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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-21
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Como PiqueS

No reason for calling them Como" ex-
cept that's their name. Just those same
stylish popular PiQues that all the ladies'
have been wanting and buying for weeks
past. Pretty as you could wish them.
White grounds printed in dainty hued
stripes and dots. The early price n.
was Pic. Now. choose. OG
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-21
Fancy Tafetas

Choice of twenty pieces of Heavy Sill
Taffetas in stripes, checks and f1owere
designs. Almost any color you coul
wish Sc qualities and 500 quail d7t
ties. During this sale ..............f
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-21

Daily Eagle by carrier. 10 cents a week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-21
Silkolenes

1000 yards Of standard Silkolines IN al
the figures and shades known to drapery
dom; usual price 1212c per n
yard. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. OC
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-21

Twelve pieces Of Linen Effects in Dii
ity and lappet weaves. Raised work
cords and dots. Handsome. l5c y
values OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-21
Window Shades

1000 Roller Window Shades wit
cts and nails, all complete,
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-21
Fancy Novelties
50-Inch Checks

These Covert Cloths are one yard and
quarter wide. They are among the most
popular of this springs dress fabrics. We
have been selling them at 75c per yard
and the' are the worthiest of values at
that money l.a ~ These ten selections Soc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-21
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
II STORE DETECTIVE.
One Occasion Where He Got Decid-
edI the Worst of 1t.

One Occasion Where He Got Decid-
eddy the Worst of 1t.
The tables were turned Upon a WON
an detective in one of the large depart
ment stores recently when a woman
whom she had been following from
counter to counter turned on her and
not only pulled her hair, but tore her
gown. To a policeman who was sum-
moned by the detective the shopper said
that she was not a thief. and that the
detectives espionage was an insult No
arrest was made.
The female detectives are known to
the regular patrons of the stores where
they are employed. and it is not i'm
probable, when the shopper said that it
was an insult to be followed by this
woman, that she was thinking what
opinion the other shoppers might form
Of her. One store in this town which
obtained a lot of free advertising sew
eral years ago because of the energy of
its female detective has paid heavily for
it since. 1t was a store which by it's ar
rangement offered great temptation to
shoplifters, and undoubtedly it suffered
from them. The woman detective was
engaged, and as she was the pioneer of
her class she attracted so much atten-
tion that she became unduly ambitious
in her line of work. If a shopper hap
pened to pick up an article and walk to
another counter with it, a habit Of
many women, the detective was right
beside her, and she felt that in the eyes
Of the sleuth she was a probable thief.
even if no arrest was attempted
The annoyance of this woman's ac-
tions became SO great and the numbers
of arrests made by her was so large that
the old patrons of the store fell away.
They felt that the risk of being mistak-
en- for a shoplifter outweighed the adj
vantage of the bargains offered. Chi
cago Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
TO CURE A FELoN.
to Treat These Dangerous and
Painful Sores.

How to Treat These Dangerous and
Painful Sores.
A felon is a severe and usually a most
painful inflammation of the end of the
finger, more commonly either the thumb
or index finger of the right hand, for
the reason that these are most exposed
to the little wounds from which the
trouble starts; but any of the fingers,
or even one of the toes. may be the seat
of a felon.
The inflammation starts generally
from the prick of a pin or needle or
from a scratch or cut, but often the
wound is SO slight that no notice is
taken of it until the finger begins to
grow sore. The soreness soon passes in
to actual pain, and this rapidly becomes
most intense and throbbing, and some
times is felt all the way up the arm.
1t is worse when the hand is allowed
to hang down. The ball of the finger is
hot, red and swollen. At the same time
the patient feels more or less ill, is fe-
verish, and has a headache and rapid
pulse.
When the Inflammation is deep seat
ed. pus collects beneath the periosteum,
or membrane covering the bone, and
this greatly increases the distress as
well as the danger. If allowed to go on
unrelieved, the Inflammation may creep
up the finger into the palm of the hand,
and then the condition becomes a most
serious one. In almost any case when
pus has formed beneath the perios-
teum more or less of the bone will fdie,
leaving the end of the finger crippled or
disfgured by a deep scar,
When the treatment is begun very
early, it is sometimes possible to cut
short the inflammation by cold cloths
applied continuously to the infamed
part These must be frequently renew
ed, for if allowed to get warm they will
act as poultices and rather hasten sup
Duration than arrest it At the same
time the arm should be kept in a sling,
with the hand raised and resting on
the chest
If the Inflammation does not rapidly
subside under this treatment, we must
it and try to bring matters to a
head by means Of poultices or wet
cloths applied as hot as they can be
borne and changed very often.
The only thing to be done. when pus
has formed is to cut the finger and let
it out This is painful enough for the
instant, but it will prevent many days
Of acute suffering and all danger of
inflammation of the hand and
with subsequent blood poisoning
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
A woMAN's HAND.

