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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-12

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ROUTE"
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Der 7;n and S,h.
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r COMPANY.
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ST. Louis a, SlI.5o and TO Chicago a,
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TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL AND IN.

TERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
The AtchiSon, Topeka and Santa Fe
VIII sell daily. tickets 70 Nashville and
return al rate OF 1855 continuous pas
sage in each direction Final nmis
November 7;h. 1897.
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Telephone f99
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trip; on sale August &c and Il. 1897.
Indianapolis. Ind.-One fare for round
trip; on sale September Z and 5. 1897.
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la n Main stree, Wichita Kan
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va Great Rock Island Route" Tickets
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Sept @Oih for return. Through cars
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KANSAS CITY TO CINCINNATI
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS.
The Wabash railroad is now running
through cars TO Cincinnati on their fas,
mail train. leaving Kansas City at $50
every evening. making practically no
change OF cars from Kansas City TO
Louisville. Cincinnati, Washington,
Baltimore and Philadelphia. and short
ening the time 10 e!i above places from
five 10 eight hours. The Wabash is the
only line that doeA this
II. v. GARLAND.
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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-10-19
THE CROP OF NOVELS.
Works of Fiction Form the Majority of
Manuscripts Sent to Publishers.

Novels form the largest part of the
book manuscripts received by publish
ing houses, says the Philadelphia
Times. Out of 100 manuscripts re-
ceived during recent fortnight by
prominent publishing firm 62
were novels. In another case 81
out of 100 manuscripts submitted dur
ing three weeks were novels. This
same publisher told me that sometimes
the percentage of novels would reach
70 per cent. This tendency for novel
writing is undoubtedly due to the fact
that the greatest "hits" in the literary
world are made with novels, and this
stimulates the average writer to work
in this field.
of all these novels it is plain TO be
seen from the figures given in the pre-
ceding paragraph that scores must be
written before one is accepted. And
even IL writer has a novel accepted
the percentage of success is decidedly
against him. During this investigation
process l selected fifteen recently pub
lished novels issued by six different
houses and learned that the entire
number printed Of these fifteen was
41,0O0 copies, or 2,70O copies Of each.
And in this fifteen 1900 copies were
printed OF one novel-really the only
successful novel Of the lot. 1t is safe
to say that Of these fifteen novels tho
average sale of each viii not reach
1000 copies. But giving that numbes
to each, the novel selling at 81, tho
author would receive less than 500 for
his manuscript, deducting for mutilat-
ed copies and those sent TO the news
papers, ETC. know case after case
where authors did not receive $50, all
told, as a return for a novel, and some
times very much less than that.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-10-19
Use Wide Shoes and You VIII BE Able to
Walk Erectly.

Not more than two men in 100 walk
erectly. This observation comes from
n man who is a crank about the benefits
Of wide, fat shoes, says the New York
Press. He declares he has made notes
and knows what he is talking about.
lie thinks that the 1.-TWO men in 100"
wear the same kind of shoes that he
wears, which look like those used for
walking on water. This man also be-
ieves that the percentage of women
who walk straight is so small that it is
not worth considering.
The whole trouble he attributes TO
shoes. He says men and women were
never intended to wear shoes at all. 1t
is his observation that when the foot
is hattened out and the toes spread the
natural movement of the body is to
straighten itself. This he attributes
to certain muscular action, and he has
chart to prove it.
When the foot is compressed by a
shoe and the toes jammed together
there is n sympathetic tension on the
whole muscular and nervous system
(which draws the body forward or
bends it,
1t has been noted in his calculations
that persons in bathing costume on the
beach walk much straighter. 1t is also
notable fact that the Indian, who runs
barefooted on the plains, has the proud
est ltind of walk. He is as straight as
an iron pole.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-10-19
STRANGE AND UNUSUAL.

