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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08

For all ofthat class Of disorders known
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MELTING
Continued from First Page.

hours, without food or water. When they
attempted to leave, they were driven back
with blows. Every trainload of refugees
brings narrowing accounts of the barbara
ties of the Beers Of the Orange Free
State. train arrived today that had
been delayed sixty hours. The sufferings
of the women were dreadful. Several
births occurred on the way-one in an
open cattle truck containing twenty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08
sn.,u Sells the Havana Floating Dock

Havana, Oct. THE Spanish govern
ment has sold the Havana floating dock
for s60O. 900 to a syndicate Of Vera Cruz
merchants. Several New York firms have
been asked for terms FOR conveying the
dock 10 Vera Cruz. The purchasers wish
to take # away about the beginning OF
month
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08
SLOW TIME MADE LEXINGTON
VDpa and Axmore are Winners
SearehIight Does Not 60.

Lexington. Ky. Oct. The weather was
slightly cloudy and the time was slow.
The crowd was the largest Of the meet
ing. The first race on the card. TIT John
ston stake. for 2:24 t-otteTs. was Won BY
the favorite, yalpa. the daughter % Dark
night. in three straight heats. al - 70 -.
making the last mile in 2:I3 without
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08

week: Geo. a sauer. Bert Hill. Clarence
Reed. II 8 Hughett c. D. Green. EUphis
Craft Frank Moon Grace Hall. G g.
Kenyon. J. Msrtindale. Chss. Mccoy X.
J. Bradley and sister. Berry, Croth, W.
D. Baker J. y. Hunter. Ida Coots. Tat
Hebron. Isaac Neuman. II. Russell and
lanes Rsvuolda
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08
Horse sales At Norris Park.

New York. Oct "A number Of race
horses in training, the property Of yaTi-
Gus owners, were sold today II the pad
dock at Morris Park, those bringing the
best prices being as follows: Thomas
Cat. g. 600: knight Of Rhodes. t2-2eo: The
Bobby, $, 100: ClonziIla $50; Lady Mitch
ell. 1850.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08
sloan and Reiff at Kempton Park.

London. Oct. 7.-At today's racing at
the Kempton Park October meeting the
Stanley plate was won by 5. b. joel
Saint Valentine II, ridden by Tod Sloan
Full Ripe, on which J. Rein mad the
mount, was second. Seventeen horses
ran in the Jubilee course. one mile. The
betting was TO / against Saint aVl-
entine II. ]. Reif finished first In the
race for the Vauxhall selling plate, on
Horton. Fourteen horses ran.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08

New York. Oct T-B. D. Woodward.
assistant commissioner general q The
United States u the Paris exposition q
Issa. arrived from Europe today he
brought encouraging reports concerning
The condition q the ground and Unlsst
states buildings az Paris
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08
Dewey to be Entertained by Atlanta

Washington. Oct. IA delegation o.
Atlanta citizens called on Admiral Dewey
today and invited him 10 become the
guest OF that city. The admiral pToa1ised
that Re would go 20 Atlanta at some tine
not later than November :. the date 20
be arranged later.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08
Mrs. D. Finlay, Petoskey, Mich,
writes: 81 never was better in my life

than / am now. Pc
ru-na has cured me.
I was fifty-s e V Q n
years old last Fri
day and don't feel as
if / could be more
than twenty. 1 was
sick for five 10 n &
years. 1 doctored all
tn e time. Nothing
helped me perma-
nently until 1 heard
of DR.. Hartman and
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he cured me. / had been so sick, suf-
fered almost death, vomiting three or
four times daily, no strength, not able TO
walk, and now for one year and half I
have been a well woman. People are
surprised to see me SO well. tell them
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81 have been con-
WINGED long ago that
there is no medicine
equal to Pe-ru-na.
l think Pe-ru-na the
best and most invig-
Grating medic inc,
and 1t certainly does
full justice to what
it is claimed to do. II
only more women
would try IL tn ey
would be convinced,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08

and malaria enter the system
catsrrh Peuna meas t
mucous membranes prevents of naa germs mus Pre-
dcurngt heseah
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steenIerhase 81 ,Ierris Pnrk.