The dawn grew golden in the east,
The dancing and the music ceased,
The world, the world of men, awoke
And then the guest who tarried spoke.
And as he spoke he took her hand
In his The could not understand
And held it, tiny, white and slim,
While she in silence gazed at him.
Soft little tender, birdlike thing,
May time or toll" he murmured, "bring
No line to thee, poor girlish handi"
(Oh. he could never understandD
Then she, with one strange wistful look.
Drew back the land he idly took
And, smiling, hid it from his gaze
While he bowed low and went his ways
The little hand remained the same
Soft. birdlike thing, and no toll came
To take it's tenderness away
Nor steal its beauty day by day.
For in the world its only task
Nas but to press a hayward heart
(Ah, little hand, so white and slimi)
That ached with all her love for lin.
Arthur ]. Stringer in Harper's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
AN ENCHANTED PITCHER.


The Relic of a Fatality, 1t Is Pre-
served by Superstition.
About five miles from Aiken, s. c.,
on the Charleston dirt road and in
sight of the railway. is little place
that was first christened Polecat, but
afterward changed to Montmorenci, the
French for that odorous little animal
Many years ago a young woman came
with her pitcher to draw a bucket Of
water from a well at Montmorenci and
set the vessel in the followed top of a
stone post that some of the railroad
men had moved there. While drawing
the water a fash of lightning came that
struck the chain to which the well
bucket was attached, and the woman
was killed in her tracks. Her remains
were removed, but the pitcher was left
just where the dead girl had set it. To
this day the pitcher remains in the
same place, and, 10 far from being re-
moved. it is said that no living hand
has aver touched it ave its's owners,
although near the eide of the public
road.
But the most wonderful thing is the
superstition attached to the pitcher
There is an indescribable influence sur
rounding it that prevents its touch
Hundreds of people have gone with the
firm determination of lifting the pitch
er, but when they approach it a strange
repugnance comes over them, and they
hurriedly depart without carrying out
the object of their visit.
One night a bully in the. neighbor-
hood, while under the influence of
whisky, made a bet with some friends
that he would go and bring back the
pitcher. He left to do SO, but soon re-
turned as pale as a sheet and empty
handed. Boys" he remarked, mo
person alive can lay hands on that
pitcher, and | wouldn't attempt it
again for the whole of Aiken county.
He refused to tell his experience and
said he would not talk about it. Other
parties have gone to see it, but met
with the same repulsive feelings
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

After the social side of life in the
Spanish capital has lost some of it's nov
city there are always the collections to
see and admire. And, after all, the
browning glory of the place is the Museo
del Prado, which. if not the finest in
Europe, at least ranks with the Louvre
and the galleries of Dresden and Flor
ence, says a correspondent in the Chi
cago Record The gallery is especially
rich in portraits of the great kings Of
Spain, and its chief treasures are the
works of Diego Valasquez, some go in
number The light of the gallery itself
is perhaps poor, but the charm of being
able to walk undisturbed and never
crowded amid this marvellous collection
of works by the masters is enough of it
self to repay a visit to Spain. The royal
collection of armor at the palace is as
interesting as the Prado pictures, in a
way, and after these collections com
others less notable, but worthy Of a
great capital
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
SECONDHAND SHOES.
Extensive Repairs May Be Made For
Very Little Money.

