. 1 followed the track about
three-q1arters of a mile to bluff. and
there found his den. In walking by
you would FROM seeing the hole at once
say it was q fox's den, but tell you
right there in that hole there is the big
gest snake in this part of the country
-Washingbon Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-29
CLEANS OF IRISH HUMoR.
Funny Kemsrks Popped Out By Witt
Ma

Funny Remarks Popped Out By Witty
you should get your ears Topped,
Brian" said smart" tourist TO an
Irish peasant whom he was quizzing;
they're too large for man." AN
bedad," replied the Hibern;an, II was
Just thinkin' yours would want to be
made larger; sure they're too small for
an ass"
Barney" was q noted car driver at
q well-known Irish watering place. He
held that the salt wather" was vastly
improved by mixture with q drop Of
the craythur," but would not commit
himself to the opinion that the latter
element gained anything by the COM
bination. he sometimes drank more OF
1t "neut" than was wise or well for the
father. Of his weak family. One hot day
after long drive and a liberal fars
Barney turned into the best bar in
town and asked for "a sprinkle, just tc
keep down the dust" The proprietor,
who would rather have other customers
than poor Barney, came in as the latter
was raising the glass. Barney" he
said. I'D rather you wouldn't be drink
ing. my boy. You know you were sor-
~ for It before, and L suppose you'll
be sorry for this. too. "Begorra !
might" replied Barney; "but, sure, it's
safer to be sorry for takin' it than for
not takin' it."
In a certain Irish college the student
at his oral examination has to give an
swers from a pulpit before board OF
examiners. Once q student who had
no mean opinion of his attainments
,scended the pulpit with rather self
satisfied and hopeful air. The exam
liner. determined to flower him a little,
Piled him with a series OF stiff inter
rogations. Hardly single correct an
swer was given. and when his time had
expired he descended and returned to
his place crestfallen and Inundated.
"Now," said the victorious examiner,
when he caught the eye Of his victim
again, "if you had gone up as you came
down you'd have come down as you
went up."-Westminster Gazette.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-29
SUMNER TEA CAKE.
A 1lRDle aAA Dagsstihls Article Z
1iat

saaSae s.A D.gsstihls Article ef
Diet
Tho suggestion Of hot tea cakes at
oncs awakens visions Of dyspepsia in
the tmaginations Of the average north
crn housekeeper. Yet there are few
southern households where hot bread is
not the rnle, and in spite of this and the
prevalence of tho fryinapan, dyspepsia
is much moro common at the north
than at tho south. In fact. 1t is gener-
ally conceded by intelligent physicians
that the habit of brooding over special
disease goes far to induce morbid con-
ditions that may In time invite the dis
ing for indigestion are likely to be its
first victims. These people viii con-
sumo underdone potatoes and coarse
cornoeef with eagerness. under the i'm
preston that they are partaking OF
plain and wholesome food. and refuse
the most feathery light mullins be-
cause they believe hot bread unwhole-
some.
Nothing is more acceptable to healthy
etonachs than perfectiy-made short
cake. served with fruit. for supper. I.
is mistake TO suppose hot bread is ar
article OF winter diet. Cold bread is
not enticing 20 the appetite, as every
thing should be IN summer. because the
appetite is apt 10 lag at this season.
when food is especially needed to sup
ply the wastes from the perspiration
end stimulate the strength. A siulpie
:ea cake. baked in sheet in dripping
pan or biscuit tin. Offers q change from
shortcake. Sift q quart of the best
pastry -four twice with two teaspoon
fuls OF cream tartar and a scant one az
soda. Rub a tablespoonful OF butter
through the -four and add half Gun OF
sugar. Put IN two ergs and milk
enough 10 make = stiff batter. Beat the
batter. which should be as stiff as vou
can stir II, and bake IL IN sheets IN hot
oven. A German coffee cake Is 4 deli
cious accompaniment OF fruit. Early
n the morning rub : hc.p.nc table
spoonful of butter into quart OF the
best bread -four: break in IN egg AMI
add half cup OF srgar are = h2s tee-
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A Blind ssusenr. E..nina.io..

