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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
BLAZE IN A STORE
some Cotton Caught Fire at Ten
O'Clock Last Might.

The fire Department was called out at
10 o'clock last night TO extinguish a little
blaze in the East Douglas avenue Racket.
at Az Douglas avenue. The fire caught
mysteriously in pile Of cotton near the
center of the store. Some of the clerks
threw some heavy cloths over il and the
blaze was put out before the companies
arrived. There was % great deal of
smoke, but very little damage.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
ALL WILL MEET HERE
Southwestern Delegates GOing TO FIT.
scott on special Train.

Today a special train viii leave Wich-
tia FOR Fort Scott, bearing the repre-
sentatives of the subordinate \. Q. L. ".
lodges of the great southwest. The special
train viii be over the Missouri Pacific
railroad, and viii start from here at
o'clock. Nearly all the representatives
will meet here and the crowd will be a
pleasant one About thirty-hYe of the To-
cal members viii attend. J. 3. DeVier
viii represent Lodge No. - and Fred Bell
Lodge No. 271 Both gentlemen will work
hard to secure The next meeting Of the
grand lodge at Wichita.
When the breath is foul and the ap-
petite disordered, Prickly Ash Bitters is
the remedy needed. It purifies the
stomach. liver and bowels, sweetens the
breath, promotes vigor and cheerfulness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
EXTRAORDINARY MERIT
of a New catarrh Cure.

Physicians are slow TO take up new and
untTied remedies until their value has
been established by actual experiment.
and they are naturally skeptical Of the
many new preparations constantly ap-
pearing and for which extravagant claims
are made.
The most liberal and enlightened ply
sicians are always ready. however. 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
Prosperous Building and Lean Asso-
ciaticn.


EisevLere VIA he fauai the semi
urnual statement ~ TIE Wichita FER
petlcl BUHsiue q Lean assoc -ri 4. &C
c-rur auie1 by the sv ~ statement OF its
ol1eers and approved rs tie b-ak com
An examiaation Of TIE last mo semi-
annual statements of this association IS
published * tae Ea=te SHOW that ms
stock has nearly doahIed Itself tie PAST
year. thar lis rell estate le-las havl fa-
creased over Fi1ty Thousand noi!ar IS.
ems that m 0l rs aff4irs sh1s hi. =1me
healthy growth
we are faforme3 bg Nr APPRECIATE. he
SECRETARY. thar bat oae uore weaS re-
mains 81 tue present .sangars first SERIES
and shai the reF se-ss ~ prem So
81 BE- oee IS thc aE b fhe history
ef tar asea-iarfua.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
Ek
~" PREVENTS PNEUMONIA

L seems 50 simple for anyone 70 risk
having tte Grin % Pneumonia. with par
haps q weakened constitution forever ar
ter Svhen faey can positively Re avoided
and prevented OK tha use IT 'SEF E-N1-f-
speeide Cor Tie cure o. Gflp aud Colds
The best results are obtained by Keeping
.'777- hanay ~ ats tte vest roeket1. end
taking a dose II TIE FIRST chin or ssiFer.
Taken ear,y. it cuts X short promptly.
1ASen during rs pTsvais-oe, pres5Sea-
pies tie system and prevents i-s invas-
son- Teksn while suaerrs, relief g
speedily reaiized. Nbich Is continued %
an enre crrF- 90 prasSsts, - OF
nai}ea
Bumnhrrs siss. Co. s john s. wv
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
Mrs. NAPIER AGILL
.nnrann Solnisf


Lately from Europe. VIII receive a lin
tied number OF pupils for instruction IN
Voice Culture, E3ocution and Piano. At
i0i Sedgwick building. Mondays. Wednes-
days and FRIDAYS 10 n m. 10 D. n.
Concert enEa gements accepted Terms,
etc. on application %. Sedgwick build
ing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
Complete
Notion Department

For a few weeks past this
stock has been short OF sew
eral items, but NOW is COM
plete in every detail. Your
attention IS called 10 q new
dress shield made by Can
field. II is very light weight
and odorless.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
Buying Time
for Imported
Wash Goods

With the mercury hanging
around the zero point, it makes
your teeth fairly chatter to think
of these filmy fabrics. Yet this
is the time to buy-it's the early
buyer who gets the exclusive
patterns. We would like to be
informed of any weave that we
are not showing. Kept US bust
ling last week getting the goods
marked and ready for showing.
All ImportedWash Fabrics are
now on display on first floor,
north aisle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23

- ~ f.etss iskaase & e 'e.s
tsetE 81 tiv teok l.sG
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23

For clear complexion. bright spark
ling eve and vigorous digestion. take
Pricl1ly Ash Biuers. It puts the system
IN perfect order.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
Sample Shoes.