The young of several species of SER
pents retreat down the throat of the
mother when pressed by sudden danger.
In Europe thrushes build their nests
as near to human habitations as they
can, to escape the prosecutions of the
magpies.
The largest bird in the world is the
condor. Condors with spread of wing
Of IS to 20 feet have been shot on the
Andes.
The first modern bridge of which
history makes mention was the famous
Sublician bridge az Rome. twas erect
ed in the seventh century.
The average golden eagle weighs 12
rounds, is three feet from the tip of his
bill to the tip of his tail, and has wings
Of seven feet spread.
The crater of Etna is quarter of q
mile high on plain three miles across;
it falls in every 100 years. In an erup-
ton in the year 1903 the city of Catnia
was overturned in a moment, and 49,
C0opeople persisted in the ruins.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-10-19
Ancient british Grnvoa.

The museum of the Castle Hall at
Taunton (the courthouse of bloody
JeffriesO has just been presented By
Lord Lovelace with a llistyaep, or an
cient British grave, discovered with it's
skeleton inmate upon Culbone Hill, Elk
moor, on the breezy coach route between
Minehead and Lynmouth. The kist-
yaen, a stone-built chamber about four
feet below the surface. measured 3
feet inches by % inches by Is inches;
and the early Briton had to be Ingenious
ly packed. A coarse ebay cup was found
near the skull, which was so well pre-
served after all these centurie5 that
some Americans using the coach are
said TO have made fabulous offers for
even single tooth y"
Rising Generation.
Papa" inquired the editors only
son, what do you call your Officer"
"Well, my son, believe the editorial
Office is generally known as the sane
tum sanctorum."
The small boy was thoughtful for one
moment, then he burst out: 81 suppose
that mammals office is the spankum
spanktorum, isn't it?"-N. Y. Journal.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-10-19
Everybody Says So.

Cascarets Candy Catbartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant aud refreshing to The taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try II box
of O. @. O. to-day; 10, -, 80 cents. Sold and
guaranteed TO cure by all druggists.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-10-19
Perfectly Correct.

81 joined fly club while 1 was in Bos-
ton" said Fosdick
"Why do you use such slang?" asked
KeediclC, who is purist in language.
"Oh, that isn't slang in this case. The
club allude to is the Boston Aeronaut-
zeal society. Up-to-Date.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-10-19

Pneumatic tubes have many uses, but
one of the latest is attracting a great
deal of attention from it's novelty. This
is the tube for stacking straw, 1t is
built in sections and is controlled by
metal straps, pivots and arms. The
straw is drawn into the tube, carried
through it with great velocity, and, by
a turntable and swinging arrangement
like crane, is evenly distributed on the
stack.
Try schining's Best tea and baking powder.
idorate Taur Iiowols with CasOnret7
ft. t.pr.io, cure cCustila. ion fore rer
l4' G. f1ll. druggists refund Inonec
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-10-19

Measure same as
for a Sack Coat. CIV
ing length wanted,
also hight and
weight.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-10-19

A &c. stamp will
bring you samples.
catalogue, tape
measure and blanks.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-10-19

We pay express
charges and should
you not feel satisfied
we will refund the
money.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-10-19

able 10 duplicate
them for double the
price on account OF
the new tariff duty.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-07
FRENCH
The English Feed, the Americans De-
Youc. the French Eat

The English Feed, the American De-
vour, the French Eat.
People may sheer ut Judging a ma.
ton by the amount of attention il
pays to it's stomach; but the stomach is,
after all, a very important part of the
human anatomy, and those who sur
round the physical necessities of our
animal nature with agreeable charms
that make them less coarse and brutal
certainly have n claim to being consid-
cred in some degree promoters of civ
ilization, says the Chautauquan. It
is a libel both upon nature and natures
God to hold that everything pleasant
is wrong and that the refinements of
life have no place in that great evolution
that is gradually raising mankind to
a higher plane, even though such
refinements descend to the accessories
Of the table. 1t is in this respect that
French cooking is superior to all other
cooking; it is more refined. The Eng
lish feed, the Americans devour; only
the French really know how to eat.
Their meals, rs a rule, are less heavy
and solid than those of other nations,
yet quite sufficient in quantity, while
the great fact that distinguishes their
cooking is their perfect comprehension
of the part played by seasoning. Like
the Gallo wit which flavors their lit
erature, their thorough knowledge of
seasoning gives zest to their cooking.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-07
ElFTY-sIx A DANGER POINT.

