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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

States cavalry: Captain A Simpson. Sew
enth United States artillery.
To be commissaries of subsistence with
rank Of major-Ca plain David B. Wilso-s
United States infantry; FIRST Lieutenant
Hugh ]. Gallagher, Sixth United Stars
cavalry.
To be comnassaries OF subsistence with
rank Of captain. Don A Dodge Of Mn
nesota-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
AN UNCENSORIZED HINT

New York May pa Key West spe-
cial to the Evening Post says: Events OF
surprising interest are expected 70 de
velop near here within q hours. Details
of the important movements expected are
not permitted to pass the censor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
SPAIN WILL REINFORCE

Gibraltar, May 2o.-The Spanish gov
ernment has decided to reinforce strong
ly the Spanish lines and the towns Of
San ROGUE. Algerias and Tariff
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
WAR-CRAZY CALIFORNIAN

san Francisco. May eo.-Edward Taylor
has been adjudged insane and committed
10 the Ukiah state insane asylum. He i'm
AGNES that he IS an officer In the United
States army and is 9mbued with the idea
that he should invade che Philippines az
once
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
TRYING TO POISON. SOLDIERS

Columbus, O., May 2I-A special to the
Dispatch from ChackEuauga park says
three men were caughtAand arrested there
charged with doping theSwells and water
troughs. Two mules are reported dead.
Three pounds Of arsenic was found on
the men,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
CHIEF CAUSE.

Unhealthy urine from unhealthy
kidneys IS the chief cause of bladder
troubles So the womb, like the blad-
der, WAS created for one purpose, ard
II not dOct0red too much is not liable
to weakness or disease, except in rare
cases. II is situated back of and very
close 10 the bladder. therefore any
vain disease or inconvenience mani
Tested in the kiC neSs. back. bladder or
urinary passage is often, 10y mistake,
atlTlhut ed to female weakness or womb
trouble of some sort The error is eas-
lily made and may be easily avoided.
To find ont correctly. SIT your urine
aside for twenty four hOnrS; sediment
or settling indicates kidney OF bladder
trouble. The mild and the rXtraOrdi.
nary effect OF Dr. Kilmer's swamp
Root. the great kidney, and bladder
remedy is soon realized If you need
a medicine you should have the best.
~ druggists fifty cents and one dollar.
GOu may have "A sample bottle and
pamphlet. both sent free hV mail.
Mention ma Record and send your
address Tn DR. KImer & Co.. Bingham
ton, y. Y The proprietor Of this pa
per guarantee the genuineness of this
off4r.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
THE TROLLEY BUZZ.
And Something About the Trolley
Cnrs as a Cure for Headnche.

Ever hear of the trolley buzz?" said
q Brooklyn resident whose business is
In New York. They say that some
people who travel regularly on the troll
ley cars get the trolley buzz. You know
the sound of the trolley, the bz-z-z-z
that begins low and rises gradually as
the car increases in speed, keeping %
uniform tone when the car is running
at uniform speed, and then declining
again as the car runs slower and stop
ping when the car stops? They say
there are people who travel regularly on
trolleys who hear this sound all the
time wherever they are. except when
they are asleep. They call this having
the trolley buzz.
IL never had the trolley buzz, but the
trolley cars sometimes do me a great
deal of good. They cure me of head
ache. j work here all day, keeping
very busy, and sometimes when | start
home at night have a hard headache.
get into a trolley car and take a seat
over one of the aXles. They say that no
electricity gets into the car, but l inn
ngine there must be more or less Of it in
the air. / know there is something
there that cures my headache. / sit
down in the car with the headache bad;
get down from il after ride of about
three miles, feeling bright and fresh
and with the headache gone"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
FIVE NAM NAL S.
wud Animals That Inhabited England In
Former Times.