We sell Sample Shoes AZ wholesale prices. Have
all sizes aud latest styles; best Shoe values IN town
Come 81. examine them and try pair We SCI
everything cheap Tor CASA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
This Store Can Best inform You

Every woman likes to know, even though not
ready to purchase. A stroll over the store these
days is an inexpensive pleasure. The advance
Couriers are here with tidings. You are not under
the slightest obligation to buy cents worth. We
are anxious to do business, but only at such times
as may suit you.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
PriestIey Black Goods

Priestley has set the standard of excellence in
black goods and it is so high up and the standard
difficult TO reach that few have ever quite
touched it.
Priestley tried and failed hundred times 20
make his stuff. He got so near success once with
silk-warp camel s-hair that he sent it out. But
before it actually got 10 America he cabled stop
IT, it isn't exactly right I've got it better" And
you would never have heard OF his failure but for
belief that it shows how accurate and high his
standard was, and for the difficulty we have in
communicating the fact of a success which no one
fully appreciates but he who knows the long story
OF half successful efforts by which full success is
finally reached.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
Attractive New Wells

75c Yard Black and white
plaid effect. very hand
some.
500 Yard-Fine White Mesh
with black Flor de II,
chenille pattern.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23

Sc, Yard-Dotted fancy mesh
in black and white and
black.
e5c Yard-Chiffon with hem
stitched border.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23
Ladies NeCkWear

All the WltCher1eS OF the new
est OF styles in remarkable abun-
dance. Here are a few very
good values:
Swiss Ties, edges of any color,
with collar effect. .. 25c
White Swiss, lace trimmed,
yards long ........50 soc
Crepe de Chine Ties, hem
stitched edges, very long .65c
Silk Embroidered Automo-
bile Ties, yards long. =. S.00
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23

Silk Mousselin, in plain,
figured, stripes or dots. A
full range OF colors; also all
colors IN Wash Taffeta, and
the new MORE Silks.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
kRupP's GREAT ARMoR PLATE.
Mammoth Piece of Steel Shown at the
Dusseldorf Exposition.

The exposition at Dusseldorf, Ger
many. last year was remarkable for
its metallurgical display, which was
the most extensive ever collected for
any exposition, those of Chicago and
Paris not excepted.
One of the most striking features of
this metallurgical collection was
great nickel-steel armor plate from
the factories of Fried. Krupp of Es-
sen. 1t was forty-three feet long, elev
en- feet wide and eleven and eight
tenths inches thick, Weighing 106 tons,
or 233, 200 pounds.
This plate has a remarkably smooth
surface and regular shape. 1t was
rolled from an ingot of steel weighing
130 tons, which was fourteen feet four
inches long, twelve feet five inches
wide and forty inches thick. In roll
ing it the heat of the casting pit was
not utilized, but the ingot was cooled
after being taken from the pit, and
then heated to white heat in a reheat-
ing furnace before being rolled. In
trimming it down with the circular
saw it lost twenty-four tons in weight.
The special car for transporting the
plate from Essen to Dusseldorf was
the same that was used to transport
the forty-centimeter Krupp gun to
the port of Spezzia, Italy, and the for
ty-two centimeter gun to Hamburg for
shipment to the Chicago Worlds Fair.
This armor plate-the largest that
has ever been rolled-is not intended
for use on any battleship, and on ac-
count of it's immense size, cannot be
so used, but was merely exhibited to
illustrate the capacity of the Krupp
plant.-New York Sun.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
BRET HARrE AS A MYSTERY.
William Blacks Estimate of the Fs-
nous Novelist.

