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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-27

quiet; No. spring wheat, 65d71c; No. .
red, 73c; No 2 corn, 372sc: No. ? yellow,
371sc; No. oats, 22Q C; No. white &c;
411ac; Good feeding barley, sc; fair to
choice mating, 4S65Sc; No / fiaxseed,
S.SQd1.S1; No. / Northw4s ern. s1.SGq1 81 !;
prime timothy seed, 1870, mess pork, per
barrel, s11.50; lard, per 100 pounds, SO
7.0212; short ribs, sides Goose $6.5Gq7;
dry sailed shoulders (boNed) 500 C;
SHORT clear sides (boxcd) So. 75Gf6. 50; Wills
ky, basis Of high wines, 1921; clover,
contract grade. s100oQ S10.25.
RECErIpTS AND SrITDNIrrN-nS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-27

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-27

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-27
MENSTRUATIoN.

The menscs come to healthy woman every "a
days II they more, less frequent, somethils
Is wrong. The slightest arrangement of this function
brings on serious consequences All women, ailments
result directly or indirectly from disordered menstrual
ton Any iresularty is easy to check when attended
to promptly. Wine Of Cardu: is the remedy that has
cured million women
Wizards s. c.. jan 10, 1889.
got your medicine and passed this month without
pain and was overtoyed. After mJ long suffering it
makes me feel like mother woman.
LUCINDA MITCHELL.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-27
GRAIN AND PRODUCE 0IARKErs

CHICAGO
Chicago, Oct 95--The leading futures
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-27
cIRLHoop.

CiRLHOcD.
Between the ages Of thirteen and fifteen the transition
from sirlhood into womanhood takes place. Every
mother should look well to her daughters condition
at this time. the period of puberty is safely passed
healthy and useful life generally follows. Mrs Akers
speaks Of the of Wine of Cadui at the age of puberty
Trousdale Tenn March is, 1899
must wri.s and tell you how much good your Wine
OF Cardui has done my little girl She is thirteen years
old and had never seen well day until commenced
giving her the Wine, and it acted like 8 charm.
MRS. DELPHY AKERS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-27

Daily Eagle. delivered, 100 per week.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
Has licked Five Centuries.

Rouen, one of the principal cities OF
France, and the greatest seat of its
cotton manufacture, possesses the oil.
dest public clock in the world. The
great Rouen clock has held its place in
that city for $40 years and is the pride
Of its citizens. Placed in 1889, it has
been running without interruption
from that day to this, requiring moth
ihg except cleaning and a few trifling
repairs of its accessory parts. The
great clock had so accustomed the cit
iZens 70 look upon its exactitude as q
matter of course that when, in 1872,
the breaking of a wire prevented its
sounding o'clock one morning the
population was in state of consterna-
ton.
The magistrates summoned the Gus
todian-Guillaume Petit-and remun-
strated gravely with him. Until 1712
the great clock had no pendulum. For
1913 years it had no other regulator than
a "foliot," an apparatus unknown to the
majority Of modern clockmakers. The
pendulum in clockwork was intrn6 iced
in 1859. but so well satisfied were the
people of Rouen with the time-keeping
qualities of their famous old clock that
fifty-three years were allowed to pass
before pendulum was substituted for
the "foliot." Equipped with this new
apparatus it has continued to this day
to strike the hours and chime the
quarters.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
Es-zs. go. 81
SMOKING CONTESTS.
FOOLISH MEN WHO MADE cHIMNEYs
OF THEMSELVES.

