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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-09
Open. I High. Low. I Close.
CASH QUOTATIONS.

CASH QUOTATIONS.
Flour-Firm.
Wheat-No. red. 70G71c.
Corn-No. 2, 323sd3212c; No. 2 yellow,
S21zGS224c.
Oats-No. 2, 232sg2S24c; No. 2 white.
2524 Q27c
Rye-No. ?, 54Q55lkc
Mess pork-Per bbl., s1O.oo711.Io.
Lard-Per 100 lbs. s5.90G6. on.
Short rib sides Qoose), s. 90l5. IS; dry
sailed shoulders CboxeD, 52tq6; short
clear sides Cboxed), $5.15d6.25
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Farming in COIoraao and New ,Iex'c

The Denver and Rio Grande railroad.
'sThe Scenic Line of the World" has
prepared an illustrated book upon the
above subject. which viii be sent free to
farmers desiring 70 change their location
This publication gives valuable inforn1a-
ton In regard TO the agricultural. hort
cultural and live stock interests Of this
section. ana should be in the hands Of
every one who desires 10 become ac-
quainted with the methods OF farming by
irrigation Write S. X Hooper. C. P.
and 7. A.. Denver, Colo.
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RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.

On the Produce Exchange. today, the
market closed as follows:
Butter-Firm; creamery, 1sq2Hkc; dairy.
1920.
Eggs-Weak; fresh, EXC
Dressed poultry-Firm; turkeys, Sg912c;
chickens, s&9Ac.
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The bond market was moderately &C.
tive and showed recessl9ns az some
points. Total sales. par value. s.. go
United States old IS declined Z. Il the
bid urfce
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GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
|. CHICAGO.
Chicago Feb. S.-The leading futures
ranged as follows.
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detained by the severe weather.
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His Own Physician Ordered It.

New York. Nov. II. 1889.
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bore into the trunks of trees says the
Orange Judd Farmer. These are clean
culture and the use of such measures as
will dispose of eggs upon the trees. 1t
is hardly probable that the trees can be
saved after they have once become in
tested with the borers The only thing
to do then is to cut them off and burn by
the LIST Of May before the adult insects
emerge.
Many applications of mixtures to the
trunks Of trees have been used with
varying success. a mixture of hydraulic
cement and skim milk to the consistency
Of paint has been found valuable against
the peach tree borer. Apply all preven-
tives of this character to trees just he
fore the beetles issue, which in some
cases is as early as the latter days of
May. AS soon as the danger is removed.
the cement and other applications should
be taken off the tree, as their presence is
liabl" to interfere with growth. Wrap
ping the trunks with paper or very fine
screen wire or the like has been used sue
cessfully. a measure of utmost value,
according to United States EntomologiSt
Howard in chronological bulletin No.
II is i'll keeping the trees free from fungi,
moss, abnormal growth Of any kind, loose
bark, etc: in other words. keeping the
trunk perfectly smooth. In some vases
the use of fertilizer may assist the trees
in withstanding the attacks of borers.
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GIVING A BALL IN A FLAT.
Crowded-Out Guests Made Use of
Neighbours Apartments.

Crowded-Out Guests Made Use of a
Neighbours Apartments.
On the occasion of the Christmas fctes
NJ. lie Comte and Nine. lie Comtesse de
Kersabili, of good Breton nobility, gave
a grand ball III their superb fat in Rue
st. Petersburg. The conlte and comtesst,
completely forgetting the dimensions Of
their drawing rooms, had issued 600 in
vltatlons, and every, one was accepted.
ALI the doors were thrown open and the
dancing began. Soon the gallery and the
dining room were invaded, and then IT,"
bedrooms, the doors of which We're inds-
creetly forced by the suffocated guests.
Some sat on the beds and others ate ices
on the corners of the toilet tables. The
late corners could not get in at all, but,
mutt, they contented themselves by re-
naming on the staircase which led from
the first to the second floor.
Among others, one could see Nine. de
Rothschild, in most curious toilet of
turkeycock green panne embroidered
with emera Ids and sappnires, diadem
made of the same two stones Oh her
head, comfortably installed on one step,
and talking with her usual wit with a
gentleman friend who sat step lower.
The crowd continued to increase, UNI
til at last a certain family of rich Bra
lillian 'rastaquoueres" who occupy the
second floor, and had not been invited,
in spite of the advances they had made
to the comtesse, saw their way to exc
cute vengeance on their proud neighbours
Suddenly their Wallets, in fine liveries,
opened the doors Of the fat up above,
and the guests of the Kersabilis, half
stifed, and not exactly knowing what
they were about, focked into the cherry
colored drawing room Of Mime. Lasia-
Marquee, which was brilliantly lighted
with hundred pink electric lamps, and
found the most acceptable shelter under
the palm trees and tropical plants. Half
de Kersabili began an upstairs ball,
which was greater success than the
one below.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crAt
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A BIT OF HUMAN NATURE.
Neither Husband Nor Wife Could
Read the PROGRAMME.