Extensive Repairs May BE Made For
Very Little Money.
A sign hanging in front of a shoe.
makers shop where secondhand shoes
were sold had upon it these words
Secondhand Shoes With New Uppers.
It seemed almost as though a pair of
secondhand shoes with new uppers
would be practically new shoes, but in
quiry showed that this impression was
not warranted by the facts. There is a
good deal of fresh material in a pair of
shoes thus repaired, but there is also
left a good deal of the old.
The new upper thus put in is a new
vamp, the front part of the upper. The
old counter, or back part of the shoe,
still remains. 1t is a familiar fact that
while the counter may break down or
wear out or get a hole in it somehow it
is much more likely to stay sound and
good. 1t Is the front that cracks and
breaks. And SO in putting secondhand
shoes in order new vamps are I'M
times put in. But while such a shoe,
which had also been soled and heeled,
might easily be described as having un-
dergone extensive repairs it would still
be far from wholly new. There would
remain, besides the old counter, the
shank and the inner sole and the gen.
eral shape and framework of the shoe,
and upon these the repairs could be
made.
Secondhand shoes bring various
prices, depending on their original
quality and their condition. A pair Of
secondhand shoes, resoled and reheeled
and with new uppers, can be bought
for as little as a dollar. New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
The French supreme court.

The constitution of the cour de cas-
sation is as follows: One president, or
chief justice, stands at the head of the
organization, having below him three
subordinate presidents, each of whom
has charge of a chamber. Next in order
come as minor judges, styled council
ors, 10 for each chamber. Besides these
strictly judicial fu~nctionaries, who are
appointed for life, there are seven off
cial advocates, one of whom is a sort of
attorney general to the whole body,
while two practice in each Of the di-
visions.
To this staff must be added four chief
clerks and about a score of minor Off
cials. OF the three chambers, the first
is a court of requests, serving to decide
what cases shall be allowed to go before
the civil and criminal chambers re-
s%pectively. Eleven judges in all the d.
visions are necessary to form a quorum.
The courts only sit three days a week,
from 10 to 4, SO that this huge machine
does its work very slowly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
PuNISHING AN EDITOR.
The Curious Method Adopted In a
South American

- -
South American Country.
Curious methods of furnishing indis-
Greet editors are in vogue in some coun-
tries In "South American Sketches
Mr.. Crawford describes the interesting
experience of an editor who had been
unfortunate enough to give ofense tc
the ruling powers by the freedom of his
criticisms
The editor was arrested and confined
in a narrow passage between the cages
of two jaguars. notorious for their bad
tempers and their intense dislike for hui
a society.
The intervening space was SO regulat-
ed that neither of the ferocious animals
could get its paws quite to the middle
line between the cages, so that a spare,
active person, if very careful to follow
the classical advice about the advan-
tages of steering a middle course, might
manage to pass without special injury,
though the achievement would be both
exciting and dangerous.
Our editorial friend happened to be
stout. and therefore was the more easily
reached by the occupants of the cages.
As if to add insult to injury. he was
given a chair on which to sit and at
the same time was furnished with a
copy of his own paper. the issue which
had brought him into trouble. in order
that he might mediate upon it's con-
tents.
He tried to sit motionless and bolt
upright. feeling those sleepy, cruel eyes
fixed upon him. At the slightest move
ment or the rustic of the paper uneasy
mutterings arose from the cages, and a
paw would stretch stealthily toward
him. Leaning quickly to the other side,
he was sure to be met by the ugly claws
of the second jaguar. 1t was a case of
Scylla and Charybdis.
Every few minutes the jaguars be-
came wildly excited and clawed iercely
at the shrinking editor, who, do his
best, could not escape those rending
toe nails His clothing was torn to
shreds. but except for a few scratches
he was not really injured.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

