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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-11

Wichita. Kansas.
The best way 10 Colorado is over the
Santa Fe route. The fast train which
leaves Wichita at 3:45 p. m. arrives at
Colorado points the next morning. For
information call on or address
l. r. DELANEY. Agent.
Phone 139. Douglas Avenue Depot
GENERAL STEAM SHIP AGENCY.
NO. PAC. TICKET OFFICE.
III North Main Street,
Wichita, Kansas.
We can sell you through Railway and
steamship tickets 10 sll points in the
world.
We are agents for the following lines
OF Ocean steamship companies. ana keep
the original tickets always on hand. 50
,hat upon purchasing We can hand them
to you al once.
American Line-New York TO South
amptOn.
American Line-Phlladelphia TO LIVER
pool
Anchor Line-New York to Glasgow.
Cunard Line-New York TO Liverpool
North German Lloyd-Ne~ York 10
Southampton. Bremen. Genoa. Naples.
Gibraltar. Austria. China and japan.
White Star Line-New York 20 Liver
pool, Cape Town. South Africa and
South American points.
We also make a specially OF prepaid
ocean tickets So that any one desiring
10 pay for a ticket here 10 bring over
their friends from the Old countries can
90 so safely and cheaply We attend 10
the delivery OF the ticket on the other
side. E T. BLECkLkf.
REMEMBER WELL AND BEAR IN
That the Missouri Pacific railway Is the
shortest and quickest route 10 all Colo
RADIO points Leaves Wichita at 5;i5
D. m. arriving a Pueblo $50 a m. Gel
orado Springs $50 a. n, and Denver at
70 noon. One hour quicker than any
competitor. City ticket office ia North
Main street Telephone 21i.
FRISCO LINE
ST. LOUIS & SAN FRANCISCO RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
Tennessee Centennial and International
Exposition.
Nashville, Tenn. May l 10 Oct 81. 1891
The Frisco Line now have on sale
round TIP excursion tickets 70 Nashville.
Tenn. for the above a. exceedingly low
rates.
For fuG information call on OF ad-
dress L c. HOAG.
City Ticket Agent
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Soldiers to Gnnrh HunuIn-

The Secretary of the Interior at
Washington has under consideration Il
project which will hereafter furnish
some of the Fort Logan cavalrymen
with novel variety of active duty in
the summer aud fall seasons. 1t is
that n detail of Regular Army troopers
be told off To guard the herd of buffalo
which exists in Lost Park. Colorado.
There are still about forty of these
rare beasts alive, but if some immedi-
ate precaution is not taken to protect
them against the depredations of pot
hunters they will speedily be EXTERN
mated. Late last fall one buffalo was
found dying Mt n remote distance from
its fellows, having been wounded n
number of times by rife bullets. 1t
was put out of pain by deputy game
warden, and its stuffed frame is now
among the collection of rarities in the
rooms OF the State Historical Society
This incident led to the discovery
that several others of the herd had
been killed during the preceding sum-
mer. No trace of the marauders who
did the killing could be discovered,
nor could any effective means be de-
vised by the State Game Warden to
guard against them in future good
deal of indignation was aroused thereat
among sportsmen and others who are
Interested in preserving Colorado's
rapidly dwindling buffalo. AS re-
suit the scheme to use cavalrymen was
concocted, and James A. Miller, clerk
of the Supreme Court, was delegated
to communicate with Congressman
Shafroth on the subject. This action
was taken by Mr.. Miller OH May 5,
and yesterday he received from Con
gresham Shafroth letter, inclosing
statement from the United States
Adjutant-Generals Office to the effect
that the military buffalo warden pro-
posal was under consideration by the
United States Department of the In
terior.--Denver Republican.
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Gold Mine on n Bank Roof.