A Modest Old Builder Won Easily
A Match With Seventeen Entries
GA Little Fire at One End and Q
Little Fool at the Other"
Smoking is the temperate as we'll as
the contemplative mans recreation and
great smokers are luath to exhibit their
tobacco-consuming abilities by engag-
ing IN smoking contests. Still, however,
tnere nave been some curious tobacco
burning races, says the St. James Ga
zett. In 172S there was a great smoking
contest in Oxford, England, scaffold
being erected in front Of an inn for
the accommodation Of the competitors.
The conditions were that anyone, man
or woman. who could smoke three
ounces of tobacco first, without drink
ing or leaving the stage, should have
prize of twelve shillings.
Many tried" said Hearne, "and twas
thought that a journeyman tailor of
st. Peters in the east would have been
the victor, he smoking faster than and
being many pipes before the rest, but
at last he was so sick twas thought
AS "OoAA AoFS 0AWQ tllu Oil Olu udn
that had been builder and smoking
gently came on the conqueror, smoking
the three ounces quite out, and he
told me that after that he smoked
three or four pipes the same evening""
About forty years ago a gentleman
agreed to smoke pound weight of
strong cigars in twelve hours. The 100
cigars making up the pound were all
to be smoked down to onc-inch butts.
The match was decided on q Thames
steamer plying between London and
Chelsea, and by taking up his position
well forward the smoker had the full
benefit of the wind. The contest began
at 10 a. M, and in the first hour the
smoker consumed sixteen cigars. After
nine hours smoking eighty-six had
been disposed of, and with three hours
to go and only fourteen to smoke, the
hacker of time gave in. The winner de-
clared that he felt no discomfort during
the contest and finished off the 100 CT
gars that evening. More recently a
solid silver cigar case and 200 cigars
were offered to the smoker who con-
sumed most cigars in two hours Food,
drink and medicine were forbidden.
There were seventeen entries. After the
first hour the competitors retired. The
winner, who smoked without pause
from start to finish, reduced ten large
cigars to ashes in the two hours, while
his nearest competitors only finished
seven. The people of Lille are inveter.
ate smokers, and to decide the champi-
onship of the town a smoking contest
was held. Each competitor was pro-
vided with pipe, fifty grammes (about
an ounce and threc-quarters) of tobac-
co and a pot of beer. The one who
smoked the tobacco first was to be the
winner. At the signal the air was filled
with clouds of smoke. In thirteen min
utes workingman As years Of age had
reduced his weed to ashes, while seven
minutes later the second man finished
his little smoker. After such herculean
smoking matches it is scarcely neces-
sary to mention the American contest,
in which the winner smoked 100 cigar
cites in six hours and thirty-five min
utes
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
King of Linnmists.

No man, however great his powers
Df memory, could acquire even a smat-
tering OF all the living languages.
They number $50, not TO mention
5000 dialects.
Eighty-nine languages are allotted to
Europe, 1913 to Asia, ia to Africa, III
TO America and All to the Islands of
The Pacific and Indian oceans
Probably the most remarkable lin.
Euist the world has ever known was
Joseph Caspar Mezzufantl. who was
born at Bologna In 1874, created cal-
dinal In 1888 and died al ROM IL!
lS4e. The list of languages and 'lia.
lects which he acquired reached the
astounding total of ia
1t would be interesting to know
what system was pursued by Cardinal
Mezzofanti in the study of languages,
but little light is now obtainable on
this subject.
The most famous linguist of anti.
guilty were Mithridates, King Of Pom
tus, who is said to have been thorough
ly conversant with the languages of
twenty-five nations over which his
rule extended. and Cleopatra, Queen of
Egypt, Of whom Plutarch says that
"she spoke most languages" and that
there were but few Of the foreign
Ambassadors to whom she gave audi
ence through an interpreter"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
Intensity Of the Sense Of Taste.

