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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17

What is meerschaum? The translation
Of the word is Foam of the Sea"
Nfeerschaum is not foam of the sea, as
many suppose, but. a silicate Of maenesia,
and is found in irregular shaped blocks
imbedded in the earth.
When brought TO the surface 1t is
soft, but hardens when exposed to the
air.
The raw material comes from Asia
I Minor wherefrom the Turkish govern
ment derives great deal or revenue.
There is some found in Spain, but it is
not suitable. being too fun of flaws.
The best quality is called "Spiegel
Meerschaum" docking glass meerschaum,
on account Of its beautiful lustre when
colored)
The nrst piece Of meerschaum was
! brought into Hungary by a nobleman
about the year 1900, who gave it TO the
/ cobbler on his estate Cwho was somewhat
of a genius) to carve into a pipe bowl.
/ As he was mending shoes. thereby using
wax, some of it got on the bowl. thereby
/ causeing the pipe to color when smoked.
The smoke drawn through the meer-
scaum, which is porous. settles on the
surface. which is a fatty substance
wax.
When a pipe IS overheated it evaporates
the wax and tnen the chemical process is
lost.
Budapest, the capital Of Hungary, be-
came the center of the meerschaum trade,
wherefrom it radiated to Vienna and other
parts of Europe.
The first meerschaum pipes with short
stems (vhere the amber joins We're made
by Mr.. SaltieI. an enterprising young
! pipe carver of Vienna, and exhibited in
London in the year 1855. at the first
worlds exhibition. The wealthy classes
of the entire world, through this. over
whelmed him with so many orders that he
found himself too suddenly rich and be-
came insane.
The first meerschaum pipe made in the
United States was carved by Charles
Pollak. in New York City, in 1850, from a
block which Rev DR.. Tying of Brooklyn,
New York. brought from Turkey.
He had learned his trade from his IA
ther-in-law in Old Buda.
He imported the raw material in blocks
the same year to manufacture it into
pipes for the trade. thereby introducing
into this country new industry
He exhibited at the American Institute
in New York an immense and beauti-
fully carved pipe representing Washington
and his generals. which attracted a great
deal of attention.
The officers OF the armies of the Con-
nent employ soldiers and non-commis-
stoned officers TO smoke and color their
meerschaums for them, and in England
there are regular establishments where
the nobility and men Of means have their
meerschaum pipes and cigar holders col
ored for a consideration.
In conclusion. i wish TO state that any
one reading this and believing they can
give a better history, I wish they would
do so. as L hope this article viii be pre-
served as a matter of record for future
discussion. +. a. GACkENBACK.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
w. Wilcox.

Miss Sara McGahan, 1877 Third street,
Albany, y. Y, writes:
a few months ago I suffered with a
severe attack of influenza which nothing
seemed to relieve. My hearing became
bad, my eyes became irritated and fever
ish. Nothing. seemed right. and nothing I
ate tasted good.
Il DO not know what Peruna is made
Of, but ] know it is q wonderful medi-
cine TO drive away sickness and restore
you to health. Within two weeks / was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
THOS. SHAW
The Music Man.

I'VE do not ask for olemency. but we 90
throw ourselves on The mercy u the
court by pleading 70 these four indict-
ments and thereby saving the county an
expensive trial
These ere not az the complaints
aeainst her. ~ any means. remarked the
court.
Judg Scott replied sat that Was so.
and then he made che startling assertion
that j. Afrs. Baker Here kept in the
Tonbs much longer the co-piaiatT
ilst har vo1l never araia have Der
liierte.
She is tbs youngest ~ seven chlidreu
of az eminsr-ig Responsible family
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
CITY IN BRIEF.

Mrs. Jenetky Of Goddard was in the city
visiting the merchants
Mr. J. a. Maxey of Norwich was a vis-
flor in Wichita yesterday
Mrs r. II. Phinney left today to visit
friends in Holton, Kansas.
8Ir A. z. Wimot of Benton spent Fri
day and Saturday in Wichita.
George r. webb and wife of Fort
Scott are visiting in the city.
AIr. ". IT. Bowers of Kildare, o. T,
was in the city yesterday visiting Nich
fta friends
Mr. Henry Parker. q student at the
Friends university, is spending Sunday
1t his home in Colwich.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
Epworth Chautauuus circle.