New York. Oct. At Morris Park. to
day. in the Champion stsepiechase, e.
o.. about ~ miles. vanstiD won PM ss-
second; The Bachelor. third Tine 10.
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ton. It is a positive cure for almost all
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such diseases of the heart, blood, liver
and other organs, as have their cause in
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LETTER LIST.

Letters advertised By postmaster a.
Wichita. Kansas. for ;hs week ending
October 2. lsee:
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an ordeal which ali approach with Undesirable
tear ioE noihrg ea7 compare with the horrors o.
The thought Of the suffering and danger her RIBS
the exesu mother Of all pleasant Anticipation Of the coming
evet and Ter sado Of aiooua tEst
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08
Race Track special in Collision.

Chicago, Oct. Five persons were In
jured this afternoon in a collision pc
tween the Hawthorne race track train
on the Illinois Central railroad and a
freight engine which stood upon a sid
ing, the switch had been left open The
passenger train crashed into the other en-
CINE and nearly every occupant of the
coaches was thrown to the floor. The in
tured: George Bastick. engineer OF the
passenger train: Mrs. Gertrude Alexan-
der Charles NJ. Quade. Charles E. Moon
ert unknown man. None of the injured
will die
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Becoming a
Mother

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08

Justin Mccarthy. the historian ans
novelist. has just undergone the last q
series Of operations for The relief OF his
eyes. and it Is now expected that his
sight VIII be completely restored
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08

The Alaska negotiations proceed. al
though Sir Louis II Davies, the Canadian
minister OF marine and fisheries. IS tax
ing short vacation in Scotland with Lord
Strathcona and Mount ROYAL. the Canad-
ian high commissioner The Associated
Press learns that there is good prospect
OF tentative settlement within fort
night. although a definite arrangement
apparently cannot be reached until the
Joint high commissioner ratides the pend
ing modus vivendi
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08
CHARGES AGAINST THE CRAMPS
That They Employ Foreign Laborers,
in Violation of Law.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. THE execLive COM
mittee of the striking employees OF
Cramps shipyards today decided to bring
charges against the leading officials OF
Cramp comps lay for violation OF the con-
tract labor la The charges viii be laid
before United States District Attorney
Beck next week. The basis of the accu-
sations will be that since the Inaugural
ton of the strike the Cramps employed
a number Of Russian sailors. who are
also skilled mechanics, on United States
government work, and that nearly ali Oh
them are at work in various capacities,
mostly as laborers They say this is
direct violation of the law.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08

The French navy IS installing wireless
biography between the lighthouse along
The Frnch coast. Judging from the re-
suits OF the preliminary experiments, the
Installation Will prove of great. value to
shipping
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08

Charles Froman will give the first Eng
fish production Of Hall Gaines play. The
Christian" next Monday evening al IAv-
erpool The Cunar5 line steamship Etru-
ria viii take Sir Henry Irving and Miss
Ellen Terry from Liverpool for New York
on October a. Nat Goodwin VIII sail for
the United States the same day.
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shaken Of. Thousands
CT women have found
that the use OF MOTHERS
FRIEND during Prcguau-
and danger. and ;asurcs
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-08
FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Address all communications to the
editor, w. G. Steele, Switzerland, Fla.
Is It IP

Yes, we mean you. 1t is not pleas
ant to be always harping upon one
string. Yet, nothing short of Zine
upon line" seems to do any good. Do
you know that it is very difficult to
make bricks without straw? In other
words we are doing our best to make
this department, not only interesting,
but valuable. Yet most Of our readers
seem to utterly ignore the fact that
we would like their help. Only a few
weeks ago we gave our own experience
with some plants that had failed and
asked our readers who had similar re-
suits, either with those or other va
rieties, to write an account of their
experiments and send it to us. How
many do you suppose have responded?
Not one.> Doubtless many thought
they would do so, but alas they put
it off until a more convenient season,
which never came. Do not delay.
Get some paper and write now
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-08

they will grow in almost any kind OF
soil, but if flowers are wanted some
sand must be used. Indeed, we have
grown them in a mixture of fine gravel
and sand with good success.
Care must be taken in. watering, and
they suffer from sudden changes of
temperature, as in shifting from in
doors to the garden. To those who
will give them the care they require,
and have a suitable place to winter
them, warm with abundance Of sun,
they will prove an interesting family
of plants to cultivate. Cuttings rooted
in the spring will often bloom in the
fall. We root the cuttings in the same
sandy soil we grow them in. They
may also be propagated readily from
seeds sown in the same, in small boxes
(Which we prefer to pots), and care
fully watered so as to keep just moist,
for if kept too wet they are very like
ly to rot In three or four years they
will flower. Anemos.
SOmerville, Mass.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-08
Torenia.

