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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
ASHANTEE'S WILDERNESS.
II Il Impossible to Maintain Roads
Through the Dense Vegetation

II Is Impossible to Maintain Roads
Through the Dense Vegetation.
The track which leads from Pra-su
TO kunsssi IS described in official papers
Is "the great north road" As a mat
ter of fact, the great north road for
the first days march is of the size of an
unfrequented field path; later on it be-
comes 50 much reduced as TO be visible
only TO the practiced eyes of native,
and In some places it is altogether in
visible. In the first place, it is mostex-
asPeratingly tortuous, so much so that,
In order 90 reach place five miles dis
tant as the crowfies, ten or twelve miles
Df the road hive 20 be traversed. The
reason for this excessive sinuosity il
quite obvious.
Twice year, At the change of the
seasons. the country Is swept by a
series OF tornadoes, By which numbers
Of the immensely lofty. unstable t1ees
Bre toPpled over, and, Of course. many
t2ll across the path. Now, II they are
only Of a moderate size, the natives
climb or vault over their fallen trunks;
but II, as is often the case, they are Of
large size (the diameter at the butt OF
many OF the larger trees being as much
as ten or twelve feet, rbe natives have
the path and make a 6etour round the
PROSTATE giant. In the course Of time
the white ants attack and devour the
tree, and the heavy rains wash away the I
debris, SO that in a season Or tTo no
trace of IL remains. But the bend IN the .
path remains permanent, the natives .
never appearing 20 have the ssgacity 4
20 strike the chord o. the az and ne 4
sumo the straight road. y perfect net 4
work OF tree roots covers the surface.
f. is conti1 Dallv Interrupted By rivers,
snail or large; it pass through nun
bsrless svamps and qusEulres; ard
every few yards fallen trees varying q
thickness from one 20 ak OF seven feet
have % be climbed over
The route lies entirely through
dense forest, RE only openings In whi.lh
a. thu cleari1gs around the Villages.
Toe exuberance OF the vegetation 4 a.
most incredible 20 ore wEo has not
IL Or al si9ez above I'D
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
DANGER FROM BACTERIA IN ICE
Frozen Water Absorbs Many Impurities
Injurious to Human Ixfe.

frozen Water Absorbs MIny Impurities
Injurious to Human LAfe.
The CANCERS incident to the con.
sumption of ice obtained from polluted
sources, as lakes or ponds receiving
sewage, have been much insisted on.
and not only have actual instances
OF the communication of enteric fever
In this manner been quoted, but the
meteorological examinations of differ
emf samples Of melted ice have been
adduced to show that the process of
freezing has no influence on the num-
Der or vitality of the microbes. Ice
water, for example, from the Spree has
been found to contain 1,7C0 TO the O.
sm., and from the Lake Of Geneva, 21a,
while melted hail stones yielded ~.
But the recent experiments of Prof.
ChristOnanor, of Athens, go some way
toward justifying the old and popular
belief in the purifying action of con-
gelation, which. as he shows, effects n
partial separation of all impurities.
concentrating them in the inner por-
ton OF the mass. Examining blocks
of artificial ice from a factory SUD-
pied by well. and others of water
from the aqueduct of Hadrian. he OBJ
serves in all a central core, forming
about one-fourth part of the entire /
granular appearance. contrasting /
strongly with the perfect and color /
less transparency of the surrounding
Ice. While the original water from
the aqueduct contained 30 milo
grammes Of organic matter" (solsfs
lost N ignition? p in the liter, that from
the clear ice showed only 2.s, while
the turbid central position gave 1853;
80 with the water from the well. the
a milligrammes in which were di-
71ded in the ice in SIS and 2O2 MILL
yrammes per liter respectively.-Brit-
sh Medical Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
The Secret of a Beautiful SKIN