wild Animals That Inhabited England In
Former Times.
The beaver is one OF the five mann.
malian animals that have inhabited
England in former times, and have be-
come extinct within historic record ,ac-
eording 10 Notes and Queries.
They are the true brown bear, (Crsus
arctOs). the beaver. Castor fiber), the
reindeer, Crarandus rang fer. the wild
boar. lSus scrofa). aud the Wolf. CAMS
lupus). The bear was abundant in the
north of England and in Scotland when
this country was in tue hands of the
Romans. and many Caledonjan bears
were imported into Rome. They dis
appeared altogether in about 7j0.
The beaver was numerous in some
localities in the north OF Wales in o4o
and again in ll3S. There are records Of
them much later in Scotland.
Reindeer were abundant in Scotland,
and were hunted in Caithness in the
year 1859.
Wild boars were numerous when
large tracts OF wooi gave them harhor
They were hurted by the Tudors. They
certainly existed in the year 1917, and
probably much later.
The wolf in England disappeared
about 1890.
In Scotland wolves were numerous in
1877. According TO Pelnant, they be-
came extinct in 1850.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
WAYS OF AUTHORS.
Some Writers Have Been Very Indus
trious and Painstaking.


Industry and perseverance, ian in
f~''c capacity for taking pains, if they
not indeed genius itself, as has para.
doNically been said, form at least the in
dispensable accomplishments 20 IT, Mr.
Rider Iaggard declares that he writes
his books simply 10y keeping atworll Oh
them. And the industry OF Mr.. Hudyard
kipling may be measured by the fact
that he is said TO haze written The
Record Of Badalia IIerodsfoot," seven
times over. and then 10 have made con-
siderable corrections on the proofs. The
late Prof Huxley was another writer
whose industry in perfecting his liter
nry expression, was only rivaled 10y his
genius.
Strikngly contrasteG with this neces.
sity for industry, says Chambers Jour
nal, have been the personal inclinations
Of some conspicuous writer's. Thack-
cray confessed that his besetting sin was
laziness; he could never write. he said.
till the printers deyti was at his door.
The story, again, is told OF Dickens, how
oncei ina statiOner's shoE he was startled
10y hearing a lady at the counter inquire
whether the next number Of a certain
novel, then appearing in monthly parts,
were out yet. Little did the customer
guess that the next part of the story was
rotyet in existence, and that the gentle
man at her elbow, in fact stood there
for the purpose of buying the paper
Upon which he intended to go home
and write the chapter asked for.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07

More sent - s<sath Africa Than All
Other Place.

Although the greatest diamond mines
In the world are in South Africa. Brazil
exports more diamonds 10 that part
thar anywhere else on earth. says a
Lonston paper. The explanation is easy.
They are black diamonds. and not OF
the kind used for iewelry. The place of
their greatest utility is underground
In mi9es. South Africa does not pro-
duce them, but H. could not well get
along without them.
Black diamond is the hardest sub
stance known. Its utility has only been
realized for about 90 years, and i'm
prOvements are constantly being made
in it. The rough stones are taken and
split by machinery in way that was
unknown until recently. The split
must follow the grain If il does not
the stone will he wasted Each stone
is split into cubes OF different sizes.
The cubes are then welded into mining
drills if they are TO be used for boring
The steel is cast about the diamond so
that it cannot get loose. In the same
way nearly all diamond saws are made.
Every tooth is a black-diamond cube
1t is fastened on when the steel por-
ton of the instrument is in molten
state
The attempt to make these stones
artificially has proven failure in every
instance. The cost is greater than the
market price of the Brazilian da-
mond.
Black diamonds weigh ordinarily less
than 100 carats, ranging all the way
down TO half a carat. The largest in
existence was found only a short time
ago, its weight being 800 carats. The
diamond was sold to a museum for
$4,000.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
THE eeNEFlCeNT CROW.
what He Does for tho Farmer Desptee
His Reputation.