An interesting side-light on the
character of Bret Harte is thrown by
William Black in one of his letters
addressed to Sir Wemyss Reid in
1880. And in a few weeks time
don't be surprised If Bret Harte and
/ come and look you up" writes
Black-'that is. if he is not com
PEELED for mere shame's sake to go
to his consular duties G. y at
once. He is the most extraordinary
globule of mercury-comet-a
gone drunk-fiash of lightning doing
catherine wheels ever had any ex-
perience of. Nobody knows where
he is, and the day before yesterday
discovered here a pile of letters that
had been slowly accommodating for
him since February, 1879. 1t seems
he never reported himself to the all
seeking Escott (the hall porter), and
never asked for letters when he got
his months honorary membership last
year. People are now sending let
ters to him from America addressed
to me at Brightoni But he is a mys-
terry and the cause of mystification."
-Harper's Weekly.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
Or. David Jayne Hill.

lister to Spain. Mr.. Tower. who has
been dissatisfied with st. Petersberg,
expressed months ago a wish to be
transferred to some other equally de-
sirable post, preferably Berlin.
Mr.. White was appointed Ambassa-
dor to Germany April 1, 1897. In
March last it was announced that he
contemplated resigning because of i'll
health.
Several gentlemen in the diplomatic
service have been mentioned at Wash
ington in connection with the Berlin
embassy should Ambassador White re.
David Jayne Hill, now first assistant
Secretary of State, and Bellamy Stor-
er, at present Minister to Spain.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
CITIES OF PORTUGAL

it contains the only university in Por-
tugal. The town, which is somewhat
nearer to Oporto than to Lisbon, con-
tains about $4,000 inhabitants, and
has some 1900 students. 1t is pic
turesquely situated on Montego river,
the embankment wall of the esplanade
being some 80 feet in height, and
the ground rising gradually toward
the rear.
The region in the government-own-
ed hills of Bussaco are worth a page
in themselves, instead of the trivial
mention that can be allotted them
here. The people are indebted for
this splendid reservation-as they are
for many more in Portugal-to the
monks, who have such an unerring
eye for grandeur and situation, and
showed such taste in adorning the
vast estates which they acquired.
The story of the great convent at
MARIA reads like a page from the life
of Louis XIV. Between the years 1717
and 1880 the average number of work
men employed was 14,700, with a maxi
mum of $4,000 men. One is not aston
ished to learn that the cost, $20,000,000
(equal to double that at present
prices), left the nation in a state of
bankruptcy.
A church, monastery and palace
are included in the scheme, besides
barracks. The four-storied building
forms a rectangle measuring 820 by
720 feet. There are said to be $500
windows and 5000 doors. The chimes.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05

in the towers. comprising 81 bells,
cost 100000 alone.
AS these monks were expelled with
the others, many years ago, this gigan-
tic folly is only used now as a place
for exhibition. and may all be inspect
ed for 25 cents.
John ~. is credited with this, but he
only followed an idiotic example. In
order to show how grateful he was
for the events which secured the inde-
pendence of his country. King John l.,
husband of Philippa daughter of John
of Gaunt) proceeded to wreck it finan-
cially by starting the immense struct-
ure known as Batalha. From 1888 to
1851, the ruinous work went on, i'm
poverishing the country.
Oporto is very few miles north of
a line drawn east from New York,
about as far away as London, and yet
less known to most of our people than
Buda Pesth or Odessa. A fairly good
steamer makes the direct passage once
in six weeks, | believe, but the Yam
kee would probably prefer the round
about road via England, France and
Gibraltar
1t is not too much to say that no
American city of its size has so pretty
a site as Oporto, whose 10000 in
habitants are spread over a dozen hills
on both sides of the gorge through
which the Douro flows to the sea.
The common people, from the west
ern point of view, are not common"
at all, but fill the streets with a ka-
leidoscopic procession at which one
never tires of looking. The women
seem in all outdoor pursuits to far
outnumber the men. AS they pursue
their several ways with the inevitable
burden poised on the head, the sinuous
movement of the strong body is as
rhythmic as an Arab dance. With the
feet bare, the skirt held up by loose
band around the hips, the torso and
head absolutely rigid, all the move
ment of walking takes place below the
waist.
"Queenly" is the inaccurate and in
adequate expression that rises at once
to the lips when the poorest market
woman passes. Even the children ac-
quire the same gait, for hands are
never used to carry any article that
can be poised aloft. A girl of IL has
just filled her bucket with water at
the fountain opposite my window, and
now goes down the street with 80
pounds on her head, erect, square
shouldered, full-chested, very picture
of grace.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05