The Epworth Circle VIII meet Monday
evening, November Is. at Mr.. Shepard s,
E9 East Central avenue. The following
is the program:
Roll Cau.-...-.----.----....C Current Events
THE Inner Life Of Fra Angelica"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ......-..-...-..Jr Noble
Drill in Pronunciation. on..........A Mrs. Piatt
"Festivities Of the Twelfth Century"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Colvin
Frederick Barbarossa" Mr.. Gibson
'The Italian in America" ......Dr. Lynch
'The Poetry of Italy" "...... Miss Shepard
London of the Present" Rome Of
the Past" st"...-......--...--.....M Piatt
Leader. Mr.. Orr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17

perfectly well, and now when any Of my
friends are sick I advise them 20 take
Peruna--Sara McGahan."
AIr benjamin -. Bowers. tailor. corner
of Bank and Queen streets. Ottawa, Ont.
writes as follows:
Last winter / caught a severe cold
which seemed 90 settle am over me- did
not know Just what the trouble was; nay
head and back ached. my stomach re-
fused food, and my general health seemed
Impaired.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17

ana Jhat II she
sleeps her dreams
viii only be echoes
OF the suferings
Of the day.
Wllv not sleep
soundly and rise
refreshed at morn
Ing, with strength
and courage for
the day : duties?
Weak. nervous
women, sufferers
from backache,
bearin g down
pains, and other
% III a MY all
iueuts have found
2 perfect cure III
Or. Plerce's Fa-
vorite Prescup-
ton L heals tie
womauly diseases
hich cause the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
GAVE UP LIBERTY
In Preference 10 Turning Against Her
Husband

New York, Nov. I6-Mrs. Eugenia a
Baker. the young woman who was ar
rested last month on charge OF passing
WORTHLESS schecks. yesterday sacrificed her
liberty for the sake Of the gang" whose
tool size was
She pleaded guilty before Judge New
burger in the court o. general sessions
rather than betray those who were be-
hind her in her bogus check operations.
She was sentenced to the relormators-
for women at Bedford y Y. II her be-
havi0r is satisfactory the minimum time
she via have 10 remain there is four
teen months ,the maximum period she
eou.d be kept there IS nse years
Had Mrs. Baker turned States evi-
de-ce and revealed thu names u her con-
federstes IL IS quite probable that SEN
tence in her ease would have been sos-
pended
When the you7E womau-shs S. oaly
nty-two-pieaded guilly Judge New
burger said to her
.Tou have mex piaee5 r1i.rsalf lr "a
vorable light wlsh the cours. for you hate
urt aided The police u aI il rurfrz
down the corse5e-atss vou ur1aalt=.i
hrd when rou we're sFrts-ff ietters r-f
fe.eeraus we're ieund en SOFA srv
lhat some ore aided yoa 81 ,h hse -rrss--
Former 1u,iee SCOTT p th. F -
mans ca1u-sl admitted 81 treta ~ iaIs
hut ssi5 fhe 1aiv person who had h-r=lr-
raI So hs clients crimes Vas hfr hus-
r.el hfu iasf 1n- So sHru-
hrrs. s. - sad 5eEge
49, e- s-- -+r-r1a asa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
YALEIS FINEST DORMATORY
Fire Practically Destroys the Hutch
InNnn--f. Las Il 500 .NOO

New Haven. Conn, Nov. 16.-Fire today
practically destroyed the hnese OF yale
students dormitories, the Hutchinson.
which was erected few years ago at a
cost Of s-}ac2 The furnishings of the
buildings ana the personal effects of
zoo cr more students We're also DESTROYED.
Eugene Hale NVius,ow. e student from
P1nNsutawney Fa- was out or from
eHir br Vho stairways. and was rescued
with Difficulty from a nEth story wins
dow. He was unconscious when brought
70 tie ground ana has remained in that
condition ZIP 81 the present time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
Discussion About Meerschaum