around q desperate struggle is going
on for air and light Every plant. from
the tiniest shrub TO the immense bonn
bax, rises erect and slender. drawn out
TO an absurdly disprOportionate height
In an eEdeavor TO force its way through
the tsngle of LEAKAGE TO the upper air.
The crowded vegetation fills up every
nv0ilable space; the earth Is hidden by
a mas Of berbage and ferns; the fallen,
decaffng trees are coated with thick,
selveSy moss, from out of the heritage
springs the slender stems of bushes
and small trees; while, towering far
above these, the giants OF the forest
rear their enormous trunks and close in
the view with an almost unbroken can
opy of foliage. Immense creepers with
stems as thick as a mans thigh hang
from tree TO tree in great loops and fes-
toons, twisting round trunks ard
branches and round one another ard
binding trees and bushes into tangled.
impenetrable mass. And hero and
there, in the dim light that prevails
even at midday, looms the titanic form
of some ancient bombax, it's smooth
bark coated with sfvery ichen. its long
branches, some 200 feet overhead, i'm
crusted with masses of orchids, and It's
immense roots coiEng and twisting over
the surface of the ground like gigantic
serpents.
Beautiful as the forest unquestion-
ably is, there is yet in its aspect and in
its whole atmosphere something sn-
spealably solemn and sad. The death
Ike silence that prevails, broken only
at long intervals by the cry of some
animal or bird or the distant rustic OF
the foliage overhead, the absolute still.
ness of the air, the motiOnless vegeta-
ton. The reeking dampness, the gloomy
twilight that never brlghtens. the giant
trees wIeathed with fantastic creepers,
impart to the scene a strangeness that
Expresses the mind and fills il with awe. |
London Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12

hints has run short, and we have no
big quantity of new coins 10 draw on,
we are obliged to pass pieces which
would otherwise be withdrawn and
transferred to the melting pot AT al
| Zines we pick out for rejection all coins
that are mutilated in any manner. This
applies even to pieces which have paper
stuck on them Within the last three
OF four years the practice of pastirg
advertisements on one side of silver
dollars has been popular with m-r-
chants, particularly in the west. The
este employed is of so excellenr a
quality that TO remove the 'stickers.'
as they are called, is next to impossible.
Soaking in warm water has no effect on
them. OF course we have net time to
devote TO such a task, and so we Just
throw them out.
The ingenuity exercised by people
III the DETACHMENT of the coins of the
,ealm is really remarkable. Shop keep
ers will stamp their firm names upon
silver dollars with steel dies. The adj
vertisement is excellently conceived
but the value of the coin is DESTROYED
except as bullion. Many persons make
q practice CT cutting coins with & knife
TO make sure that they are good. The
test may prove them all right, but il
renders them unredeemabIe. Other
persons scratch the piece with sharn
Instrumentation what purpose 1 ara
unable to say. The result however Is
the same. We return all mutilaUed and
counterfeit COINS to the depositnr. In
every case the depositor is requested To
send them back TO the treasury. If he
fails 20 do so DO more are returned 70
him out of subsequent conSign1nents.
Counterfeit COINS we mark in such a
way that it is hardly possible TO use
them again. They are cut half through
from one edge. As for mutilated pieces
the owner can dispose of them only by
selling them for so much metal. The
srints will buy nutilated coins in GUAM
titles like airy other bullion.
I'VE have here at the treasury four of
the most expert counters of money In
the world They are women. and their
names are Miss Calhoun, Miss Rolf.
Miss Cocks and Miss Burns. Each OF
these young ladies Is able to count from
10000 to $1,000 pieces day, throwing
out the counoerfeits at sight. They are
so clever at the work that IL is hardly
possible FOR had coin to escape detec-
ton by their keen eyes. The pieces
IRE spread out on tables in such man
rer as TO lie fiat, this being accoms
phshed by two or three quick move
lnents OF the bands. Then they are
counted two or three at time, with |
two fingers of the right hand, throwing
them into the left hand, which is held /
below the edge OF the table. In this
process all bedly worn coins are put
'side, to be sent to the mint in Phila-
lelphia- Washington Star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12