a committee of expert employees of
he Treasury Department Mt Washing
on is now at work at the local assay
office supervising the annual settle
nent of the accounts of the meter and
:efiner, b. L. Martin.
The work began with n sweeping of
'he assay office roof, to get thereby
jhe stray particles of the precieys
metals that might have escaped
through the chimneys. The furnaces
ind iiues will be torn down, and the
7ats, chimneys and floors will be
'craped. The material thus obtained
will be put into crucibles and re-
luced
Apropos of this, occupants of the
building at 81 Pine street, adjoining
;he assay office, complained recently
If certain fumes which, they said,
came from the institution. The fumes
we're due to vapor from the gold stews
below escaping, and permission was
obtained from the banking house of
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., owners of the
building, TO sweep the roof. An assay
Of these sweepings showed gold at the
rate of 5000 to the ton.-New York
Dispatch.
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The tenants of Nos. 10. II and IL
Forsyth street, were badly frightened
by dog, which they thought mad.
Henry Wesley, the janitor of No II,
saw the animal first, and he says it's
eyes bulged, It's mouth frothed, and
its mouth snapped as it began to circle
around him on the sidewalk He
picked up n child that was playing
near and running into the house.
darted into room on the ground floor
just iii time to save his life aud that of
the child. For the dog, a small brown
cur, came with bump and a growl
against the door. Then the dog went
up to the roof, the people in the house
shrieiling the warming to keep out of
the way.
A few minutes later the dog leapod
off the roof to shed five stories below
and broke its legs A man in the shed
was frightened ont of it by the thud of
the fall, but his wife from the window
above shrieked to him to hurry back
out of sight of the infuriated animal
policeman came and shot the doc.
Then reporter arrived and BEGAN to
inquire among the neighbors about the
history of the dogs madness. 1t is
possible he was mad, if despair, hun
ger, thirst and ill-treatment can affect
the canine brain. For one of the
women remembered that the dog had
been seen on the roof for three days.
Sometimes it had scratched at the
doors for food or water, but it got
none. The women drove it off with
bTooms and the men hurled at it the
next thing at hand. 1t was pretty
clear case of animal suicide which tho
janitor might have prevented with a
drink of water or morsel of food
New York Post
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GRANTsvILLE w. VA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER A. 1897.

show can you keep us in such sus.
pense?"
"Well, " replied Arthur. cts rather
long story, but you shall have 1t as |
got 1T from your father. The Thursbys.
You know, are very old family. They
date back further than the Conquest.
The Jarl Malise Thursbigh, for so it
was originally spelled is said TO have
been Norwegian, who came to Scot
land some time about the year 1000
A. ID. His grandson Magnus was n
knight in the First Crusade. He
fought under Hugh of Vermandois at
the battle of Antioch. During a
desperate charge Magnus' heavy Nor
man horse stepped on wounded
Turk and crushed his foot.
In the heat of battle Magnus could
not stop for one man, though he did
remark the noble countenance of the
Moslem over whom he had ridden.
But after the Turks had been driven
back, and he, like true knight. was
caring for the wounded scattered over
the plain, he came across this same
man. Magnus cared for him, nursel
HIM tenderly, and they struck up quite
n friendship. Noureddin, the Turk.
was man of atlluence and nobility
of character. Before they separated
they exchanged weapons, Noureddin
taking Magnus' heavy Scotch clay
more, and Magnus the similar of the
Moslem.
They met again at Ascalon. this
TIME MaSnus being prisoner. The
chivalrous Mussulman treated him like
a prince and had two ieweled breast
pins made by Damascene artisan,
showing q "ord crossing n similar
over heart of gold Each took one as
Keepsake. and solemnly swore-a
strange compact it as-that when the
male line of either failed all the earth
ly possessions of that house should go
to the lat surviving member of the
others family. Where did you get
this?"
explained TO him all I knew of it.
Il see" he said, ''the Turk must
have been the last of his house. I
have no doubt he had all his property
arranged in this way by bank deposit,
in accordance with the oath of his an
cestor made 500 years before
There is nothing more to be said ex-
cept that | went to the bank, and found
everything all correct, and my wife
heiress TO 100000. My old friend the
virtuoso L did not forget, but made
him present of the next stock of cur
iosities L came across. AS for the pin,
1t is guarded with great care and veneer
alton, and brought out only on state
occasions. Home Magazine.
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drying yard of several acres may be so
completely covered with trays as to
look as if smeared purple black.
The more extensive prune growers
In California handle as many as
seventy tons of prunes in day T.
takes from two and one-half to three
pounds of the green fruit to make one
of the dried product.
The active work of the harvest over,
the grower looks about for BUYERS for
his yield. There are always scores of
purchasing agents for Eastern whole
sale fruit dealers and commission
houses throughout the horticultural
regions of California in the fruit sea-
son and there are hundreds of local
fruit shippers in the State. The fruit
is sampled and tested for its sacchar-
inc qualities, the frmness of the flesh
aud the gloss of the skin. Little bags
of sample fruit are sent here and
there. When sale is made it is
done on the basis of the sizes of the
dried prunes. Thus there are six
sizes: 1, those ranging from forty to
fifty to the pound; 2, fifty to sixty to
the pound; 3, sixty to seventy; f.,
seventy to eighty; 5, eighty to ninety,
and 6, all below ninety. An ex-
perienced prune grower and buyer
can tell at glance what size of fruit
he is looking at and, of course, the
larger sizes are the more marketable.
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PLAYED cards WIN n corpse,