The pleasure of wearing sparkling
stones is to a great extent the knowledge
that others cannot afford to wear them.
But this is a pleasure with which l
have no sympathy. Jewels should SIM
ply be regarded as an ornament, ire
spective of their intrinsic value. But SO
little is this realized by the wealthy
classes that many ladies wear sham
diamonds exactly similar to those that
they possess, which are kept at their
bankers for fear of theft. This is much
like a person plastering himself over
with certified bankers checks 1t is a
mere advertisement to all that the per-
son is so wealthy that he Or she can af-
ford to leave a vast amount of capital
locked up without interest. London
Truth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
DYSPEPTlC CARLYLE.
His DeprecatOry Opinions of Several
of His ma COntempOraries.

~
of His Famous Contemporaries.
DR.. J. B. Crozier. a Canadian physi-
clan. in a volume called my Inner
Life, tells of a very breezy interview
he had with Thomas Carlyle, whose ad-
vice he once sought about going in for
literature. DR.. Crozier, in reply to the
old mans query as to what authors he
knew, mentioned John Stuart Mill
Carlyle broke out;
"Oh, aye, poor Mill He used to
come to me here with his B~enthamism,
his radicalism, his greatest number,
and a that nonsense, but I had to tell
him at last it was a moonshine, and he
didna like it. But he was a thin, wire
drawn. sawdustish, logic chopping kind
of body, was poor Mill. When his book
on liberty came out, he sent me a copy
of it to read, but just had to tell him
that | didn't agree with a single word
of it from beginning to end. He was
offended, and never came back to me-
The doctor tried Buckle:
"Of all the blockheads by whom this
bewildered generation has been deluded
that mar Buckle was the greatest. 50"
A more long winded, conceited block
head, and one more full Of empty. bar
rem formulas about the progress of the
species, progress of this and progress of
that. and especially the progress of sci
enc l l never came across-a poor crea-
ture that could be of service to no NOR
tai"
And finally Herbert Spencer:
Spencer An immeasqrable ass. 49,"
And sc ye've been meddling with Spen-
Ger, have YET He was brought to me
by Lewes. and a more conceited young
man l thought l had never seen He
seemed to think himself just a perfect
owl of Minerva for knowledge. 80
Yell get little good out of him. young
man"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

When the first edition of the s.Sea-
sons came out, the poet sent a hand
somely bound copy to Sir Gilbert Elliott
Of Mimic. who had shown him kind
ness. Sir Gilbert took the book to his
gardener. a relative of Thomson, who
turned it over and over in his hands,
gazing at it in admiration. Sir Gilbert
said:
"Well, David, what do you think of
James Thomson now2 There's a book
that will make him famous the world
w and immortalize his name"
I'm truth said David, at is a
grand book l did ma think the lad had
ingenuity enow to ha' done SIGH a neat
piece O. handicraft.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
The creates wfdower.

This is the genuine essay Of a boy
king Henry s was the greatest wild
over that ever lived. He was born at
Anne Domino in the year 1088. He had
51O wives, besides children. The list
was beheaded and afterwards executed.
The End was revoked. She never smiled
again. But she said that the word
Calais would be found on her heart
after her death. The greatest man in
this reign was Lord Sir Carrot Wolsey.
He was sir named The. Boy Bachelor.
He was born at the age of IS unmar-
ried. 49, Henry 8 was succeeded on
the throne by his great grandmother,
the beautiful and accomplished Mary
Queen of Scots, sometimes known as
the Lady of the Lake or the Lay of the
Last Minstrel"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
NEWcURE FOR coBRABlTEs.
A Yarn That VIII Shake Up Ameri-
can Snake story