Some weeks ago we recommended
Torenias as very desirable plants for
Florida in summer. But at the time
we did not know all their good points.
The more common varieties make
bushy upright growth, averaging on
good soil from eight to ten inches. If
set closely, not to exceed ten inches,
apart they soon cover the ground and
from that time on are literally cover
ed with bloom. They have been mis-.
taken for pansies several times. The
seed we sowed last spring was mixed
varieties, but all except two plants
proved to be the upright purple or
white. Of the purple there were two
or three shades, but very little differ
ence. Two plants, however, were diff
ferent; they did not attempt to grow
upright, but crept along the ground.
They spread out quite extensively, but
showed no signs Of blooming until Oc-
tober. When they did flower the color
PAOFCU " NC q OOCp Will IL
very dark purple throat. They are
quite striking in appearance, and
would be very fine for a hanging bas-
ket.
One excellent point about Torenias
is the ease with which they may be
increased from cuttings. We had
found that cuttings rooted very readi-
ly, when one day, by accident, we
hoed off plant six inches high, and
with five or six branches from six to
eight inches long.
AS an experiment we took up the
PLAINTIFF stem was cut off just at the
surface of the soil-and set it into a
box of good earth on a shaded porch
and watered it we'll. The next day it
was badly wilted. We did nothing but
water freely when necessary and in
less than two weeks it was ready to
set into the open ground again, a we'll
rooted plant.
The Torenias have attracted the at
tention Of almost every one who calls
and we have had numerous applica-
tons for seeds or plants for next
spring.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-08
For the Floral Department.
Stapelias.

In a recent number of the Florida
Agriculturist we find the Floral De-
partment devoted to Cacti and the re-
mark was made "that not nearly all
the plants found in collections and
called cactus really belong to that
family" We may not have quoted the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-08

and traversely marked by fine irregu-
lar light yellow lines.
Ligulae, concave, short and narrow;
little darker on the edges than CO.
rolla, and marked at the base with a
yellow spot. The flower is very fra
grant (?), but am sorry to say that it
is not agreeable, but must not be de-
spised on that account.
The flower is most beautiful when
first opened, as it is then fiat. The
lobes soon become refexed, however,
and the margins revolute; then it as
sumes kind of triangular form. Be-
fore fading it returns to the original
fiat form; then slowly closes.
Stapelia pallida, in form and growth
of stems resembles S. variegata, the
five lobes being taper-pointed. Inside,
the corolla is rugose and light yellow
or buff color, sprinkled with fine ma
roon-colored dots. Ligulae, rather
large, greenish-buff color, minutely
speckled with maroon and with large
maroon spot at the base. This species
belongs to a different section of the
genus from the two preceding ones,
and has a ring in the center Of the
flower, which is called the annulus,
and in this species is five-angled,
brighter yellow in color, with less nu-
merous and smaller maroon dots.
Stapelia marmorata also belongs to
this section, and is a pretty species.
The corolla is of light greenish-yel-
low with very few large chocolate-col-
ored spots, darker near the center.
The center of the lObes Of the cOrOlla
are shaded with light brOWniShred.
The annulus is bright red, notified
| with smaller light brown spots. The
| ligulae is wide at the base, long and
| tapering, and split at the end, and dot
ted with very minute brownish spots
The species most commonly seen III
probably the large lowered one, Sta
pelia grandifiOra. Stems are square
erect, branching, and stout. The full
| blown blossoms are five or six inches
in diameter. Lobes of corolla are very
dark maroon at tips, shading into a
paler hue. The surface is rugOse, the
burrows being light yellow. The edges
of the flower are fringed with an
abundance of silvery hair about one
half an inch in length, while the inner
surface is covered with a finer and
shorter hair of a maroon color.
This species is rather sensitive to
sudden changes in the temperature
and moisture, but is a handsome plant
and we'll worth a little extra care in
growing.
, The largest lowered of the genus is
Stapelia gigantea, and in size the flow
err is a rival of some of the cereuses.
The stems of this species are square
like the last mentioned, only larger
and longer. The flowers measure
| from twelve to fifteen inches in dame
ter and are ad ul greenish-yellow in
color, marked with narrow irregular
lines of brown color. The inner sur
face of the corolla is covered with fine
short hair of a purplish color, while
the edge is fringed with white hair
+IoroO ri orb of on inch lOnO
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-08