An ordinance levying a license tax up-
on Telephone companies and to regu-
late the same and repeating ordin-
ance Number 1872 of the same title
approved July %, 1895, and published
July %. 1895.
BE it ordained by the mayor and coun-
cilmen of the city Of Wichita
Section ]. That from and after the
taking Of effect of this ordinance every
person, company or corporation who
shall within the corporate limits of the
city Of Wichita persue, carry on or op-
crate . Telephone exchange or bust
mess. shall pay a license tax to said CITY
which IS hereby levied and graduated
as follows
First. For each telephone used or op-
Grated exclusively within the corDorate
limits Of said city and commonly known
and designated as business telephone"
and not including any business done
- or from points without the state.
snd not including any business done for
The government OF the United States.
Its officers or agents, the sum OF three
dollars for six months.
2nd. For each telephone usa5 or .oner-
ated exclusively within the corporate
limits Of said city and commonly known
snd designated as residence tela-hop.."
and not including any business done "a
or from points without the state. and
not including any business done Tor tra
government Of the United States irs
officers or agents. the sum OF two DOL
lSrs Tor six months.
Section > That any person. comDs1v
or corporation mentioned in section one
Of this ordinance who shall fail to- mo.
cure the license and pay thu tax imposed
by this ordinance shall forfeit and nav
20 the city Of Wichita. for such deIin.
quencE-. the sum OF fifteen dollars f7-
each and every day that such teIe-
phones shall be operated or caused n
Dc operated In conducting such hIs'-
ness. without first having procured The
license and paid the license tax re1uira5
by this ordinance. The period OF each
ana every sixty days forfeiture and
penalties above mentioned. shall con,
stitute a separate cause Of action which
may be recovered hy said city in a civil
6cton IN any court OF compstapE iU~fs-
clctlon IRON any person, persons ~
corporations violating this ordinance
Section , It is hereby declared m
lawful or any manager. agent sa-,-,,-,
Or employee Of any person. lor,ns,N- ~
corporation who shall conduct or op7--
ate, or who shall assist or t.susa p, p,
operated any telephone within The 90
porate limits q said city upon whfe',
the license imposed by section orA ~
this ordinance has not been paid. ara
for which a license has not been mo-
cured As required 10y this ordinance
AnY person Violating this ordinance in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
OCEAN NOT SO DANGEROUS.
Lake Navigation Is Beset by Many PerilE
to Which the Sea Is Stranger.

Lake Navigation Is Beset by Many PERIL
to Which the Sea Is Stranger.
Sailing the great lakes with the low
stage of water during the season jusi
closed has been com bination of Mis-
sissippi river steambOating and Attain
tic navigation-worSe than that for
the river captain has s such dangerous
places to run as the 500 river, with its
Jagged rocks, where masters are forced
to pick their way over courses marked
by ranges amid swift currents, and fire.
4uently in crowds of boats like a naval
display. AS a river pilot the COM
Inander of a lake vessel has before him
10 passing through the narrow and
crooked channels connecting the great
lakes problems which would drive his
brother ON the Mississippi out Of his
mind. Past these he enters an open
sea frequently swept by storms, which
try to the utmost the strength of his
craft. Then the task before him has
features which the ocean navigator
generally escapes. The latter has sea
room. He can run before the storm
perhaps hundreds of miles, or, heaving
to, let his boat drift for days at time.
The lakes, while large enough to prsb
duce tremendous seas, are really 81
small that in big storms vessels have
little sea room. Once in gale, tbep
are practically on lee shore, and must
fight IL out without running if unable
10 gain the shelter of the shore TO wind
ward
1t is due to this union OF river and
ocean navigation that losses on tho
lakes reach SO high a figure. This is
particularly true since the coming OF
steel boats. Tho laundering of the
steamers Western Reserve and W. II.
Gilcher in the fall of 1892 proved con-
clusively that steel boats bad to be
built as heavy and as strong on the
lakes as on the Atlantic. Every steel
vessel launched since then would pass
easily the critical inspection OF the
ocean underwriters. But this very So
hdity units them for the river part
of lake navigation. When they touch |
a rock something must give way, and |
when something gives way the cost
of repairs is far heavier than it would |
be were it not for the complicated net.
work of angles and frames which give |
strength to the double bottom. The |
I asst season millions of tons of freiCh,
have been carried on steel boats which.
in the shallower parts of the con
Meeting rivers, were within few
inches of the bottom. Now and then
went smiss. and a big 10
pair bill followed.-Bufalo Courier.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
A Good Cro..-Krarniner.

A short time ego a large factory
fitted with the most modern appliances
including electric lights, caught fire
and despite the most strenuous eff
forts of the fire brigade, was almost de
molished.
The following morning a newly-ap-
pointed member CT the force was dis
patched TO the spot, with a view of as
pertaining Cow the fire originated.
After closely interrogatinR the man
ager of the factory, he asked to see the
man who was responsible for the cleo
trio light
The manager stated that the electric
switches were under his sole control.
Then you are the man who lights up
the electric sfair?' asked the police
man.
Manager-That is so.
Policeman clubbing over with ex-
titement)-Now, be careful how you an
swer my next question, COS If IL amt
it viii be took as evidence
against We. When you lighted the cleo
trio light last night, where did you
throw the match ?-Pearson's Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
WANT TO BE PETTED.
All Animals Enjoy the Caresses Of The
Human Species.