II farmers would make a study of
natural history and its bearings on
their property-the relation of hawks
ID their hen coops, for instance-there
would be better paying crops.
The Year Book of the department OF
agriculture tells about COW black
birds and what they eat. About 1900
of their stomachs have been examined,
and of these 2.2jS contained food. The
birds were killed in 90 states. Forty
eight per cent. of the food was animal.
As per cent. vegetable and four per cent.
was mineral. The blackbird has "a
variety of things it eats.
1.-THE animal food" says the report,
consisted of insects, spiders, myria.
pods (tlscasand legs, crawiish, earth
worms, sowbugs HAIR snakes, snails.
fishes, tree toads, salamanders inewts),
lizards, snakes, birds eggs and mice
To these might have been added young
birds, fish cast up by the tide, minnows
caught while swimming in shallow
water, and probably meat and carriou
Of various kinds. Most of the annual
food is, of course, insects. These con.
stitute 46 per cent. of the total, the
other two per cent. being the larger
things, like mice. The animal food -
taken mostly in the summer. Ia win
ter the food is mostly vepe table matter.
The insects the bird kills more than
make up She damage he does, especially
as his nest robbing appears 10 be only
an accidental habit not often indulged
In. a large flock of the birGs would Of
course destroy a lot of grain. Some
$4,000 would eat about 5000 pounds
day, but they would consume as many
insects, which weuld more than de
stroy the amount the birds do.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
Ore Day Institute.

4 One Dav Institute will be held at For
est Hill, January Il, 1898, under the aus
picc, Of the Gratiot County Institute So-
uety Every farmer is urged to attend.
MORNING NES~IoN
800 Opening remarks, 10y chairman
PRAYER 10y Rev, c. II. Carl
lpO0 soil manipulation la growing
crops 10y J. II Brown of Climax
1880 Discussion, 10y lothian Allen
1880 "Potatoes. b j Behcr
lEuO Discussion, BYE Abbott
ll:l5 "lhc book, we read" 10y Mrs. :
Buudaec
ll:25 Discussion. 10y Mrs. Dr. Kennedy
ll$5 Question Box
1900 Dinner
AFTERNOON SESSION.
l}0 Singing
l:35 "Fuit. by j. u McCrimmou
li5 Discussion, by Ellis Clark
BOO Corn culture by j. II. Brown OF
Climax
30 Discussion, by Ira Moody and DO,
eph Tcdro
300 ">hccp and wool" :. Moody
BIO Discussion, by DR. :. Kennedy
30 breeding and feeding cattle gen
cmi discussions. opened by Allen
Reed
$40 Question Box
AGO Adjourn
EvENING ~E--IoN.
73O Music
1;$5 Question Box
900 "iIclpmg one another by Mrs j.
ID Ecncgar
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07

hind them all i'm anufacturing pur-
suits. In the matter of wooden mills
Georgia has five, Kentucky has eigh-
teen, North Carolina thirteen, Tcnnes-
see INVENT yfve, and Virginia twenty
four, yet Texas. with largely more
sheep than all combined. has only one.
"The hides. horns and hoofs of all
cattle slaughtered in our state as well
as our cotton, wool, timber, iron, clay.
and other natural products should be
converted into articles OF manufacture
by our own people and within our
own borders, thereby enhancing the
value OF the raw material and creating
a large and constant demand for the
produce OF field and garden. | can
not think that there is any country
where he conditions for successful
manufacturing enterprises are SO in-
wiling, and where they would be as
prof table and beneficial toall classes
OF society as in Texas. When we
consider the present cost OF sending
the raw material to other states and
countries for conversion into the fin
ished product and of returning that
product TO ourselves for consumption,
the drain upon our resources is fright
tul 10 contemplation say nothing of
the loss To the state in the employ
ment Of its own citizens in manu-
featuring pursuits and to the farm
er in the pIce of his Il rm and gar
den products"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
Fiji islanders All Get Married.

An unmarried man or woman Of mnr-
ly seen in the Fiji islands. The reason
Of this is not far to seek The natives
believe that if person dies while in an
unmarried state his or her soul is
doomed TO wander about through end
less ages OF eternity in an Intermediate
region between Heaven and hades. At
the end of each moon they are allowed
TO look into Heaven, but are never per-
mitIed to enter
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
Telephone Election.

\ NEE ing Of the stockholders Of tn,
Cratic. County re 'ephone was held 1T
the Ithaca council hal last Friday night
and the following directors were cleo ed,
A. Z Cook, f. = Merrill, J. T. Gibbs
G II. Chase, a. +. Barsow, w. Netzorg
and \ Price The affairs were
found to b. in exc llept shape. The totaI
indebtedness Is less than $500 A
proposition was received from the Ma
tjona and one rom the Saginaw com
panies for consolidation and a meeting
VIII b. held January IA
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
Proud Sister.