That the intensity of one sense is in
creased by the action Of the other
senses Is a fact which Is well i1lustrat-
ed by the sense Of taste. A cold coin
feels heavier than one that has been
slightly warmed by being carried in
the pocket, and what Is true here Of
touch u Just as true Of taste. Warm
vinegar, warm sugar, warm solutions
Of salt, taste less sour, sweet or salty
than when cold. II you put a slight
solution Of salt or luinins int a sugar
sOlutien Of q certain sweetness, the
sweetness will seem much greater.
Cooks and confoctioners are well
aware Of this fact, for they always add
10 sweet CONNECTIONS some bitter sub
stance, just a. the perfumer puts into
perfumes Of all kinds at least a litEe
musk.
The cock tries to lift" or I'LL" the
taste, as they say, Just a. the perfumsr
tries to do with the sense Of smell. and
as In acoustics the base drum or bass
viol forms kind Of background for the
tone Of coloring. On the other hand, if
mixture Is made to sweet, without
any contrasting elements. the quality
Of sweetness 10 lott, something like Mil
tons darkness from excess of light"
More than one man has been struck
blind by a fash Of lightning. and in the
same way the sense of taste may be
obscured by excess Of sweetness. The
effect Of cold In reducing the intensity
Of sweetness Is well known to anyone
who has manufactured ice-cream at
home. If you don't make the cream
little too sweet before freezing, It will
he sweet enough after the freezing pro
cess
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
THE LOOMS WAYS.
Bird With . Demons Veieo ThS'
Can Dodge a Bullet.

OF the fsathersd inhabitants Of thl
northern lakes the most interesting Ant
impressive beyond question 10 the le0p
In comparison with him the wild g0oel
is tame and presaic, and even the wild
swan in all his graceful beauty uakeI
an impression on the beholder leN
vivid and enduring. There II . ro0orW
and mystery about the leon, wondei
In his strange journeys beneath thu
wave, his vanishings and reappear
ances, that set him apart from the
other birds Of the air and waters and
invest him with a wierd interest He
has none Of the gregariousneSs Of the
other waterfowls, but swins by him
self or with his mate, and often tho
only token Of his presence to the camp
ers by the forest lake 10 doleful, un
earthly shrek from the darkness, 0
sound that has been compared to the
cry of q seul in hell-fire. Seen afoat
upon the water, the loon 10 q regal.
looking bird, with coler scarcely
matched by those of any other fowl In
the combination Of simplicity with
striking effect. An imperial purpliSh
sheen crowns the deep blush green hue
Of head and neck, with silver baadi
the black bill, the splendid body mark.
ings in black and white, the fierce, ken
eye, with iris vivid red, the proud, alert
carriage of the head, are unique and
fitting features in this lonely hauAteI
Of the northern lakes.
Whether or not the loon is able to
dodge a ride bullet, As many sHortsmen
afiirm, he 10 certainly the hardest bird
to hit In all the category Of water fewl.
From his size and the beauty Of his
plumage he naturally 10 sought for By
collectors Of bird specimens. who find
1t a dl@cult matter to secure, after
long effort, so much as a single bird.
One amateur taxide mist in Maine OwOd
the stuffed loon in his collection to the
discovery Of some winter hunters of
the bird frozen in the ice of noun
tain pond. The loon had evidently been
belAtGd in his autumn trip to the South.
and either had pau ed to rest on he ice
covering the pond or the ice had
formed about him, holding him captive
as he ieated on the water. A loen can
rise in flight only from the water, be-
ing unable to use his wings or spring
aloft from q solid surface; hence from
frozen pond he is helpless to escape.
Looms have been captured On land
while resting after long flights, hap
peninS that occurs most frequently on
the arid plains of the West. where
water sheets are few and far apart A
loon taken this way on the arid plains
east Of Mexico, six years age. was kept
on exhibition In that city fer some time
hetere being liberated to continue his
fight to the South. Rarely a hunter
succeeds in killing loon on the water
with rife ball or charge Of heavy
shot.-Cor. N. Y. Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
A Popular Rose.