Ae0O tne frOEra m me.
1t occurred at the opera house, and he
morbidly clings to the idea that the en-
tire audience knew just what happened,
says the Detroit Free Press. He was
there in good form, his wife looked the
highly genteel without appearing conspic-
uous, and he was entirely satisfied with
the family representation until he wanted
to know the name Of very pretty and
fascinating soloist. He held his pro-
gramme close to his nose, held it at ARM
length and held it at all intermediate
points.
TOO bad" commented the matronly-
looking woman on his right to the young
er woman accompanying her, that he
can't read"
Isn't it? And he has bright face,
too. Probably selfmade man."
They had whispered, but good deal
of noise is required in whispering against
stage singer, and he heard. He blushed
until his hair itself was light red. and
turned half way about to address his
ing to?'
How can 1 tell? I have on my far
seeing glasses. l tod you how it would
be before we came"
'That's nice, isn't it? We don't know
how many acts there are, we don t
know where the scenes are laid, and we
Which is the star?''
Can l help your asked the good-na-
tured matron to the right still under the
impression that he could not read. She
went straight on telling him the name
of the opera, the flimsy plot that carried
it, where the scenes were laid, and was
just discoursing upon the seloist in 4
way that was unconsciously patronizing'
when the wife broke from suppressed
jealousy into speech:
He can read all well enough, madam
He's college graduate for that matter
and l can read in several modern Ian
guages; but he's proud and SO. That's
all there is to it. Put these on" and she
vigorously produced a pair of nose
glasses. Il wonder if you'll ever have
any sense
He dOnned the glaSses and looked silly
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DEER WENT OVER THE FALLS
standing on Cake CT Ice the An m l
safely M:de u Perilou, Piunuc

standing on a Cake CT Ice the A n m l
safely M;de Perilous Plunge.
This seems an improbable game story,
but it is youched for by Fish and Game
Commissioner Henry o. Stanley of
Maine, who was in the city yesterday.
One day last week he and his colleague
l.. L. Carleton, and p. 0. Eickcry of Au-
gusta. Me, were in clubhouse in that
city that overlooks the Kennebec. The
room they were in affords good view of
the dam and water pouring over it. The
gentlemen were admiring the scene, the
waters rushing over the rapids loaded
with huge cakes of ice. The ice was Just
leaving the river above, and was bringing
down all sorts of debris. including mighty
sawlogs that would make the plunge of
twenty feetSovcr the dam, down through
through the quarter mile of rapids
All at once they saw live deer, stand
ing trembling on a cake of ice. Rapidly
he approached the falls He seemed to
gather himself for a final plunge for life
The gentlemen watching saw destruction
coming to a handsome buck, and were
powelless to hinder. They held their
breaths for the final plunge. The great
cake Of ice rolled up, as the lower edge
tipped over the mighty cascade, but the
deer stood his ground.
He went under the water below the
dam. He could not be seen for quite a
distance down, and the gentlemen
watched for his dead body to come to
the surface. But he appeared after a
moment of great suspense, alive, and i'm
med!ately swan bravely for the shore
EIe reached the bank on the other side
and quickly scrambled up then bound
ed over the fence and disappeared in the
fields beyond, going rapidly for the woods
Boston Herald
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TEE >OUL OF THE VIOLET.