A weird story of the plague comes
from Bombay, India. A party Of
searchers, making its rounds, came
upon party of natives in house in
tent upon game of cards. Something
in the stolid appearance of one of the
players attracted attention, and an of
hcer placed his hand on mans shout
der. The figure swayed and fell over
prone TO the hoor-stone deadl it
was only another attempt at conceal
ment. On the approach Of the search
party the friends Of the dead man had
hastily propped him mp and stuck
some cards in his hand. The dodge
wcs as bold as il was grewsome and
its detection was purely accidental.
What n subject for n Holbein or a
Dore-that grim group in the plague
stricken house, with dead man hold
ing trumpsl Nothing more ghostly or
more cynically horrible than this Bonn
bay tableau is to be found in "The
Dance Of Death" And yet the hiding
of the dead aud dying is an everyday
incident. The awful labors of the
Poona searchers have so far, been re-
wardod by the discovery Of thirty hid
den cases and eleven cOrpses. North
China Daily News.
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A Kailronder vino Antedntcn slnam

Charles Stewart died recently ut
the home of his son-in-law, Mr.. John
Hill, No. 1115 Valley street. Mr..
Stewart was ninety-three years old,
and had the distinction of driving the
first car over the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad when that road was com
pleted to Ellicott City and before
steam power was used on the line.
Mr.. Stewart also had the honor of as
sisting in the laying of the cornerstone
Of the railroad.
On the ODD Of May, 1880, the road
was opened TO Ellicott City, and on
that occasion Mr.. Stewart drove the
team which drew the first car. n dis
tinction Of which he was very proud.
When steam was introduced aud the
railroad was pushed towards the West
Mr. Stewart WINS appointed to posi-
ton at the compauy's stables, where
he acted as veterinary surgeon. He
continued in this position for forty
years, when he was retired by the
company This was about fifteen
years agO.-Baltimor Sun.
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Hcrding Sheep For consumption.

Another class Of men who watch
sheep are those who do il for their
health. Dozens Of men claim TO have
been cured of consumption simply by
putting in several months at watching
sheep. The work gives what is most
required in the deadly disease-plenty
IF fresh air, moderate exercise. and
employment that is not wearing ON the
brain, but is still enough TO keep IL
occupied and prevent nervousness. OF
course, il a man has plenty Of money,
ne can get these things without herd.
ing sheep, but there are many men
who need them badly who have no
money, and oil who have taken advan-
tage ilof this knowledge have surely
been benefited A number Of men
who have taken up sheep herding have
becogr e so fascinated with it that they
have e'tuck TO II long after they cot
over ,e trouble. Providence Journal.
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An Expensive EusIness

Residents of the lower Mississippi
have for many years felt the greatest
concern on account of the washin 4,
away of the banks aud the necessity of
some means by which the currents
could be DETECTED and stop the CON
tinual wearing away of the shores.
Some idea of the expense attending
the keeping of this great body of water
within reasonable bounds may be got
ten from the statement of an expert
who has just finished an examination
OF this cratic stream Immense mat
resses or mats are made of willows
and underbrush. These are woven in
with wires and poles of various sizes.
forming an enormously heavy and APP
parently very strong resisting mater
1al. These mats are woven on barges
anchored out in the stream for this
purpose. Then they are slid off into
the water and weighted with stones.
Some OF them are three or four hun
dred feet long. Some of the largest
OF them will cover eight acres. The
work can only be done during low
water, which fact greatly adds TO the
cost, as there is only short season.
aud the work must be pushed to the
highest rate of speed. Sometimes.
after all Of the effort, the first high
water sweeps the whole structure
away, and all must be done over again.
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AalIcstDs Rnnc.