A florist gives the Information that
George Bancroft, Americas greatest
historian, was the first producer of the
American Beauty Rose. There is
quite story behind the way in which
that flower sDrang int popularity" he
said, the other day. George Ban
croft, in addition to his historical stu
dies, was considerable of a naturalist,
and was particularly Interested in flow
ers. Roses were his HOBBY and he
raised great many Of them-not in
haphazard way, but with a scientific
Insight into their possibilities and a
constant view to their Improvement.
When he succeeded In producing the
American Beauty it became known to
quite wide circle that he had hit upon
a very beautiful flower, and one night
the plant was stolen, by whom it was
never learned. The flower was taken
to France, where it soon achieved a
wide popularity, ur der the name of the
American Beauty. Its claims were no
less readily recognized in this country
and it now occupies front rank
among roses. BY all rights, however.
1t should be known as the Bancroft,
rather than as the American Beauty,
which latter was tae name given to 1t
by those who stole the rose"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
Naples, Present and Past

The donkeyS which carry vegetables
to Naples are equipped with tire "bis-
saccium" which comes from the an
cient Roman times; the two-wheeled
Roman carriage. the "cisium" ID per-
petuated in the popular ''corr1colo,"
which we see standing by the hundred
In the very place where rose the an
Gent gate of Naples. and where such
carriages lave had Their stands for CEN
turtles. Ancient statues of horses show
the forlock tied up neatly, a custom
which may be observed in thousands
Of instances In the CampaEna.
The numerous money changers under
the open sky, the cook shops on the
street, aud the kettle Of boiled lentils,
the door knockers in the older quarters,
the fondnoSs for garlic, the number Of
hairdPssers the custom that ta men
make q daily ~ chases for the house.
al features OF Neapolitan daily life,
IRE derived from Greek life. Even
these int, tine vendors mentioned by
T.siopiarrs are still to be found In
NaDlrs offering their unappetizing
'orcs o1ay u this once Hellenic CITY
fr"' "lly they did on the street of
'lent Fits rs receptacles for oil,
'rh ~ are found to-day in Apulia, for
ere known to the Hellenes;
th n shepherds In the Sila for
!E ,ilrir Sawins remind us of the
.ia Of lheoeriius; and as Of old
les Of Greece rhapsodes rocit-
s. p li"ly The tales Of Homers heroes,
RI >"n'es y eserves her "cantastorie,'
!. Q. Ter tory tedllers, who entertain
i'e i;ij0 nl crowd with the heroes Of
t3s = AMI Aiiosto. In the popular the
ire certain figures Of the ancient the
atic are painted on the door posts
Just as che may see them today pre-
erved in one case in Pompeii.-Open
court.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
Ely CAGtlnU

In your angling notes. says a writer
In the London Standard, you mention
the capture of = swallow by a salmon
fisher in the / <, the bird being hook
cd foul, and remark that, though the
story Is true, the incredulous will find
some difficulty in swallowing 1t. The
Following story is true, and still more
remarkable. l was fishing on the
Willy, on the Boyton Manor water, in
wiltshire, some years ago. In casting
across l got hung up" on a tree on
further bank, and in trying to dis
engage my line broke off the greater
part Of the cast and fly, which were
left IN a tangled condition, quite WISH
BILE on the tree. While considering how
to recover it, noticed a swallow how
ering close by in a curious way, and
then saw that it has taken the fly,
Quill gnat, and, after few struggles.
hung there suspended with beak open.
l was not wading, and could not get
over the river without going a long
way round, so there l had to leave
the poor bird
But was destined to have other ex-
periences that afternoon. The swal.
lows were flying in great numbers near
the surface Of the water, and in cast.
ing, as my line was at it's full extent
behind me, it hooked a swallow foul.
and l found the last foot or two Of the
cast wrapped round and round its
body. A few minutes later, just as l
was casting forward, 1 felt violent
check, heard a snap, and found l had
hooked another swallow some feet
above the ground, and this time the
shock had broken my top. olsen
gagged the bird, put on spare top and
hshed on with some trepidation. But
though the swallows were still numer-
Gus. the experience WAS not repeated
OF other queer catches | may mention
that l have several times hooked bats
foul when fishing late in the evening
on the same stream, and very nasty
customers they were to disentangle. |
have also struck them with my rod
when casting forward.
/ will end with one more chapter.
This time it was on the Worcestershire
Coin, at Fairford, some Ave years ago.
/ saw water vole, swimming across
and cast idly over him, when to my
establishment and CONSERVATION he
dived, and my 1y caught in his hind
leg as he did so. He gave me lot OF
sport-it was like playing pound
trout-and the fun was not all over
when | got him to land, for before
l could use the landing net he set of
across the country, and had taken my
line through two hedges before / could
check him. On this occasion / had a
friend with me who saw the whole
thing. The other instances you must
take my word for. They are absolute
sAeq puB 'IBTnonIsd GIeAe III enIl IL
often meant to send them to the press,
but never have done so until your re-
mark to-day suggested it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
Gagged BEAUTIES,
Exposed for Sale to the Passsr.By In
an Algerian Town,