whenever, bctimes. the warm winds blow
Ana drive underground the lingering snow
w henever. amid such breathing space
The brown earth rises wistful face
Whenever about the fields 20,
The soul of the violet haunts ME so!
look-there is never n leaf to be seen;
IN the pleached grass Is no thread of green:
5ut l walk as one who would chide his feet
Lest they trample the hope of something
Here can no flower be blooming, | know
Yet the soul of the violet haunts me 80!
Again and again that thrilling breath.
FRESH as the life that is snatched out of
death.
Keen as the blow that Love might deal
Lest spirit In trance should outward
SO thrilling that breath, so vital that blow
The soul of the violet haunts me so!
Is 1t the blossom that slumbers as yet
Under the leaf-mould dank and wet,
AND visits In dreams the wandering air
tWhcreas the passing sweetness l share)?
Or Is 1t the flower shed long ago?
The soul Of the violet haunts me so!
Edith NJ. Thomas in Frank Leslie's Popu.
lar Monthly.
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HERITAGE.
Su:E sted by heading III II umonds'
"a scent Of Manu.

su:E sted by heading III II nmonds'
"A>cent Of Man,"
When the first man and woman had
left the sccluSion of the Garden. crossed
the river Of Possibility, and stood upon
ward journey towards Posterity the An
gel of Opportunity appeared to them and
said:
Man: ma Ike prayer to Nature ant!
Life. Petition wisely, for whatsoever
you ask Shall be the heritage of your sex
foreyer.'
And the man thought and thought.
then, looking W at the glowing sun, en-
claimed: 20 Nature, do not thrust your
greatest throes upon me, nor persist in
making me remember pain
The Angel said to the woman, pray
thou also with WISDOM
AS the woman bent low her head she
softly said: 20 Nature, do not allow me
to grow callous nor empty. Hold me
close to the joys, SO few, the SORROWS. so
many. that l may gain strength from
EACH
Again the Angel babe the man pray,
and once, more he stood and looked to-
wards the glowing sun, saying: 80
Life. give me joy and pleasure. DO
not unload upon me the sorrows of 9th
erS; do not open my eyes to pangS
cannot assuage. Give me sweets and
the power to cast aside regret"
Sister said the Angel, pray"
The woman bent still lower and in
4 softer voice uttered her petition: 20
Life, do not take away from me the
memory of sorrow, the shell holding the
kernel Of joy: do not allow me to be-
come blind to the debt owe others.
Make me tender; give me II wolnan's
portion pain-that may attain my full
stature
And that the angels promise might br
redeemed, from that hour there was i'm.
planted in man the overmastering love
of pleasure. and ergra fled in the heart
of woman the undying instincts of moth.
erhood.-George Denton Garfield in the
New TiunincOtt
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resisted the disconnected little speech,
but not the pretty face turned up so ap-
pealingly to his-a couple Of CONS
clinked into the. shoe.
Edgar felt his cheeks burn, for the
theater was his little world, and the
quick response of his comrades touched
and amazed him.
His wistful eyes followed Columbine,
as she tripped from one TO another-now
with a jest or smilc-now with a tear.
When she brought the little shoe to the
side of the bench at last. he could only
stretch out his hands to the crowd that
pressed round. He tried TO thank them;
looked up to the Columbine. with a few
broken words, and turned his face away.
The ring of encouraging voices. the
flicker of uncertain lights, the touch of
the girls fingers twined round his hand,
faded into misty shadow of sound and
sight, and were gone as swiftly as they
came.
"A curious memcnto, Mr.. Brooke"
said the Youthful Interviewer again, re-
calling the popular comedian to the faded
ballet shoes
Eyes. yes" said Edgar Brooke lightly.
"but it would scarcely interest YOU. By
the way. did tell you that my wife was
a dancer-before we mnrried-a long
time ago?"-AIainly About People.
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FOR WOMAN'S HEALTH
Earnest Letters from Women Re.
ieved Of Pain by Mrs. Pinkham.

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM before l
commenced to take your medicine I
was in terrible state, wishing myself
dead good many times. Every part
of my body seemed to pain in some
way. At time of menstruation my
suffering was something terrible l
thought there was no cure for me, but
after taking several bottles of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound all
my bad feelings were gone. am now
we'll and enjoying good health. shall
always praise your medicine. "-MRs.
AMOS FEscHLER, Box 226, Romeo, Mich.
Female Troubles Overcome
"DEAR Mrs. had female
trouble, painful menses, and kidney
complaint, also stomach trouble. About
year ago l happened to pick up a
paper that contained an advertisement
of Lydia E. Pinkhams. Vegetable Com
pound, and when l read how it had
helped others, thought it might help
me, and decided to give it a trial. l
did so, and as result am now feeling
perfectly we'll. lwish to thank you for
the benefit your medicine has been to
me. "-MRs. CLARA STIEBER, Diller, Neb.
No r1Ore Pain
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM Your Vege-
table Compound has been of much
benefit to me. When my menses first
appeared they were very irregular.
They occurred too often and did not
leave for week or more. l always
suffered at these times with terrible
pains in my back and abdomen. Would
be in bed for several days and would
not be exactly rational at times. l
took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and menses became regular
and pains left me entirely."-MRs. E.
F. CUSTER, Brule, Wis.
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"A Useless Drink.