To the Editor of the Eagle:
Dear Sir-After a good deal Of discus
sion about meerschaum pipes, 1 informed
my friends that through the columns of
Sundays Eagle I would give them such
Information as I could gather, up to that
time After making inquiries from man.
ufacturers and dealers L have decided to
submit the following. as ] believe it to
be the best Information on the subject,
written by Francis Elder Of Chicago, Hi
rrfe-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17

Several carloads Of Pianos and Organs
have just arrived from the factories in
the United states, and thousands Of dol
lars worth Of Musical Instruments OF
an kinds. direct from the factories in
Europe. I never had such a variety. and
never such low prices. The holidays are
coming. You viii want something. What
is better than a Piano. organ. Sewing
Machine. Bicycle. Cornet. Guitar. Mando-
lin, Violin. GTaphaphone. or something TO
make life pleasant Come. and we viii
show you something that viii interest
you. Everybody welcome.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17

here that Jenkins is now or his way 10
personally explain his case II can be
said with perfect truth that this affair is
causing Oklahoma TO be looked upon with
much suspicion. owing TO this latest com
pIication in territorial matters.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
IIcK La THIRTEEN-

BY sending thirteen miles VIM. Spirey.
Of Walton Furnace, Vt, got box Of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, that wholly
cured a horrible fever-sore on his Les.
Nothing else could. Positively cures
bruises, felons, ulcers, eruptions. boils,
burns, corns and piles. only 25c. Guar
anteed by Gehring's pharmacy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
Pleasant Dreams"

Cries the Young maid to her mother, as
she retires to rest. The mother smiles,
bat sighs. She knows that the pains
that rack her viii not stop for darkness,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17


letter written Washington, c.
81 have used Peruna for dyspepsia and ceerfuy give
this testimonial Am satisfied if is used properly will be
benefit people.
anyone who suffering with roubesR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
A STARTLING SURPRISE.

Very few could believe in looking at
4. T. Hoadley, healthy. robust black
smith of Tilden, Ind, that for ten years
he suffered such tortures from rheuma-
tism as few could endure and live. But
a wonderful change followed his taking
Electric Bitters. Two bottles wholly
cured me" he writes "and I have not
felt a twinge in over year They reg
ulate the kidneys, purify the blood and
cure rheumatism neuralgia. nervousness,
improve digestion and give perfect health.
Try them. Only 81 cents at Gehrlug's
pbaru1acv
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
Enthusiastic Converts

There Are Thousands of Them Who
Believe as This Woman Does.
Alrs. Ira KnOwltOn Of Butte, Montana,
is most enthusiastic convert to the vir-
tues Of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a
cure Tor obstinate stomach trouble. She
says: i had poor digestion nearly ali
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13

on tuberculosis in animals. found in series of autopsies on dogs that out of 2G0 successive autopsies on unselected dogs that died at the great veterinary school at Alfort, near Paris, in more than one-half the cases there were tubercular lesions, ana in many of them the lesions were of such a charac- ter as to make them facile and plen- teous dis5sminators of infective tube:- culouS materials.
 Parrots are known to be susceptible to disease peculiar to themselves, and a number of fatal cases in human be- ings of what was at first supposed to be malignant influenza pneumonia was traced to the bacillus which is thought to be the cause of the parrot disease.
 Cats are known to sometimes have tuberculosis. and that they have in many cases been carriers of diptheria and other ordinary infections is more than uspccled.-Medical News.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Bishop w. A. Candler has been talk ing to the St. Louis Southern Metho- dist ministers on the higher criticism and the tendency to ritualism in the church. He depTecates special musical programmes and paid choirs and so.o-. ists. The higher criticism, he de clares. insists On a sort of polka dot revelation"
 The Rev. Thomas II. Miles has just celebrated at St. Louis university the fiftieth anniversary of his entry into the Jesuit order.
 John B. French has been reelected at the age of 80 years to the office of city clerk of Galena, H.. which he has held for forty years. His father was the city clerk for four years before him. and died in office
 Sir Reginald Wingate, who succeed ed Lcrd Kitchener as the sirdar of the Egyptian army. is now on his way to London and Cairo to lay a report on ths' southern provinces before the British foreign off e.
 A memorial ia blet has recently been placed by the Berlin branch of the the house in Heibc rn where Robert May-r, who first announced the law of conservation of energy was born in 1874.
 Prof. O. P. Phillips of the Northern California Museum. representing the Bureau Cf American Ethnology. is in the pueblo region. where he is obtain ing motion pictures illustrating the in dustries. ceremonies and domestic GUS toms of the pueblo peoples. General Garcia VeleZ, inspector gen eral of prisons at Havana. who is son of the famous General Garcia. is in Boston examining the various methods of prison government.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
PHoEN1x. ARIZONA. SEPT 1s. 1901.