~ @AASSAASA 4OW4s
Mr.. William Shark describes in Lon
don Literature visit while in Algeria.
to a street of Gagged wezsn. It seems
It Is forbidden to Europeans after dark.
but he wandered in, partly through in
cident, partly through curiosity. He
writes:
some women were In barred rooms
and some in cages. offered for sale.
The woman in the first cage passed
was rather pretty, and, though her hair
was dark, she had pale blue eyes. Her
long, loose tressea were everywhere
clasped with little blue brooches, and l
noticed that her lips, the end of her
ears and her finger tips were stained a
dull red. She accosted me in Moorish
French, and asked me il l would not
Ike 20 take her away from these Jack
ais or Moors and Arabs. l said l was
stranger, wayfarer, and if here to-
a.! illsnt be far tomorrow. She told
NE sac was not an Arab CAllah be
p.1'sfd. } and not Moor, either, but
koC!ourli-that is, the child of a Moor
lsh woman by Turkish father.
One girls face and manner i'm
pressed me greatly. She was net beau
tl1ui. hardly pretty, but she had a sim
quarry Winsome face, with large, fine
gazelie-like eyes. She was a European,
a Spaniard from one Of the Baleric
Isles. strangely, she was very fair,
with blonde hair full of a dusky gold
sheen. She had been taken to Oran,
&C the extreme western end of Algeria,
Dy Spanish naval officer, and there
In q few weeks beOn deserted. For
some months she vas a derelict in that
OLD Hlspano-Mauresque town. After
ner child was born she had gone in,
land, to hill-set Tlemcen, the old Moor
ism city that stands within sight of the
frontier of Morocco. There a rich
moor had taken her to his harem. On
MS death, few months later, she had
been purchased by Jew from Algiers.
and straightway sold to a young
TURK at Bona The Turk, when tired
OF her, disposed of his property to an
Arab Sheik, who had grown tired of
ner IN turn and placed her in the street
cage, an article for sale. For some
minutes l stood talking to the Door.
imprisoned creature, when a passing
guard took notice Of the incident and
whispered to me in French to move
away at once and return to the foreign
quarter. He had passed on before I
could see his face. The next moment
l deserted the evil countenance of a
Jewlsh-looking Moor, behind the cage
OF the Oran woman. He was her own
er, and had been listening to our con-
versation. When he discovered that he
mad not purchaser to deal with he
came forward brusquely.
DO you want her or not?" he de-.
manded. sneeringly. in gutteral AL
gerian French. Mop Then be off with
you, infidel dog, and by the way you
came II you value your skini"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
Astonishing Facts.

In 1880 there we 2f03000 wo le
employed in this country. a. shown
10y the census. IN iSS tie mum { had
grown to nearly 100000, ia a few
decades al that ra,c II IN reasa the
numucr OF women employed a. wasr
earners will qua the M mbe o, men.
But The facts are worse than they
at first appear OF thai number ha
majority ale between the ages of four.
teen and twenty-five years, Women
are most largely engaged in tie me
chanical and industrial trades. SiXte u
per cent. of the loot and shoe makers
are women, twenty-five per cent. OF
the cigar makers, forty-eight per cent,
of the bookbinders forty-eight PEI
cent. of the carpet makers, forty-three
per cent of the hands i'll wooden mills,
fifty three per cent. in the cotton mills.
seventy per cent. in the knitting mills.
and out of the whole manufacturing
work of the United States forty five
per cent is done by women.