Escorial, Batalha is one of the great
sights of the world. And these are
only the beginning.
The inhabitants, less touched by
the 18th century than most others of
Europe, retain to a greater degree
their primitive customs and dress.
They are not of one type, either, it
frequently happening that entirely diff
ferent faces are found in districts but
a few miles apart.
The Moor left his impress, which
will not soon be eradicated. The Goth
perpetrated his fair hair and blue
eyes over a large area. The purely
Iberian race survives here and there
unadulterated. Nevertheless, all are
Portuguese in sentiment, strongly patri
otic, ready to repel an invader from
whatever direction he comes.
Cintra-the summer residence OF
royalty and diplomacy-is less than
20 miles away and I must get there
before Don Carlos if intend to view
the interior of the palaces. The first
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
Death of Sea sernent.

Science has received a blow in the
untimely death at the New York Aqua
rum of its latest and greatest trea-
sure, the Channomuraena Vitata of
Bermuda, which was the nearest ap-
proach to the sea serpent ever cap
tured. Two negroes caught it in very
deep water by their hook getting into
the monsters head back of the right
eye. The thing looked more like a
boa-constrictor than an eel, and had
the unique power of being able to
breathe through body gills while his
jaws were distended. He has been
preserved in big jar of formaldehyde.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05

Cincinnati and As years of age, was
left an orphan a. 12 and went 20 live
with an aunt near Humboldt H., in
Coles county. In 1873 he was married
and three years later went to Joliet,
where he obtained employment as cir
culator on the Joliet Daily News.
Later he was employed on the Press
and Signal of that city. Byl has
son in the Offices of the Adams Ex-
press company in Chicago. Two
daughters teach in the public schools
of Joliet, where the family makes ita
hc.ne.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
TOO MUCH NATURE STUDY.

One Woman Whose Soul at Last Rose
in Rebellion.
in a town where nature study"
RACES, an elderly lady met friend in
shady avenue and asked:
do you know anything about
birds?"
NO. the friend replied in a tone of
some mystifieation. I'm sorry, but l
don't"
Sorry? Oh, you are such relief.
just met Mrs. c., and she grasped my
arm, and gazing upward, said: oh,
did you hear that perfectly lovely
spike-beaked, purple-eyed tickle bird?'
"No sooner had gone block than
met Mrs. K. Don't move muscle
Right up there on that branch is one
of those rare. exquisite, speckle-winged
ring-tailed screamers.
You and 1 seem to be the only sane
people. Let's rejoice in chorus"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
Yiddish Writers.

What produces literature among the
Yiddish writer's? 1t is life; it is strug-
gle; 1t is development It's people
have not been ossified into institution
allied complacency because the ques-
tions of life intrude everywhere. says
a writer in the American Hebrew. Its
constituency is industrially ambitious,
intellectually alert; it is on the qui
yive to exercise all the faculties that
have been given it. And out of that
turmoil, touched with intense intel
lectuality. shall come the power to es-
.tablish the Jewish people.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
GAVE HER THE DIRECTIONS.
Lady Asked for the Location Of the
SMOKING Car.

Lady Asked for the Location of the
Smoking Car.
Vice-president William E. Barnett
of the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad has a reputation as a
joker among railroad men, especially
in his home town, New Haven.
One day last week he and Presi-
dent John M. Hall of the Consolidated
road were waiting for a train at the
New Haven station and had been
there but a few minutes when an ex-
press from New York drew in. The
two officials were about to start out
on an inspection trip over the road
and happened to be standing opposite
lne last car of the train. AS it came
to a stop a well-dressed, middle-aged
woman, carrying golf clubs and a
dress suit case, hurried up to them
and asked; "Is this the smoking car,
please?"
No" said Mr.. Barnett, pointing in
the direction of the engine, you will
find it the second car forward" and
resumed his talk.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
REMARKABLE RUN OF LUCK.
An Evening Incident in John Morris
sey's Gambling House.