Human Species.
Does Petiing make any difference IL
the intelligence of animals?'' an ami
mai expert was asked. Eyes, and otter
the effect is marked. Cots are general
Iy regarded as the least susceptible to
infuence-are slowest in developing
bat great changes have been made in
them by petaing. In many parts of the
country they run wild-that is, a cat
abandoned by q family because the PEG
ole are tired Of it, or because to move il
will bring bad luck, takes to the woods
and its descendants live by hunting.
These cats often become expert hunters
sand fishers. Some are caught and
tamed, but they are never bright.
"a cat that lives in a family of sedate
people who never play with it is never
so intelligent as one that PLAYS with
children. I have known cats that
seemed to understand all that was SAID
TO them. had cat once that would
turn somersaults when begging fol-
supper. Trubner, the great publisher
had one that came to meet him every
AFTERNOON when he returned from busi.
1ress-it seemed to know when he wa
due. Dogs show the result of atten
ton even more than cats. Several years
ago an experiment was made at Belle.
Tue hospital which was interesting. 4
litter of newly-born puppies was di.
vided. part shut up in solitude and part
allowed to remain in the house. AZ
the end of one year all the dogs were
killed. The brain cells of the house dogs
were twice as large as those of the dogs
that had been confined. Animals like
to live with people and are willing to be
petted. Young seals crowd around
their slayers and seem to welcome
them. Moose are very susceptible anG
will even allow women to ride on their
backs. Bears do not respond-they are
very stupid, and, beyond few tricks
tnow nothing. Y. Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
Mining sulphur with Hot water.

For many years vain attempts have
been made 10 got at a great deposit
of sulphur lying 900 feet underground
at Calcasieu. La The difficulty arose
from the fact that above the sulphur
lies a quicksand 1eO feet deep. A few
years ago the plan was tried OF freez-
ing the quiclrsand by means Of refrig-
Grating apparatus. and then boring
through il, but the undertaking failed.
Recently IL was decided 20 try melting
the sulphur and pumping it up. and
this method has proved sr1ccessfuL Su-
perheated water Is forced down 8 ten.
inch pipe leading through the quick.
sand into the sulphur The melted
gulphuT mingled with water Is then
pumPe1 up through another pipe. and
exPoe-ed 90 the air until the water
svaporates, leaving TIE sulphur IA a
nearly pare forzn.-Youth'sC 0rnuanion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
a sEMIcoLoN IN COURT.
Legal Treatise On Punctuation or Q
Changed Method Needed.

Itappears that, If the matter has been
correctly reported, the force of law
before the supreme court for construo-
ton depends upon a semicolon. That
mark of punctuation may change the
whole tenor of an important act in the
| Legislature. 1t is not the first time
that the semicolon has made trouble
in laws. A semicolon in two or three
sections of traiff laws has led 60 de-
cisions hostile to the revenue and to
home industries. 1t was some trOub bic
uf that nature in the Morrill, tariff act
which gave the tin-plate industry to
Great Britain. It was a semicolon
which caIrsed thousands to be refunded
70 the importers OF women's hat trim.
mings, though the intent of those wGe
passed the law was perfectly clear.
In these instances. and probably IN
the law of Indiana. over whose semico-
Jon the supreme court is said 70 be
cogitating, the trouble seems to arise
from al inability to fix the function
iof the se1uicoicn. In the rules for
punctuation il the old Webster's spell
q
pause long enough to count one" and
the senicc Ion ''aS,2ause long enough to
count two" the colon three and the
period -four" with fall of the voice
If those who have been writing rules
for punctuating compositions had
stopped there, we would not have had
all this trouble, but these teachers have
been goifg ON making new rules for !
years uuti! no one can undertake TO fol, |
low them, but each punctuates accord |
ing TO his pleasure, rather than his |
Familiarity with rules. Many writer. |
have adopted the plnn OF punctuatlng /
as little ss possible, leaving the reeder |
to gather their meaning from the clear
Iy constructed sentences, rather than
from the interjection of commas and
semicclonE- Unfortunately, the YER
bosity and htrfcacy CT the language
and construction or lack of construc-
ton, in which statutes are written. rem
deTs punctUat ton necessary. This be.
ing the case, It seems that so much
trouble comes from the indiscriminate
use OF punctuation marks TIA. there
should be legal treatise on that sub
iect, defining the force OF the different
marks as they are scattered through
the statues.
If this cannot be done, why should
not those who must construe the Laws
consider them with view to ascertain
ing what was the design of the legisla,
tive bodies.which enacted them? Why
not have Judges. take the laws without
punctuation marks. except periods, and
punctua.e them insa manner which will
enable them to be construed so as to
larry out the intent of the legislators
who enacted them 20 fact which could
be 'asccrtaided by inquiry if it was not
declared IN the titles of the ncts them.
selves. Thyimake an indefinite semi
'oion, which an cngrossing or enroll
nS clerk might substitute for a comma
n some other punctuation mark, sc
es to annuf OF change the
Of the hw?-Indianapo ;
journal. :,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
GOLD AT CRTPpTF CprFv

