The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-04
or Passing Events.

The London Chronicle says that the
baked banana is the ideal food for nervous
ard anaem:c brain workers.
Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart, the plaintiff
in the notorious Mordaunt divorce case
IN which the Prince of Wales was one of
the correspondents, died recently in Lon
don. This is the case where the Prince
chose to go upon the stand and was be-
lieved 10 have ''perjured himself like
gentleman
A woman arrested for keeping a dog
without a license IN London pleaded ex-
IRENE poverty, and the magistrate al
lowed her fourteen days to raise the
money. The newspapers spoke OF the
case. and within a week the clerk of the
court received s154 from British dog fan
GERS for her relief
A man from Paris finds profitable bus!-
ness in collecting bad debts by stopping
at the debtors with a wagon, around the
top of which are these words: This
buggy only stops in front OF the houses
Of people who VIII not pay their debts
Everybody, and particularly business peo-
pie dread this mans buggy so much that
they pay promptly.
Thomas l.. Henry, of Pine Station. Pa
died the other day. and his friends made
preparations 10 give him a fine funeral
But the sad event has been indefinitely
postponed, owing to the fact that when
they were about to put the old gentle
man on ice he raised himself up, winked
ct the prettiest girl in the room, and
asked what time 1t was.
John Sartain, the artist, who died few
days ago in Philadelphia. had many in
teresting experiences during his life OF
e!ghty-nine years. He knew Charles Dick
ems as a boy pasting black labels in a
London factory. Thomas Hoods The
Song of the Shirt" and The Bridge of
Signs were first printed in a magazine
published by Sartain In Philadelphia in
the fortie:.
Quail are reported to be plenty this
year in certain sections of northern Ohio
The closed season ends November TO-
Inventors in India are not as slow as
might be supposed. a cooking box, intro
duced by H.ndoo, Is run by solar heat
Il is lined with mirrors, concentrating the
rays on a heater OF copper. covered with
glass. and performs its work quickly in
boiling. baking or stewing.
A curious discovery has been made In
the archives OF the Spanish navy-the
bills Of payment OF the crews VINO COM
posed the caraveis Of Christopher Column
bus. The sailors, according 10 their class /
received from 70 TO z francs a month. In
Guiding their food. The captains OF the
three large caravels had each 81 francs a /
month. AS for Columbus himself, who !
had the title Of admiral. be was paid $50 !
francs a year.
Chicago salesman IN a Kanass town 4
the other cav was watching the crowds |
that had come into town 70 50 10 the CT I
Gus. DO you know he asked al &C.
quaintance, now 10 tel the town from /,
the country giris9'' BY tho white dresses I
ana red rsbbo-s7'' Well. hardly. There /
Is mighty little more OF that IN TIRE vest" 4
by heir sun Drowned faces - Not thss !
the country girls DO rot have % work 4
in the fields any mors. txcept wheSe help 4
cannot Be secured. II l. the way. The ,
country girls have their fall d-ossA made 4
in thu latest syles Win small sleeges. 4
She town girls s-Al have Their Cd dresses
vita the big sleeves" HIS ths0-y Eas
thai the farmers II Kansas arr fseairg
the good times before t5e toErSpeopIs.
William c. Todd. Of Atkinson. y n. 3
the name OF ne man vho ass endowed
the Boston Public Library with sz0ss
year for the purchase % nswsPape-s Nr.
Todd SAYS Ne = Impressed sikh the IN 4
cre2slnx importance and influence o: news
papers and the great demand fo- taeal
b All classes CT TIE community" AID
re S.vss Ire mo-ey on TIE simple coo5i-
Tor that tire whole annual i1;s=es; G.
81 zoe ee expended 20 nsEspaps- sub
TIE choioe q re publications
: left entirely 70 TIE Library authorities
O1- IN TIE Cos3-'.Thst felioS ore- th@re
appears % be lonely Snt c-st eoNr.~
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