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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-03

that make up that picture I walked over
and arranged nv camera, put on one Of the
dry plates. and finished the whole business il
three minutes
But what about the young lady-o,
young SPIRIT" struck it Didn't it take
more than three minutes 10 arrange thai
piece of groupingf
Well, wait a minute was the answer
given rather impaUently.
THE who'll story centers round that same
young spirit The mystery had ouly just de-
gun When took the photo | saw no face
near the grave and heard no sound and be-
lieved most firmly tina; was the only human
being above ground in the place Suhse-
Quent Investigations strengthened this idea
up 10 the point Of certainty as YOU Will near.
OF course You know that the new process /.
much simpler and less troublesome than the
old. The impression IS taken literally in.
stantly. and then there is no more bother
until you develop the plate, which may be
days afrerward. or even weeks. If you ike
l am extremely sorry 70 have 10 boths.. yva
with these technical details, but in this case
they are necessary
~ohi don't mention it said L always
did love amateur photography
Yes, / know he went On All the plates
| was doing for Normans book Idevelop>i as
soon as possible but those took for my own
amusement / let bide until had spare time
on my hands. OF course that picture WAS
one Of them, and did not touch !, until
again got back - my studio a. HeHlsteai
Now, please to get yourself into proper
state Of mind, OF you won't appreciate whs;
/ am going To tel YOU That you Will
hardly do in any case though. as You have
only seeu the picture as il Is how. / had, "
believed bad, photographed it as it is nos
Judge then. if You can, Of my overwhelming
wonderrneut, my immense surprise. when l
developed the plate, TO find that face, which
/ think you have been good enough to
admire. looking a. me froEI: over the crosA
The mJst natural explanation began
Yes be interrupted, Il know ali about
that You are a'phnosopher, am only an
artist, and my first feeling was lot 4 demand
for explanation-ratural otherwiss-but one
o; simple admiration Ridiculous as If may
cam % zoe zc>at Traveller ami nAYs;c.S.-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21
"A Pedal Painter.

Antwerp Letter to Providence Journal.
Many people who have visited Ant
werp have no doubt seen or heard of
M. Oh. Fellu, the Belgian artist, with
out hands, who paints with his feet.
He is often to be seen Dusily employed
in the museum making copies, and
good ones, too, of the most famous
pictures. M. Fellu holds his palette
and mahlstick with his left foot resting
on a. low table, while with his right
foot supported on the mahlstick, he
firmly and apparently easy enough,
grasps the brush with which he works.
He seems to possess great power and
nicely of touch with his toes. No
doubt they are as sensitive as our fin
gers; but 1T was to a certain extent
amusing to see him lift rag out of his
inner breast pocket with his two right
toes-a creditable performance-more-
over, difficult one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21
Experiment on Disease Germs.

In the ellie and Labors of Louis
Pasteur," the most celebrated French
chemist, the following remarkable ex,
pertinent on the instability OF
disease germs is recorded:
A happy inspiration came to Pas
teur and his assistants. They had
buried a sheep in an isolated corner OF
the farm of st. German, which had
died of splenic fever. Ten months after
ward and again fourteen months aft.
erward they collected some of the
earth from the surface of this grave
After having examined it, and estab-
lished the presence of the spores
of the fever microbe,. they pro,
duced by incubation the splenic dis
ease and death. It deserves atten-
ton that the experiment was
made with earth from the surface OF
the grave, though this earth had not
been disturbed during the interval.
Experiments were also made on the
earth of some trenches in which COWS,
which had died of splenic fever, had
been buried at the depth of two meters.
Two years afterward hesurface earth
at once produced splenic fever, while
away from the graves it exhibited
nothing of the kind. Even after all
the operations of blowing, sowing and
reaping, the germs were still found on
the surface of the earth which covered
the buried animals.
How, it may be asked, can the earth
allow germs of microscopic organisms
to rise to it's surface contrary to the
flow of rain? The explanation will
cause surprise. The earth worms
bring from the depths where they lie
buried the terrible microbes. The
splenic germs are found in the tiny
cylinders of earth which the worms de
post on the surface of the soil. When
these cylinders, or castings, are dis
integrated the germs remain in the
surface dust, which is spread over the
grasses on which the cattle forage, OF
mingle in the air which they inhale,
and thus the animals are infected.
The earth worms also bring to the sur
face other germs which, while harmless
to them, are nevertheless bearers Of
disease to which animals are liable
All sorts Of germs are found in them,
the fever germs being always associated
with those of putrefaction and sep.
tic8mia.
SIN these results" said Pasteu1
to the Academy of Medicine, "what
outlooks are opened in regard to the
possible influence of earths in the
etiology of disease, and che possible
danger of the earth OF cemeteries.
And IS not the remedy naturally indi
Gated? Never bury animals in fields
destined either for cultivation, for for
age or for pasture.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21
For a BaIlxy Horse.
From the Boston Post.1