1t is always pleasant to sec u sister
radiantly happy over her brothers sue
cess. An exchange reports an instance:
May-Just think, Bob is playing on
the Yale football team!
Clara-Thats jolly. What is he, half
back or quarterback
May-Neither. He's a drawback.
Charley Pruyenne says he's the great
est draw back the team ever had.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
THE DREADED CONSUMPTION CAN BIZ
CURED.
A Slocum. M. C., the Great Chemist ano
Scientist WIN Send Free Three Bottles
OF His Newly Discovered Remedies
TO Sufferers

EDITOR REcoRD:-l have discovered
a reliable cure for Consumption and
all Bronchial. Throat and Lung Dis.
eases. General Decline, Loss of Flesh
and all Conditions of Wasting Away.
BY It's use thousands of apparently
hopeless eases have been cured. So
proof-positive am | of its power to
cure, that to make its merits known.
will send, free. To any afflicted reader
of your paper, three bottles of my
Newly Discovered Kemedics. upon
receiht of Express and Postoflicc adj
dress. 4. a. SLOCUM, NJ. c., %
Pine Street. New York. When writ
ing the Doctor. please mention this
paper.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
Kingly Monarch.

The only European monarch who pos
sess IS the ideal kingly dignity is King
Oscar. He is a very tall and very hand
some man, with a graceful and easy
carriage and faultless bearing. Add
to this a felicitous memory for names
and faces, a fluent command Of six Lam
Guages. a striking courtliEess Of mar
ner, and the secret of his popularity is
revealed.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
Cxcle E,nreas.

An enterprising cycleman at Paris
proposes to establish "cycle express
company" there. Packages intrusted
TO this company will be delivered inn
nediately per cycle, instead Of lying
for hours in the office, as often happens
in the ordinary express service.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
WOOD MOSAIC OF sAwDUsT.
Highly Ornamental Process for Mold
ing Doors ana Floor Material.

Highly Ornamental Process for Mold
ing Doors ana Floor Material.
In the reports of the Industrial union
mention is made of a new process OF
floor mosaic, says the Yale Scientific
Monthly. Small particles of wood. as
sawdust, wood flour and fine shavings,
are treated first with a mixture Of shell
lac and alcohol, and then with cement
made of curd and Stacked lime. While
this mixture is still damp it is put into
hot molds of the desired shape and size,
and placed under pressure. The joint
action Of the heat and pressure unite
the wood most thoroughly with both
ihe shellac and the cement. After few
minutes the compound IL taken out OF
the molds when it is thoroughly coolel
and hardened. Great care is necessary
that no foreign substances, especially
Of an oily nature, be present, as it would
prevent the cement from being alb
sorbod into the pores of the wood In
malinE different colored mosaic the
natural color Of the woods used is taken
into consideration, then the wood itself
is dyed, and lastly dyes dissolved in
alcohol are mixed with the shellac. The
process is then performed as before.
In spite of its hardness this compound
possesses all the perfection of wood, so
that it is particularly well adapted for
use as a floor covering in living rooms
and private dwellings. An important
advantage over all other processes of
manufacturing mosaic floors is that it
is not affected by any change of tenn
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
STILL USING FLINTLoCKs.
A New brunswick Storekecper Says His
Patrons Must naNe Them.

aiTOns MUST nave nom.
Some regions are rat ter slow 10 adapt
themselves to modern game-kilng
implements. a Forest and Stream cor
respondent got a letter from Nc-
brunswick the other day which said
that dintlocl guns were still in use uD
IN that country. The letter was from
a store keeper. who said that the store
had carried supply OF gun fints ever
since it had been started by his grand
father. away back in 1856. Probably
ne would lose trade il he did not have
them in stock. II is not improbable
that Indians in the North Woods OF
Canada still use fliDtlock guns, but 10
use them so near New York as is New
Brunswick is curious.
a flintlock gun, beside q modern
hammerless gun, makes a contrast apt
10 be remembered 1t has oeep pro
posed more than once that sportsmen.
instead Of using such deadly weapons
as modern guns, take up the old bow and
arrow, or some other primitive weapon.
The sportsmen that had killed a modern
deer with that ancient weapon could
say that he was as good a hunter rs
anybody. There are few or none that
can boast Of such a Kill.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
ONE Of TWO WAYS.