Frederick Villiers, in his letter about
Magersfontein, relates this incident: At
ter the battle he came on some Of the
wounded enemy. The Scandinavian in
command had bayonet thrust through
his stomach and was dying. He signed
to me that he was thirsty. lifted him
up and gave him a cup Of condensed
milk. A wounded companion lying by
his side said, in very good English: It's
no use to give it him, sir: it only runs
out Of the hole in his stomach This
was true, but still the poor fellow had
the sensation of the refreshing draught
passing down his throat 1t was his last
drink. l can see his eager, hungry look
even now, and, though an enemy, l wish
| could have done more for him. A few
hours afterward he was buried by the
side Of the heroes of the Highland bri-
Eade."-LondOn Leader.
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He Got the "Fifty.-

At the expense Of himself, certain
fashionable Philadelphia tailor told the
following story yesterday. Quite recent
ly man went into his establishment and
told him that Mr.. So and So, a promi-
nent customer lin full standing) had said
that Mr.. Tailor had several mistit suits
to dispose of and as he needed new
suit Immediately he thought he'd like to
look them over. One was found to fit
him perfectly and he took it at the price.
$50. But" he said, 'Mr. Tailor, have
not enough ready money to pay you and
must have the suit. Now, do you know
Mr.. Pancake, the Chestnut street confec-
toner? Well" on being assured that
Mr.. Pancake was also customer in good
standing" he owes me some money, which
he has promised to pay this afternoon,
and if you are agreed l will walk over
there with you and ask him to send $50
of it to you" Such a proposition and the
radiance of bad suit could not be over
looked, and when they arrived at Mr..
Pancakes shop, without preliminaries
the man said: you know that hun
dred you promised to send me to
New York, Mr.. Pancake? Well, just
send fifty of it to Mr.. Tailor and the 9th
or fifty to the address l gave YOU" That
afternoon Mr.. Tailor received a neatly
done up package containing fifty beauti-
full cream puffs. Times.
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A MYSTICAL NUMBER.
Nine, as Three Times Three, is the
Trinity of Trinities.

Trinity of Trinities.
"Lucky scven' and "unlucky thirteen"
are so often quoted that they have be-
come household numbers; but, upon in
vestigation, number nine, with the facts,
fancies and phrases clustering around it,
is quite as interesting. Nine, as three
times three, is the trinity of trinites,'
a mystical number. and combinations in
which it has figured are known since an
Gent times. The mine worthless Of old
are depicted in tapestry and paintings,
and i'll early literature their lives were
held up as examples to mankind; the!
were three Jewish. Joshua, Daniel and
Judas Maccabaeus; three pagan-Iector,
Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar,
Charlemagne and Godfrey of Bouillion.
system to which the earth belongs, but
a belief in nine earths formerly existed.
According to Mohammed there were
nine heavens. and to be in the seventh
was the height of bliss; hence the saying.
In modern theology there are nine orders
of angels, the seraphim, cherubm and
archangel being the principal ones. Mil
ton writes: The effulgent bands in triple
circles movc;" and when the 'fallen'' an
gels were cast out of heaven. mine days
they fell,' according to the blind poet
The number of Sabine gods was nine.
but more familiar are 1.-The sacred nine
celestial muses." 1t is by nine that East
ern presents are given, when they would
be especially munifcent. In ecclesiastical
ornaments there are nine varieties of
crosses, and in heraldry as many crowns.
-Leslic's Weekly.
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During the earlier part of last sum
mcr an unusual amount of rain fell here.
The consequence was that our cornfields
were overrun by weeds of every descrip-
ton, which no amount of cultivation
could keep down. In the fall when the
weeds had got dry and the wind was
favorable l set fire to my field. This
proved to he a real short cut, as nothin:
was left in the field but naked corn
stalks and ears. Most of the ears had
fallen to the ground. The work in gath
cring this corn was hardly one half of
what husking it would have been. Our
stock shows no discrimination whatever
against this burnt corn, which, truly
speaking, isn't burnt at all An occa-
sional ear is slightly charred. The rest
Of the cars are more or less stained by
the smoke. In the spring this field will
sown on tho stubble, more so because
the weed seeds were nearly all destroyed
by the tire.-Anton NJ. Hanson.
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"Peruna Is an Excellent Spring
Catarrh Remedy am as
Well as Ever"
Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor of the Famous
Ohio Family.