Asbestos formerly in use now has n
formidable competitor in the blue as
bestos of South Africa. The latter il
less than half as heavy, and furnishes
finer and longer fibres, which have
been worked into webs but little in
ferior to those made of vegetable fiber.
are absolutely freproof, and resist
most known chemicals, corrosive va
pors, and atmospheric influences.
A blue asbestos rope, three-fourtbs
OF on inch in diameter, was weighted
at one end with 900 pounds. and ex-
posed to constant flame from LARGE
gas Jet, so that considerable portion
OF its length was surrounded by fire.
II only broke after twenty-five hours.
The asbestos rope has only two-thirds
the strength Of new hemp rope. bnt
as they grow older the proportion
changes in favor of the former. since
1t Is but little affected by the atmos-
phere. The blue asbestos fiber is
also worked into mattresses for hospi-
tails, which are cooler in summer and
warmer in winter than those Of ami
mai hair or vegetable fiber. As an
experiment fremen's apparel is be-
ing manufactured from the fiber
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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The fact that in wet weather the soil
dries slowly even when covered with
plants that ordinarily drain the soil
rapidly, leads some to think that when
wet the leaves absorb moisture on
them. But the fact can be equally
well accounted for by the knowledge
that water on the leaves prevents
them from evaporating the moisture
brought from the soil by roots This
soil contains some mineral elements
which unite with carbonic acid gas
from the air in forming plant tissue.
While the leaves are wet they cannot
absorb carbonic acid gas This with
the effect of stopping evaporation,
makes the sappy growth which many,
jumping too quickly at conclusions,
think must be caused by the direct
absorption Of water through the
leaves.
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TRAINING 5LOOOHoUNDS.
Their UncrrinG Pursuit OF Convicts and
How IL il Gained.

| How II il Gained.
THE dogsl The dogs!!"
The cry of agonized apprehension
was simultaneous with the appearance
OF man with disheveled hair, distort-
ed features and the torture of fear in
his eyes, who leaped from the arroyo
and dashed past with the speed of the
wind. The horror of the situation
struck me dumb and palsied my
nerves. The yelps of the owift-ap-
preaching dogs beat on my cars like
the roar of cannon, and the pressure
OF my brain was like that Of n man
| drowning in forty fathoms of water. /
tried to run, and million pains shot
through my limbs as though / had
been shocked by powerful electric
| battery. L was only conscious of one
| fact, and that was that / stood directly
In the path of pack of bloodhounds.
taught by instinct and training to tear
| human bipeds to pieces. The knowl-
edge that they would only attack the
man they were delegated to hunt down
did not occur to me. 1t only came to
me when the pack dashed past in full
cry. The dogs paid no more attention
to me than if L had been one of the
sage brushes of the plains.
Strength and sensibility came back
rs quickly as they had deserted me.
and L followed the dogs at top speed
to learn the fate of the fleeing convict.
a hundred-yard dash brought me in
| eight OF the race track stables and
within hearing of chorus that made
my blood run cold. The dogs had
caught sight of their game and were
yelping like n pack of hell-hounds; a
dozen horsemen and stable bows were
shouting at the dogs and trying to
turn them from the fugitive's track.
But terribly clear and distinct above
| these sounds came the maddened
shrek of the convict, who was plung-
ing III headlong fashion toward the
| open door of one of the stables. 1t
was evident his strength was almost
gone, but he dashed through the stable
ioor and | heard the key turn in the
rusty lock while the dogs were still
several yards away
The horror was still upon me when
the head of the convict appeared at
the open window ten feet above the
ground aud, to my amazement. he
greeted the people and dogs below
with jeering laugh. "That was
lead easy one" he said, still laughing.
Il could have been here ten minutes
ago, but L wanted to give you fellows
scare" The dogs recognized the
man they had been pursuing and made
| rantic efforts to reach him. They
jumped toward the window, striking
against the side of the barn and fall
ing back, while they yelped and
aowled in impotent rage, until the
oam streamed from their red chops. /
appealed TO the stablemen for an ex-
2lanation, but all 1 could get out of
hem was: They're trying the dogs,
reckon. Cripple Creek (Col.
| Guide
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Switzerland has always been fore.
most in the cause OF charity. Recently
n society has been formed which has
most commeniable objects. The state
subsidies and the police authorities
assist the operations Of this society.
which has been founded for the purpose
oil aiding poor travellers. I'm the canton
OF Aargua refugees are now provided on
the maiu thoroughfnres at regular in.
tervals, where bonafde travellers on
foot, who nre seeking work or who are
passing through the country for q legi.
innate purpose, can obtain refresh
ment aud nights lodging. The
Berne Consul says tho beneficial re.
su;ss Of the scheme are likely to cause
IT'S extension throughout Switzerland,
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4 sparrow's Gratitude to n Bow.