As each hour strengthens the con- viction that the resident will recover.
 anxiety gives way to a MKINLEY contemplation of the THE man with whose life the MAN. heart of the nation is
 closely bound up. and for whom the prayers of d world have been offered. It is generally conceded that Mir. Mckinley is the remarkable man of this generation. Some of the leading journals of Europe claim that he is the greatest statesman America has produced, and the greatest in the world since Bismarck. This. we think. would be the general verdict of this country today. And yet, singularly. enough, notwithstanding MT. McKin- ley's long record as a public man, and notwithstanding the excellent oppor- tunities afforded for a close study of him. nothing like just estimate of his greatness has been reached until very recently.
 Perhaps. after all, for the mass of his countIymen the most interesting side of his character is the purely per sonal one. It is Mckinley the nran. and not Mckinley the statesman, who has won over the whole people, and for sids-lights on his character there is always an eager reception.
 Fuller and more authentic details of the incidents following the shooting Cwe quote from the graphic account by the N. '. Sun) bring into strong relief iS oF unsslfshness and consideration of others. Fallen. he looked up into MT. Milburn's face and gasped "Cortelyou." The presidents secretary bent over him. 'Cortelyer," said the president my wife; be careful about her. Don't let her know Moved by pain he writhed for a moment. and then his eyes fel! on the prostrate form of his would-be murderer. Czolgosz lay help less upon the floor. bzneath the blows of the guard. Let no enc hurt him he said, and then sank back into the chair while the guards carried CzolSosz away. An ambulance from the exposition hospital was summoned immediately, and the president still conscious. sank upon th= stretcher. Secretary Corte!you and Mir. MiIburn rode with him in the ambulance, and in nine minutes after the shooting the president was awaiting the arrival of surgeons who had been summoned from all parts of the city and from Niagara Falls. He continu d conscious and cOnversed with MT. Cortelyou and Mir. Milburn on his way to the hospital. 
 ''I am sorry" he said, ito have been the cause of trouble to the exposition"
 Three thoughts had found expression with hin1-first, that the news should be kept from his wife; second, that the assassin should not be harmed, and third, that the tragedy might hurt the exposition.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
THIS BUSY WORLD.

American machine tools are SO far ahead of German tools that competi- tion is declared by American tool ex- porters to be out of the question in Germany.
 It is estimated that of the Unitei States paper money outstanding more than Sl0.OO0.0 .0c0 has been lost or de- stroyed. and will never be presented for redemption.
 The Fries Pavonia ferry last year handled 14.6o2. AIS passengers in the twelve months to June 90 last, an in crease of 33S.605 passengers over the number carried in 1900.
 The people of Amesbury, Mass. have started movement for the erection 1- a monument to the memory of the poet Whittier. who lived fa their town Tor fifty years and did much of his best work there.
 The umbrella and parasol were used by tho eastern nations many centuries earlier than the Christian era. The oldest chinaware shows pictures Of ladies and mandarinS shaded by para sols of patterns similar to those now in use.
 One horse power. as established among engine makers, is the capacity to raise 32. 900 pounds one foot per min ute. As this estimate was based upon the ability of the huge draft horses of London. it is about twice the average power of d horse.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13