plants cactuseS, OF rubber plants. For
instance, a friend Of mine has fine
specimen of Crassula portulaccoides,
which she persists in calling a rubber
plant, because it has thick rubbery
leaves. We do not blame her much,
for it requires quite twist of the
tongue to get the other right.
The cactus family is peculiar to
America, growing in desert places and
on mountains where nothing else
would flourish, except, perhaps, some
Yuccas or Agaves. In similar places
in other countries their places are TAX
en- by succulent plants belonging to
other families. Thus, in Africa, we
find feshy plants belonging to
the composite family, the orpine and
milkweed families, also Euphorbias,
neutrality-suspicious. and others,
that will be noticed later on. Now, we
wish to introduce the Stapelia, genus
of plants belonging to the mill1weed
family. They grow chiefly in South
Africa. One species grows in Europe,
Stapelia Europa. Stapelias do not
grow very tall; many of them are
spreading and branching.
One species, S. variegata, is rather
Toad or Ox-eye cactus by many. But
let us turn to some rarer species.
The flowers vary in size in different
species from three-fourths of an inch
to fifteen inches in diameter
One now in flower is Stapelia Inca
tum. The stems are upright, branch
ing and hardly three inches high.
Stems four or five-angled, the angles
toothed with close set short teeth, not
spines, and look like the teeth of a
saw.
The flower is small, three-fOurths of
an inch in diameter, the smallest flow
cred one we have seen, but it is curl
Gus and interesting. Corolla is cup
with the characteristic five-1obed
spreading border. Externally the flow
er is greenish-white, with base
and tips of lobes slightly tinged with
purple Internally the corolla is cream
color, and looks as if formed of wax.
The inside of the tube is smooth and
shining and red at the base. Five
small appendages in the center of the
flower, called ligulae, are very dark
maroon color. LObes of the CO.
rolla are triangular in shape, and be-
tween each is small tip, formed by
the ref1exed bases of the lobes.
To the naked eye the surface of the
flower appears smooth; under the
magnifer it is seen to be covered with
minute projections, roughened like the
tongue of a cat.
This small plant has a cluster Of
seven buds which appear low down on
the plant, with stems just long
enough to hang the flowers over the
edge of the pot.
In comparison take Stapelia patula:
Stems rather stout, upright, branching
growth, square in shape, the teeth on
the angles pointing upwards; flowers
large, from three to four inches in di-
IoIo 4os IL
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-08
LIKE CURRENT POETRY.
Somerville, Mass.

THAT dog of mine is a poetical cur.
When he bowls at the moon it sounds
as if he were making rhymes"
"Doggerel, l suppose. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-20
LnbNr Council Election.

At the semi-annual meeting of the
Houston Labor council the following Off
GERS were elected for the term:
President. II. c.. Malsch of the Typo.
graphical union; vice president, II. Mul
lens of BARRIERS union; recording score
tary. V. j. Hill of Street Railway asso-
citation: financial secretary and business
agent J. w. Macarthur of Carpenters
union; treasurer, VIM Wimberly of Street
Railway association; trustees, Messrs
Gallagher of Carpenters, McNeeley of
Plumbers and Scoggins OF the Clerks
union; sergeant -at-arms. Geo. Wills of
Pressmens union.
The president also appointed an arbi-
tration committee consisting of one del.
egate from each affiliated union, there
being twenty-ope organizations having
representation In the council: also a leg
islative committee of five was appointed
whose duties require them to keep the
council informed on all legislation Ma
iional, State and municipal effecting the
interest of organized labor.
Preparations are being made by tho
council to celebrate Labor Day. September
4, on grand scale