beware How You Live to This Age, II
You Have Genius.
Fifty-six years seems to be a fatal
age for people of genius, says the New
York Times. Among those who have
died at that age may be mentioned
Dante, the Italian poet; Hugh Capet,
king of France; Henry VIII, king of
England; Henry ~, emperor of Ger
many; Paganini, italian violinist; Alex
S2dcr Pope, English poet; George Sala,
English orientalist; Marcus Aurelius,
emperor of Rome; Frederick l., king of
Prussia; John Hancock, American
statesman; Maria Louisa, empress OF
France; Philip Messenger, English
dramatist; Saladin, the great sultan of
Egypt; Robert Stephenson, English
engineer; Scipio Africanus, Roman gen
eral; Helvetius, French philosopher and
author; Henry H., the first of the Plan
tagenct ike; the elder Pliny, Roman
naturalist and author; Julius Caesar,
Charles Kingsley, English author; Juan
Prim, Spanish general and statesman;
Henry Knox, American revolutionary
general; Thomas Miff1in, American pa
triot; Won Tromp, Dutch admiral;
Abraham Lincoln, Marryatt, the novel
list; George Whiteield, English founder
of Calvinistic methodism; Robert Dud-
ley, earl of Leicester, favorite of Queen
Elizabeth; Johann Gaspar Spurzheim,
German physician and phrenologist,
and Frederick IL, emperor of Germany.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-07
NM7 sMzEkEx1
Of AUDITOR AND TREASURED
OF ELKo COUNTY.

OF nAAO
For the Quarter Ending April
4. 1897.
STATE OF NEVADA
Com ty OF Elko.
AUDITORS oFFlLE.
TO the Honorable Board Of County Comm,s
sioners Of Elko County, Nevada:
GHNrIhuN: Va herewith submIt our Quar-
teIly Report OF the Finances Of the Comfy
for the quartsr ending April 1 1897.
Respectfully submitted:
ca. WATKINS
81. Auditor,
J. A. MCBRIDE.
Treasurer.
Receipts FROM ALL SOURCES
Bal in treasury Dec % SO. S28,172 95
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-07
SUMMARY

Total receipts. .Sa9,761 "a
Paid from county funds. 9,749 80
Paid from Road fund.-. 9O4 70
Paid from school fund.-. 9,2Os 70
Total disbursements. 1852 "a
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-07

Receipts FROM ALL SOURCES
Bal in treasury Dec % 90. S28,172 95
, 1897-03-06

The lay leader Of n pruyer-meeting in
a Vermont town. sometimes invaded by
summer visitors. seeing an evident
stranger present, zane to him az the
meeting was abUuf to open, and asked
him his name and residence, and secur-
ed his consent H. say a few words. At
the proper time. h" asked: will not
Mr.. \. OF New York. favor US with q
Few r~emarks?" When the stranger sat
down. the leader again spoke: "Will
NOT Mr.. A.. of New York, ask Gods
on his feeble renarks?" A
story OF tho same sort Ia told Of . ner-
VOWS man whose duty it was to move a
vote OF thanks after a lecture. He
along through various CON-
Pulmonary sentences, and finally dick
cred out feebly thus: and 50 l pro-
pose a vote of thanks for the lecture to
which we have 80 ably listened!"
, 1897-03-06
REA DAMAGE DONE.