ONO Family.
Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, Deputy Audi-
tor for the War Department., in a letter
written from Washington, D. c., saws:
"AN0W me to express my gratitude
to you for the benefit derived from, one
bottle of Peruna. One week has
brought wonderful changes and am
now as we'll as ever: Besides BEING
one of the very best spring fonics 1t IS
an excellent cafarrh remedy" Xerv
respectfully, Dan. A. GrOsy:nor:
Hal l.. Denton, Chief National Export
Exposition, Philadelphia, Pa, writes:
II was completely run down from oyerwork
and the responsibility naturally connected
with the exploitation OF great international
exposition. My physician recommended nm
extended vacation. When life seemed al
most burden began taking Peruna, and
with the use OF the fifth bottle found nv
self In normal condition. l have since en-
jOyed the best Of health
Almost everybody needs a tonic in the
spring. Something to brace the nerves in
vigorate the brain, and cleanse the blood
That Peruna will do this is beyond all cues.
same experience as Mrs. ID. w. Timberlake
OF Lynchburg, Va, who, in a recent letter
made use of the following words: II always
take a dose of Peruna after business hours
as 1t Is great thing for the nerves. There
Is no better spring tonic, and l have used
about all OF them
For a free book on Summer Catarrh. Z"
address The reruna Medicine Co., Column
bus Ohio
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THE CLOTH OF CEREMONY.
Its Sale Constitutes Government
Mono ply in Tibet,

One of the Tibetans was dressed in
white, one in black, with sqnare-cut
caps, Tartar physio gnomy, very dark
complcxions and pigtails, and We're wei!
known to our people, says Sir Richard
sSStrachy in the Geographical Journal
They approached us making many polite
bows and, taking off their caps, present
ed the cloth of ceremony. as was becom.
ing from interiors to superiors. This is
a form which is universal in Tibet and
extends into China. though l do not re.
member ever to have heard an explana-
ton of the custom.
The cloth we received was of cotton.
badly woven, but Of fine texture. about
the size of Il small handkerchief, but so
dirty as to show that it had frequently
performed similar Offices Of civility b"-
fore. The more wealthy classes employ
silk instead of cotton cloths. the legend,
.'Om name padme hum." being commoll-
ly woven in damask at each end. The
sale Of these. cloths of ceremony, was
given to understand, constituted GOV
eminent monopoly in this part of Tibet.
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Excavation OF Ur.

An expedition is now being formed to
eXcavate Cr. and it will be under the di-
rection of DIR. f. J. Banks. who was re-
Gently United States consul at Baydad.
The work will be undertaken for the
benefit of the Smithsonian institution.
l'r lies halfway between the ruins of
Babylon and the Persian gulf, says the
Outlook. and is six miles south of the
River Euphrates.
Cr was great city long before the
time of Abraham, and according to the
Book of Genesis Abraham was born
there. as was also Sarah. The Hebrew
people emigrated from Ur to Syria. The
great temple Gish-shir-ga the home of
Sin. or the moon god, is the best pre-
served of any Of the specimens of Baby
lOnian architecture which still stand.
Mr.. Taylor, the British consul, made
some excavations half-century ago, re-
s!llting in the discovery Of the inscrip,
tionsS of the King. Nalonidus which speak
Of the crown prince, the Relshazzar of
the Bible: The most modern town in
Babylon is NaSaria and it is only half
a mile away from the ruins. and the in
habltants are beginning to dig bricks from
them. destroying the tablets and lcfac-
ing the inscriptions.
trS present appearance is that of
three stories of an ancient temple rising
seventy feet a bove the plain. Surround
ing the temple is Il group of mounds half
il mile in diameter. The ruin of the city
is called in the Bible Ur of the Chal-
deans. The estimated amount required
for the complete excavation of Ur in two
years is $4,000.