The fabuIOusIy rich gold mining dis
trict Of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is at
tracing hundreds Of people. BY spring
the rush bids fair TO be enormous. That
there Is an abundance of gold there Is
demonstrated beyond doubt. Fortunes
are being rapidly made.
THE BEST WAY TO GET THERE IS
OVER THE SANTA FE ROUTE.
Leaving Wichita at 3:45 D. m. and ar
irving at Cripple Creek at II :15 the next
morning. The Santa Fe lands you
right in the heart Of the city. For illus
trated pamphlet descriptive OF Cripple
Creek call on or address
Is Il TAGG & CARNEY.
City Ticket Agents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

1t was said that it was mainly ow
Ing to Mr.. Chamberlain's inference that
Prince Henry of Battenberg was al
lowed TO go out with the Ashantee ex.
petition. hence Mr.. Chamberlain is IN
high favor at court,
"A proposal TO prohibit vivisectlou
has been rejected by the inhabitants
Of the canton of Zurich by vote OF
over two to one. BY nearly the same
vote they accepted law for the pro-
lection of animals, with due satisfac-
ton to the demands of science.
Australia is a, progressive country;
even the rabbits are wide-awake and
up to date. Those which are now in
Testing Queensland have learned to
climb trees by their teeth. devouring
tie bark and twigs TO height of over
eight feet Fences are Intellectual
against climbing rabbits.
Over one-third of the territory Of
Africa, the Sahara district, does not
contain a single river. The greatest
river in the world is the gulf stream.
1t is from 100 TO 200 miles wide, and
over 5000 miles long. extending from
the strait between Florida and Cuba
TO the northern coast of Norway.
The Jordan IS the "Descender."
During its course it falls over 100
feet At no point is it navigabie, even
by a small craft, to any considerable
distance, and presents the unique spec
tacle of a river which has never been
navigated flowing into the sea which
contains not one living creature.
"A psalter printed on veilum in 1859
for the Benedictine monastery of Sankt
Jakob at Mainz, the third book from the
Mainz press and the second printed
hook with a date, is offered for sale In
Mr.. Quaritch's Liturgical catalogue for
S26,25o. This is probably the highest
price ever asked for a single book.
When last sold, in 1884, this copy
brought S24750. No other COPY has
in the market for almost 100
years. 1t is far rarer than the Mazarine
Bible, the first book ever prir ted.
Count Nicholas Esterhazy, a lib
eral patron of the fine arts, has been in
the habit of hiring artists 10 paint ex-
clusively for him. Among those he
was Bella Polk, the animal
painter, who left him four years ago |
because his engagement prevented his
name from becoming known, and who |
then sued the count for 10000 forms, |
he value he set on two frescoes he had |
painted in the counts castle of Tots, |
n Hungary. The Austrian courts have
Just decided that the artist had no right |
70 extra payment for work done while
,rawing salary from the count.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
A snake Region.

The great northwest IS full of sur
priseS. A tourist recently came acroef
q place in Klamath county, Ore, wher
the principal product seems TO b'
snakes. He was a camera fend and took
some snapshots that substantiate what
might otherwise be a rather question
able story. According TO the picture
the snakes are piled up likewindrows Of
grass IN meadow. The traveller saws
that while the snakes are harmless
they are not particularly inviting il
large quantitieS.-N. Y. Ledesr.