St. Louis, March 5.-Weather Observ-
err Frankenfield reports Today that the
rainfall Thursday and Thursday night
was three and one-third inches. While
not n record breaker, he says, the storm
was out of the ordinary.
The heavy rainfall caused floods in
all of the outlying districts, the little
streams that drain them being unable to
hold the immense mount Of water. As
a result there is much inconvenience
and some suffering and the damage will
be considerable. The storm extended
throughout the state and over into
Southern and Central Illinois, where the
conditions are similar.
Mail from the east, west and south is
delayed from five to IL hours as the re-
suit Of %washouts. Mail matter due
Thursday night and Friday morning
from outside points had mol been receiv-
ed at noon Friday. The following de-
lays of mail trains are reported: Air
Line, Cairo Short Line, Iron Mountain
No. 56. Mobile and Ohio, Missouri Pa
cific No. s, Ohio and Mississippi Nos. 8
and 5 and Vandalia No. II.
In the st. Louis suburbs acres OF land
were covered, house undermined. prop
erey destroyed and residents placed in a
temporary fear OF their lives. From the
north to the south, across the city
limits, the water covered the low lands
In many instances families found them.
selves hemned in 80 that 1t was necessary
to await rescue from neighbors on higher
ground. Policemen on horseback re.
leased many from their water bound
prisons.
Great damage was done to railroad
properly and the plants Of the fire brick
companies In the southwest portion d
the city, where acres of water stretched
In every direction. The section lyins
around Page and Vernon and
Marcus and Walton suffered
most severely, while en- the south even
acre Of low ground ~Cheltenham. Ellen.
dale, Clifton Heights. Edgebrook and
Brentwood was covered with water.
Great damage was done t the street.
car tracks, sewer contractors as we'll u
the city suffered a heavy loss from
, 1897-03-06
IMPORTANT BILLS KILLED

Washington, d. c., March 5.-A large
number of important bills failed to re-
ceive the signature of Mr.. Cleveland be-
fore the expiration of his term yesterday
and so they failed to become laws. The
most important among these are the
sundry civil appropriation bill, contain
ing river and harbor and many other
items; the Indian appropriation and ag-
ricultural bills. The first three received
what is known as pocket vetoes," be-
ing received on March 3 and not acted
on. The deficiency appropriation bill,
carrying about So OO, 900, failed in con-
ference between the house and senate.
, 1897-03-06
OHIO ON A RAMPAGE.
RESIDENTS OF THE LOWLANDS
AGAIN THREATENED WITH
SERIOUS FLOODS.
Unprecedented Rains Cause Consider
able Alarm Among the People, AL
though the Forecaster is OF the
Opinion That There ia Really No
Cause for Fear.

Cincinnati, March 5.-An unexpected
and unprecedented rainfall here has
given rise to disagreeable forebodings
Of another flood in the Ohio. Rain be-
gan to fall at $50 last night and during
the early morning ii assumed the form
OF a cloudburst, SO that at 7 Il. m. the
rainfall registered three inches. Since
7 the rainfall has kept up heavily. with
thunder and lightning. and at 9 a. m. the
fall is about four inches. The result has
been a sudden swelling Of all little
streams, and there will certainly be a
rise in the Miami and Licking rivers,
which will Immediately swell the Ohio
at this point. Great damage has been
done to the gardens along Mill creek,
which is a raging torrent. Both the
steam railroads and electric line to Col
iege Hill are closed on account of the
Hooded tracks. Reports continue to
come in of losses caused by the heavy
rain Of last night. The town of Lock-
land, Ohio, is inundated. At Cummings
vile the food is doing more harm than
the recent high water of the Ohio, be-
cause the latter was still backwater,
while his is a raging torrent. Houses,
weakened by the Ohio river, we're moved
from their foundations by the overflow,
The Ohio river is rising rapidly, seven
inches al hour.
The forecaster at the weather bureau
says the rain is general from the Mis-
u river to the Allegheny range and
the heaviest in Illinois, Indiana and
western Ohio. 1t does not affect yet the
southern portion of the Ohio, but all the
northern tributaries will rise RAPIDLY
and the river at this point will undoubt-
eddy reach the danger line, 45 feet. to-
night. The rain is likely to continue
all day and tonight. 1t is not possible
now to make an ccurate prediction con-
corning the flood. but Captain Bassler,
the forecaster. does not see any cause
for alarm.
Great loss has been caused throughout
the country round Cincinnati from
overlooking small streams. Such a cloud
has rarely been seeen and its effects are
heightened by the continual downpour
of rain.
No trains have arrived on the Big
Four OF account Of a landslide Mt Traut-
mans station, which has carried away
part Of the track and covered other parts.
Many houses in that vicinity are threat
ened.
Anderson's Ferry is inundated from
surface flood, causing more loss than the
high water Of the Ohio river. All the
houses IN the river front are in danger.
North Of the city the flood is beyond
precedent.
The newspaper train on the Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern ran into a wash
out at Cochran, Ind. The engine and
tender plunged into a hole. No one was
reported hurt.
, 1897-03-06
HOSPITAL INVESTIGATION.