1t is rare occurrence for animals
III wild state TO select man for n
companion aud friend, yet well -authen-
ticated instances when this has been
done are n matter for record The
following incident is vouche1 for by n
young woman who Is close and &C
curatc observer:
Last week my brother Ia lad of
twelvo) killed % snake which was lust
III the net Of robbing n song sparrow 4
nest. Ever since then the male spar
row has shown his gratitude to George
IN truly wonderful manner. When
he goes into the garden the sparrow
will fly 20 him, sometimes alightinc on
his head at other times on his shout
der, all the while pouring ont a
tumultuOus song Of praise aud graft
tudc. 1t will accompany him about
the garden, never leaving him until
he reaches the garden gate. George.
MS You know, is quiet boy. who loves
animals, and this may account. in a
degree, for enc sparrOw's extraordinary
actions. Louisville Couricr-Journai.
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PlTH AND POINT.

The man who deserves the most
credit generally has to pay cash.
Life.
She--'Two weeks from to-day Wen
be one. Hc-"Well, let's be happy
while we can. Picayune.
81 can't see why you object to
young Softly. I'm sure he's constant.
Worse than that. He's perpetual. "
Truth.
II wonder why DIR. Reaper is adj
ylsing ali his patients to go to White
Beach this summer" Gle probably
intends to go there himself. Brook
lyn Life
Johnny Barr-"Ha, what's an ego
tist?" Handel Barr" An egotist NV
son, is one who thinks all the world
but himself is riding low-grade
wheels. Puck.
Mrs. Youngish-"Oh, Bob, what
shall / do? Baby is crying because
won't let him pull all the fur off my
new mnif Mr.. Youngish-"Wel
that's all right. Give him the catp'-
Tid-Bits.
Il have proposed to seven girls this
summer already" said Timmins, "and
haven't been able to get accepted
once. Dinged if l am not beginning
to feel like one of my poems. "-In-
dianapolis journal.
Customer-'Is he nm up-to- date par
rot?" Dealer-"Well, well let him
speak for himself ITO parrot).
Polly, want cracker?" The Parrot
"Hoot, mon! / dinna' kenl Hoo's
a wi ye? Gang AVA - Customer
''Fll take him Puck.
"Of course you'll give me one little
kiss before l CO." he pleaded. She
looked him intently for minute
and sighed. cts pretty high pay"
she replied, ''but if you will go early
enough j suppose I'll have to call it
bargain. - Chicago Post,
81 wonder" said the man of sta
tistical turn, 81 wonder how much
powder is destroyed daily in useless
salutes?" ''There must be lot said
the frivolous girl 'But L suppose
women will go OH kissing one ano sher
just the same. indianapolis Jour
nal nal
s "a fujs that man who writes com
mu., ''l..7.rr ,4ao n~ry day and signs him
self 'Cdn.-.. sader' ?" said one
citizen. 81 donpfs 49, VI, - is: ;,
replied the other, "but he's mis-
homer. He comes great deal nearer
being a constant writer Washing
ton Star.
Kallow-'I tell you there's just as
good writer's in the world as ever there
were. Dillon" How about Shake
speare?" Kallow-''A piece of luck
on his part. He happened to be born
at the right time, when there weren't
so many writer's as there are at pres
ent. boston Transcript
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