In gambling one thing is certain,
and that is the very large percentage
in favor of the bank or the game.
Caprice is the only law of chance.
And the results are as fanciful as
they are unanticipated. One summer
the last of John Morrissey's life
a party from Washington were max
ing merry in the wine room of the
club house in Saratoga, among whom
was a youthful attache of the French
embassy. Without remark, this at
tache suddenly rose, entered the play
room and going to roulette table,
tossed a hundred dollar bill on ten,
black. The dealer politely informed
him that he had exceeded the limit.
The attatche was insistent. Morris
sey, sauntering up, nodded to the deal
er to let it go. 1t won. Refusing
to accept chips the attache gathered
in his winnings and rejoined his
friends. Half an hour later he did the
same thing, and was again successful.
At frequent intervals he repeated his
trips, invariably winning, never once
losing until he had won SIT 800 when
his friends carried him off, AS he
left, Morrissey remarked to a friend:
81 never take the limit off that the
bank doesn't lose" Nevertheless, there
was a profit on the nights play for
the bank.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
Andrew D. White. the united states

Andrew d. White, the United States
Ambassador to Germany, has resign
ed, the resignation to take effect Nov.
Z. Ambassador White is now at HON.
burg, where he is taking the waters
and where he probably will remain
till the end of the month.
There is much gossip at Berlin con-
cerning Mr. Whites probable success
sor. and one cimcumstantial story is
that the President intends to transfer
Ambassador Tower from st. Peters
burg to Berlin, Minister Storer from
Spain to be Ambassador to Russia,
and to appoint Henry White, now Sec
retary of embassy at London, as Min
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
BATTLED WITH A BANDIT.

Express Messenger ByI Attempted 70
Guard Railroad Property.
Express Messenger William Byl
who battled with bandit in the hold
up of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy train, entered the employ of
the Adams Express Company twelve
years ago and was given the run from
Savanna, H., to Calmar, Iowa. He
was advanced to the position of night
depot agent at the Canal street depot
in Chicago, and in 1894 was placed
in charge of the run from Chicago to
Minneapolis, position which he has
since held. Byl, who is a native Of
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05
lSnecial Letter.l

Especial Letter.
C7OW this Portugal grows on
Hi onei A very terra incognita
ksIF3 only two and half days by
6EaI steamer from London, or 4G
hour by express from Paris.
AS pretty land as one could ask
for, an interesting and courteous peo
pie, scenery to delight rather than
astound, hotels-only a few, it must
be admitted, quite up to date-with
prices as low or lower than Switzer-
land or Italy. Yet nobody comes here,
except on business or very adven-
turesome tourists.
l have seen just four Americans in
my eight weeks in Portugal and her
near islands, and perhaps a dozen
English since | reached the mainland
My letter of credit, issued by an old
and substantial London bank, gives
just one place in all this country to
draw money, which shows what its
makers think of the probabilities.
1t is generally understood that Lis
bon is a beautiful city, but its mis-
fortune, from the travellers point of
view, is that it is not on the direct
route to anywhere. And there is a
prevalent idea that when one has
seen Lisbon he has had all that is
worth seeing in Portugal,
Now, Cintra alone is worth a jour
ney across the Atlantic. Busaco rivals
the Bavarian Alps, Coimbra has at
least as many charms as Heidelburg,
MARIA almost causes you to forget
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05

thing to be done after alighting from
the train was to drive to the Cas-
tello da Pena, well-imitated me-
diaeval castle which the King-consort
Ferdinand erected on the site of an
old and disused monastery. Only the
Moorish castle, short distance away,
dominates the Pena. where King
Charles lives during the sumner sea-
son.
This Castillo dos Monros, as its
name implies, is a veritable relic of
the Arab occupation, and occupies, as
was usual with those astute conquer
ors, a rocky height difficult of as
sault.
Coimbra interests the traveller, as
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05

The Christian is like candle. he
cannot be kindled without being con-
sumed.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-05

Advice is seldom welcome; and
those who want it the most always
like it the least-Lord Chesterfield