The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
Of Mice and Men.

Russian photographers have strange
| way of furnishing those who. having re-
ceIved their photos do not pay their bills.
They hang the pictures Of the deliupuents
upside down at the entrance of their stu
| dos.
Perhaps the only word that is the same
| in all Languages is the Hello In re-
Spouse TO the telephone call Wherever
there is a telephone line the word Is IN
use. and means Just what II does In Eng
| fish.
Lieutenant James c. Cresap. L. s. n.
was a MILDLY on the old Constitution I'm
der Dewey He says the latter. when he
found two Of the under officers quarreling.
would make them do ten hours extra
guards together. a process which never
failed to make them friends again.
Colonel Albert A Pope. the millionaire
blcScle manufacturer. FIRST saw a bicycle
at the Centennial Exposition IN Phlladel-
phIa IN 1876. He was fascinated by the
machine. and spent several days IN study
ing its mechanism. thus unconsciousiy
laying the foundation Of his great for
tune.
The late Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll -
said 10 have once introduced Rev. r. y
Pullman. now OF Baltimore. Mr.. but then
pastor Of the Universalist church q;
Peoria. H.. as "a man whose God was a
perfect GENTLEMAN" This introduction
was TO an acquaintance. not 20 an audi
ence.
An English scientist has solved the nys-
terry OF Lake Tanganyika or the lake OF
Death" concerning which 30 many weird
and fearful tales were related 5y The na-
lives and authenticated BY early expIor-
ers, relative to the destructive powers o.
a gigantic fsh which upsets boats and
kills men merely by touch. the evil
spirit proving TO De a huge electric eel
tIsrRer and more powerful that his oUih
American coRsener. which sbounds in
the lake. and which would pafalyzs roNers
by contact with their paddles
u Il almost q weekly occurrence for
the washington monument % be struck
by lightning. the shaft being - high that
II attracts every bolt within a vide radius
There are no less than 10 lightning coz
ductOrs fixed IN the cap Of the great
structure, and each q these leads 10
Thick wire which carries the electricity
down the inside Of the shaft IL - SAID
that ~ the conductors had been piacsd
on the outside as On other structures.
there would BE many accidents. and fhe
handsome monument would BE- Scared
and Clipped by tire frequent bolts.
An oflcsr who has been under Genera
WOOD IN Santiago. bat who has Just r.
TUNED % this country. thus sJeats q III
Generals grit. 4 saw Gensfzi w5Dd q;
his desk fo- three esys Uben. really -
Iieve hs was the s4ckest man IN Santiago
Once. Rulng tnto ths palace IN enc nofn-
ing. I saT him Jean against TIE va f5s
support. boa sa q monsnt Ne bssea4 -
again and Weni o. ard Sorked j.si a.
hard ihas day a. on any oik@r. Wiih
chfEls shaking hts entire bosy - YOU'D
press MS hand bard against The Geek -
as 90 stop TIRE trensbsIng white - Efg;s
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vIs@s ef Johr RaEt1n. the 'sAEs q bFsnt-
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