The bladder was created for one
purpose, namely, a receptacle for the
urine. and az such is not liable to any
form OF disease except by one of two
ways. The first way is from imperfect
action of the kidneys The second
way is from careless local treatment of
~ TOR 6iga.oac
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
THE SUlTAN'S HEIR.
His Eldest Brother. Who 10 Little
Know Among the People.

His Eldest Brother. Who 10 Little
known Among the People
The sultan's heir is not his eldest son.
by his eldest brother. The eldest male
succeeds. Such is the law of Islam, and
the fruitful source of dynasty murders
in almost every reign since the Turks
became power, says the London Echo,
The sultan has four brothers; not one,
only, as was lately alleged. This eldest
brother is Rechad Effendi; that is 10
say, he is the eldest after eX-Sultan
Murad v, who, being insane, is not
counted The third brother is Waredin,
and the fourth SULLIVAN. The sultan's
eldest son, Prince Selim. has no earthly
chance of succeeding his father. He
has too many uncles and uncles' sons
for that. But Prince Selim is lucky, il
he knows it, for he is not dangerous"
He lives a life of freedom, whereas the
heir is, by the custom Of the Ottomans,
"a kind of life prisoner.
Rechad EfTendi is rarely seen. Every
time he drives out he is escorted 10y a
troop less by way of an escort than as
a guard. The few who do know him
like him. for he is said to be a courteous,
humane, well-inforIned man, acquainted
with current politics and kcenly inter
ested i'm them. lie is a good farmer
The pretty palace known as the Tcher-
agan is his residence. OF course,
Eechad's visitors are searched before
they are admitted, and when they are
leaving, by the -ultan's officials. Dur
ing this time Of trouble in Armenia.
Constantinople and Crete, Rechad has
been moro narrowly watched than ever,
for the sultan and his clique know that
Eechad is popular. Unlike the Sultan,
Rcchad is one Of the most handsome
men in ConStantinoDle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
SENATOR JONES' LUCK.
Unexpected Find of n Match in Nevad
Canyon.


Senator Jones, OF Nevada, according
to the Rochester Times, told the fol-
lowing story of the finding of a match
on gold-hunting trip in early days
TO Washington reporter:
We set out one day 10 60 up great
canyon" says the senator. "and we
found it most fatiCuing, for there was
no road. Six miles of travel in the
canyon was equal to 25 on the level.
One of my deputies was with me. A.
noon We had gone about half our jour
ney, and we stopped TO rest. | was very
fond Of smoking and pulled out my
pipe, intending TO take smoke.
loaded up and then reached 70. match.
There was not one in my pocket. Ny
deputy was not "A smoker, and he did
not carry matches. ! was almost dy-
ing for smoke. AS | was looking
around almost despairingly | saw a
match lying on the ground right beside
little stream that ran through the
canyon. / was almost frightened at
the sight of it in such an out-of-the-
way place. l picked it UP, saying 10
myself: of course il won't light. 1t
has been lying in the wet sand long
time, and | can't expect it to light
But it did light, and l had my smoke.
! never knew a piece of luck 10 beat
that. Il is not the most important in
ray life in which good fortune has
stood by me, but it is one Of the
Strangest."
Unsatisfactory Answer.
IF | were to die, would you marry
again." said Mrs. Bickers to her hur
band.
MY dear" replied Mr. Bckers, ian
Ga.e philosopher once said that no man
should be called a hopeless fool until
he had made fool of himself twice in
the same way."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
edy to everyone"

edy TO everyone"
Or. Miles Remedies
arc sold by all drug
gists under q positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases OF the heart and
nerves free. Address,
DR. MILES MEDICA
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
I nsatIsfnctory Answer.

IF | were to die, would you marry
again. said Mrs. Bickers to her hur