The purchased loot which the ATer- ican secretary of legation is bringing home from Pekin has kind,ed anew the fiery opposition to the footing done in China. The question is asked whether the Metropolitan Museum of New York should cczpt the valuable articles? In discussing that, or any idea of the dis posal of the property in this country there should be consideration of the source from which it comes. Reports say that it was stolen by missionaries and soldiers from private house, that of a devoted friend of foreigners. one who in fact. lost his life for trying to help them. Justice seems to dictate that so far as possible the heirs to that noble Chinaman should not be deprived of thsir right to his estate, least of all by foreigners Indeed. it has not been loot and loot. To take the property of the Chinese government might not be an outrage. Even the removal of the bronze astronomical instruments could have been plausibly excused. They would have been carefully preSeTVe1 abroad whereas the Chinese may melt them into cannon at any time. But to steal the property of a private citizen is another thing, and it is far differ ent 10 take that of the Chinaman who gave his life in the cause of human ity and civilization.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13

lead over Germany in the matter of tonnage of warships built and building, and that we still rank fourth among naval powers. our navy being out matched only by England. France and Russia. We exceed Russia in amount of tonnage building. and may look for ward to crowding her navy out of third place before very long. Considering our increased coast area and the multipli- cation of our interests in distant parts of the world. we should even then have none too many warships.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
A CERTAIN CURE FOR DYSEN
 FIERY AND DIARRHOEA.

Some years ago I was one of a party that intended taking long bicycle trip" says F. l.. Taylor, of New AL tany. Bradford County, Pa. 'I was taken suddenly with diarrhoea, and was about to give up the trip. when editor Ward. of the Laceyville Messenger. sug- gested that l take dose of Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera. and Diarrhoea Remedy. I purchased a bottle and took two doses, one before starting and one on the route I made the trip sue cessfully and never felt any i'll effect. Again last summer I was almost com letely run down with an attack of dys- entery. I bought a bottle of this same remedy and this time one dose cured me" Sold by Elvey & Hulett.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13

Col. Charles Dick, the chairman of the republican state committee of Ohfc, has declined to accept the suggestion of the democratic committee that al! fur ther campaigning by either party be suspended out of respect to President Mckinley. His response was propsrly courteous, and altogether sound in reasoning. He explained that inas- much as the democratic platform was an attack upon all the principles for which the president stands. and tbs voters of the state are asked to choose between the two policies. the republi- cans would be assenting to an injustice to the president were they to abandon the field.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
reters and sena.or HaIe.

Peters and Senator Hale.
 The paiace of Emperor William l in Berlin has been kept in the condition in which he left it. In the bedroom there is still the simple iron bedsteai on which he a'ways slept ana on which he died. It is suggs stiv5 of his simple tastes in all respects.
 Cecil Rhodes is going to erect mon unient to Major Allan Wilson and his twenty-four men who were surrounded and massacred by the Matabele sava- ges ming th5i war against Lobengula. The monument, a monolith. having base reliefs on its four sides by John Tweed of Lonion. will be built on the spot where the massacre took place. Exchange.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

The sultan of Turkey is himself some .'-iAg Of 3 theoretical soldier. His favcrite reading is military history of th- most detailed and technical sort.
 Prof George C. Ti,den, the noted mineralogist, who became inzane in San Francisco rooentiy, aas consider ably improved. and it is now thought that his trouble is merely nervous col lapse due to overwork.
 Barnzy McGoulric. a well known Maine road house. keeper, once said in fifty years his only visitors who had refused his invitation to break the pro- hibition laws of the state were Judge
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
ANIMALS SPREAD DISEASE.
Birds, Cats, Monkeys and Dogs All
 May Give Tuberculosis.

Papers presented at the French con-
 gress for tuberculosis at Paris demon strate what has hith rto been very doubtful, that aviary and human tuber-
 cu,osis are essentially the sane pa
 thologic process due to the same germ modified by a cul.u .uTal environment, but
 convertible under favorable circum- stances onz' into the other.
 An Englishman has found that more than 10 per cent of canaries and other song birds that die in captivity sue
 cum5 to tuberculosis, and plrro.s have come in for a share of condemnation in | this connection By far the larger num-
 Der of monkeys who die in captivity are carried off by tuberculosis, and while. l fortunately. the keeping of monkeys as house pets is not very general. at , the same time there is some danger oi contagion.
 | Nocard, the greatest living authority