A Yarn That VIII Shake Up AmerI-
can Snake story
American inventors of snake stories
must look to their laurels. The educated
Bengal has entered into competition,
and judging from the sample given in
good faith by a native paper at Calcut-
ia he will be hard to beat. Some time
back the lovely daughter Of a wealthy
Zemindar was bitten by a cobra and
died in the course Of a few hours. As
her remains were being conveyed to the
Ganges for sepulture a passing patri-
arch of reverend mien proposed that he
should be allowed to experiment with
resuscitation. AS he bore a high repu.
tation as a professor of occult science,
the %sorrowing relatives readily consent
ed.
The sage then obtained three cowries,
and after praying very theoretically
threw the shells on the ground. Instant
ly n disappeared, and the spectators
were wondering what had become Of it
when a huge cobra burst out of the adj
jacent jungle, bearing the missing cow
rie on its forehead 1t must have been
a humble sort of reptile, for when or
dered by the sage to suck the wound on
the deceased lady it at once complied,
and then died to save further trouble.
Within an hour its human victim had
quite recovered, and went off merrily
with her husband and relatives, none
the worse for her little adventure.
"Such was the marvellous treatment"
says the narrator, "of the peasant,
Moula Bux. professor of the occult sci
ence, which, with the spread of the SO
called western civilization, has almost
died out of the land" What we cannot
understand is why snakes committed
more atrocities when occult science
was In its prime than under western
civilization.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

Because That Tired Feeling is not the re-
suit of exertion. 1t is due to the unhealthy
condition Of your blood. This vital fluid
should give nourishment to every organ,
nerve and muscle. But it cannot do this
unless it is rich and pure. That is what
you want to cure That Tired Feeling
pure, rich blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla will
help you get rested" 1t will give you
pure, rich blood, give you vigor and vital
ity and brace you up so that you may feel
well all through the coming summer. II
you have never tried Hoods Sarsaparilla,
do so now, and see how it energies and
vitalizes your whole system.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
Natures Cunning.

Protective mimicry. that cunning de-
vice of nature to preserve animals from
their enemies, is well shown in the
eggs of certain fishes. notably the Cali
fornian shark known as Gyropleurodus
francisco. The shark is of a sluggish
habit. lurking among rocks, and its
dark egg resembles a leaf of kelp or sea-
weed folded up spirally 1t is deposited
among the beds of kelp and clings to
the leaves by the edges of the spirals.
The young shark bursts open the end
Of the egg and swims away Another
sharks egg of the Pacific coast has ten
tacles which clasp the seaweed and
also initiate its appearance.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

One Bouchet. who compiled a history
of A~cquitaine, describes a remarkable
pianoforte built for Louis XI by the
Able de Baigne. The king one day
hearing a drove of hogs tuning up pre-
paratory to a general rush for and pro
miscuous scramble at the slop pail.
~laughingly ordered the priest to contrive
means by which these seemingly dis
cordant sounds might produce harmony.
Tradition does not affirm that the
reverend gentleman scratched his head
thereat, but owing to the prevalence of
the tonsure it is safe to assert that he
did not. Notwithstanding which, how
ever, he managed to nicely grade the
drove, from the thin treble of the shote
to the bassoon grunt Of the tusked boar
and, having arranged them in stalls I'M
der a pavilion, announced to his aston
ished majesty, who had not thought of
the matter since, that the piano was in
tune.
The king, in~credulous. attended, and
when the able struck the keys there
poured forth to the delight of the entire
court a burst of music such as Orpheus
new conceived. The explanation,
when the crafty prelate chose to expose
his plan, was most simple. The keys
being struck, a prong set in motion by
the action was stuck into the pig, raz
ing or piercing, according to the force
and temperament of the player, the re-
sulting squeal, howl OF groan producing
harmony.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
A Fortune In Cement

An interesting story is told about a
Kansas cement mill For years near
Mulyane there used to be a large tract
of smoking prairie" 1t was good graz
ing ground, but during and after rain
it smoked, and no one knew the cause
until a stranger quietly bought the tract
n day and announced that he had a
fortune. The cement lies on the surface
and in great quantities, and is worth
$40 a barre. New York Tribune.