Among the students who went ur
for the CLASSICAL examinations for
foreign languages. held before the pro
fese0r ofth University ct figured
q blind youth. who Is day scholar AZ
the Lycee Button. Some curiosity was
aroused among the other competitors
Is 10 the method by which this sight
less rival would contrire 70 translate his
paper The young uan. who was 40
eonPanied By small boy, was gi~n
q private room. Here one Of the masters
1ezd ont The pzsszges. which the stu
dent took down On PAPER with a pointed
instrument The dictatior terminated
the PupH reresd the subject. marking
the punctuation lie then set about
the translation. whi-h was into the Eng
{5sa izogzage- wo-cz ne did rot know
TIE meaning Of WERE looked for in the
dictionary BIZ his co-1pznior. who. bow
AxA< s1>-2-l 49, - <------ 49,
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NICHOLAS I,.'S OBJECT LESSON.
he Rides % . strs~s Car 90 show liz
O0oers That u I.n't . Dtsgpacs-

He Rides % . Street Car 20 show Ii
Oneers That n I.n't . Disgr>esL
Nicholas IL of Russia las had soma
trouble IN bending the SD naked Enil-
t.Ary etiquette OF ST. Petersburg reg
iDea;s TO suit his rather liberal I6e&A.
he il not popular with the arEJ. a.
were the three ALexanders, despite his
giftA Of ssdinG-roous and dining halls
TO crack reg;DsDts, and therefore The
Innovations be rsoommexds are intro
duced very slowly. Ever SAGE be as
cended sAe throra. for ilstAz.se. he has
been trying 20 dlscredit the Eot-on that
a a-nsy e<acer naay dos noe win pro
Priety II a common street car Tie
army cfEcer IL S. Petersburg has bcng
been s9pposed - be too rseh aid F<oss-
erful AID too far superior 20 civilians %
associate with tbs ordinary sfseet-ozr
crowd
One Of the few xstified Oilers n
the Russian esp1;@s rsrtared tsS
weeks ago 20 ride IN street. car % "a
barracks IL wss q prss1TnP-1oSss sHf
eogrzzeoSa ss; lor he had 70 sl.xst-S>-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-29
THE USEFUL .PETTICOAT.
Alpaca and sat~cn Are the Materials
Now Used.

Now Used.
Nowadays we seem 10 hear more OF
pctticoats than in the days gone by.
Both black aad white noreen petticoats
in the godet shape are worn TO keep the
dress skirt faring. bat cannot advise
them on account of the weight. Black,
white and colored silk petticoats are Of
plain. striped and figured taffeta: they
are usually three yards wide, though
the extreme ones are over four, well
ruffied. and finished with n velvetekn
binding Alpaca and sateen ara also
made up with rufiss of the same or Of
silk. but sateen is apt 10 cling so I'M
pleasantly that the moired percaline a
preferred. This is sufficiently still 10
stand out, is light in weight and has the
soft rustic of silk. The Transparent
summer gowns are usually worn over a
petticoat and corset~cover Of white or
colored percalire or sateen, as taffeta
silk is too expensive for general wear.
French dressmalers make priuco-se
slips Of white for such purposes The
cheapest Pstticoats are those of striped
seersuclser. Luster wool of a wiry M
ture makes a seryiceable petticoat for
travelling and outing. as IL shakes the
dust and will not crush. White muslin
and ca N brio petticoatS are only worn IN
the house with thin summer gowns, %
they are very dainty with their trim
mings of lace and embroidery. Some
of these are five yards wide and rufilcd
to the knees, with the faintest bit "a
starch. as a white skirt must not rus.,e.
though one OF silk or percnline should
have this faint sound. - Ladies Home
Journal
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That the Frisco Line Est. Louis and
San Francisco railway is positively
the only line running two daily through
passenger trains from Wichita TO St.
Louis, without change. leaving Wich-
ita at 1925 p. m. and 10:46 =. M, arriv-
ing in St Louis at $50 p. m. and IFS
a. m. The equipment of these trains
is first class in every particular. con-
sisting of elegant reclining chair cars
(seats free and Pullman Palace Draw
ing Room Sleepers.
II you are going beyond St Louis re-
member that CON-. seton with all lines
for the east. northeast and southeast
is made in the magnificent new Grand
Union station, st. Louis. the largest
and handSomest passenger station in
the world.
For sleeping car berths and all irfor-
nation relative to rates. routes, ETC.,
call on or address
W. TORREY. Agent.
Santa Fe Union Dep(,t