The taking of testimony before Mas,
ter-in-Chancery Cornish OF the Unior
Pacific receivership was resumed Thurs.
day morning by the examination Of wit.
nesses regarding the distribution Of tn,
rules and regulations of thc medical de
partment, the Witnesses being w. l.
Park, superintendent of the line from
North Platte to Cheyenne. and c. b
Wright, chief clerk in the chief sur,
seon's Office. says the World-Herald.
The principal testimony was regard
ing the fund. the witness being f. w.
Hills. assistant auditor. Mr.. Hills show,
ell that the deficit in the fund in 1882
was Sl1,27S.57, and II surplus in the years
1883 and 1854. hut then came II deficit.
Ihe contribution from the employees to
the fund being II from 30 cents to %
cents. These deficits were: 1895, S.
go; 1856. sl7.72S.Sl: 1887. 500. 9S9.2 Is:
1883, s~5i.32S.G9; 1889. S62.4l2O7. In
1890 the surplus was s5G. 953.S3 and there
has been a surplus since. the contribu,
tons having been increased 10 40 cents
per month. The surplus in 1896 amount
ed to S6l.2ll.S4. The gross receipts for
the fund in 1893 were $2O,O3l.2l. and the
expenditures, sl2, 7S9.O3; 1894, receipts,
17G45; expenditures. $5i, O4l.O7: 1895,
receipts, 56,365.SO and expenditures,
SAT. 1856. 9S; 1896, receipts. S59. 1852, and
expenditures, SOL .5G9.6l. This was to
show the standing of the fund since the
receivers took charge of the road. The
Denver hospital was built out OF the fund
nital fol sl3.473 ~. Mr.. Hills testimony
went to show that the fund had only
been drawn on for its regular expenses
and that none OF the funds had been
misappropriated. The figures were Civ,
en- to prove this.
AT the afternoon session General Man
His testimony disclosed that passes
were issued to all he surgeons of the
road us part pay for their services and
issuance OF this free transportation
|essened the expenses Of conducting the
medical department. Mr.. Dickinson nj
said that when employees were injur-
ed it was a common thing to send the
employe by Il special train to
point where the employe could re-
;eive proper medical attendance and that
such specials no charge was made.
This ended the testimony in the hos.
pital cases until Chief Surgeon Gal
who is attending his brother, ur-
here and can go on the stand.
The schedule case was taken up next.
Superintendent Sutherland was
placed on the stand and testified that
the closing Of the stations at Rogers.
Benton, Aida, Boone. Rockville md
Duncan on his division had been done
to reduce expenses; that the receipts at
these stations barely paid the salaries
Of the agent or operator. The bulk OF
testimony was along the same lines
as introduced at the previous hearing.
, 1897-03-06

Athens, March "a feverish activity
continues throughout the whole country.
Large quantities Of arms. ammunition,
provisions and military stores are being
conveyed by transports to Thessaly. The
massing of troops on the frontier Is pro-
ceeding with the utmost speed and pub
lie feeling is at the highest pitch Of ex-
citement. Those taking the coolest view
no longer conceal their opinion that in
the e Of coercion the center Of inter-
est will be transferred to the Turkish
frontier, where the most serious events
may be expected. Many foreign cores
pondents have already startled for Thes-
sally.