A balky horse stopped short in Hay
market Square the other evening and
a crowd OF interested spectators gath
cred around. The old horse showed a
lively interest in the numerous sugges-
tions made to produce locomotion
again. These are some of the chunks
OF wisdom left lying about loose: "Put
gravel in his mouth" ''twist his ears"
''twist his tall" ''back the wagon on
to him." tFpush him along" "back
him." pull his tongue "build a fire
under him." ''kick his knees" "hold
up one foot till he gets tired" "throw
him down." "let him stand" clerk
the reins;;'' "keep the reins STILL"
lick him." click him some more"
''tie rope around his TAIL" "shut off
his Wind" "kick the stufing out of
him." "pinch his nose;" give him
some OATS" "coax him." Glitch an
other horse in front of him." The
horses brain got confused so he
walked slowly on that he might get to
his stable and think it all over.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21
The Rubbing Remedy.

Est. Louis Letter to New Orleans Picayune.l
have been through one Of the most
extraordinary experiences of my life
have been to the ST. Louis Massage
Institute and been "massaged." Mas
sage is a method Of machinery by which
they cure or propose to cure rheuma.
tlsm, neuralgia, paralysis, dyspepsia.
liver complaint and few other Of the
diseases flesh is heir to. Ihad nothing
IN the world the matter with me; but,
nevertheless, when | walked into the
institute [ asked DR.. Moore to
massage" me, or have me massaged,
just for the fun of it. You would not
wonder that / stipulated ''just for the
fun OF it" had you looked about that
long hall, well warmed and lighted,
and dotted here and there with
strange looking engines or mechanical
apparatus. At one a woman in a
Mother Hubbard wrapper was sitting
with her arm In a leather sling, and by
steam power the sling was jerking her
arm up and down and all about, as if
she had st. Vitus dance. Another
woman's foot was undergoing the
same method, and too, went in for a.
good "massaging."
DIR. Moore put my arm in theleather
sling, slipped the wheel belt over the
machine wheel; things began to whir
and rattle, and like the little old wom-
an in "Mother Goose" | began to
shiver and began to shake. The doc
tor first placed my finger tips in the
belt and then my hand, then the wrist
and slipped my arm along until every
part had been we'll shaken up. Then
we went to another machine. Iplaced
my foot in an iron slipper that i'm
mediately gripped it and set up such
shaking and vibrating T thought my
toes would come off or my ankle be
dlslocated. This remarkable method
was next applied to the calf of my leg.
recllned on a couch, put my leg in a
sling, and had the life half shook out
Of me. The next process is to lie flat
on the face, on a leather lounge, the
center of which is hole, around which
stirs wooden thing like a potato
masher. You lie fiat andl let the mash
er rumble around, rubbing your stom-
ach at q great rate; this is for dyspep-
STA and Indigestion; turn on your side
and you are cured of liver complaint.
The browning ure-all is reached when
you have the universal rubbing
machine applied to you. This is a
small box like a carpet sweeping
machine attached to the general motive
power, by the mechanical telephone
ear, by rubber tube.
You again lie fiat on couch, and
the attendant passes the universal
rubber up and down your back, on
arms, shoulders, side, legs-covers, in
fact, your entire anatomy. The proc
ess is similar to the "peeIing off,
process of the Turkish bath; these
tion similar to good hard rubbing
by a strong and determined hand, and
in fact, the system of remedy, proven
tive and cure is that Of pressure COM
bined with friction and applied to the
body. You arise soothed and re-
freshed. The large hall was full of
patients, and a long line of carriages
drawn up at the door indicated the
helplessness of the ladies, as well as
their financial difficulty to combat
with rheumatism, paralysis, etc.,
etc. Many of these poor ladies were
mere bundles of contorted figures,
twisted and deformed by diseases.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21
Cigar Stumps.
from the New York Tribune.

lfrOm the New York Tribune,
Men make a living in New York by
picking up cigar stubs thrown away
in the streets by smokers. The tobac-
co is used for themanufacture of cheap
tine-cut, and is even used as "tilling"
for cheap cigars. At the Fifth Avenue
Hotel yesterday Loveioy, the porter,
elected a well-dressed stranger who
wandered about the corridor and was
seen to drop his handkerchief several
times alongside of cigar stumps which
had disappeared when the handker-
chief was picked up. Cigars gathered
In the hotels are usually Of the best
quality of Havana tobacco, and this
man Is said to have bank account of
several thousand dollars, wholly the
result of his attention to the cigar
stump business.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21
STATE NEWS.

DURING a, drunken fit on the 18th,
August Markert, a farmer living on a
farm Immediately adjoining the cement
works on the Line Road in the town
Of Milwaukee, swallowed a dost Of
Paris green. Although medical assist
ance was summoned and everything
possible done for him, he died In terri
BILE agony IN few hours.
IN Milwaukee on the 10th, young
man named Rosenberg stole So from
a trunk in clearinghouse. The act
was committed at about 6 O'Clock IN
the morning, was Immediately reported
to the police, and inside of six hours
the thief was captured, tried, con-
victed and was on his way to the house
OF correction.
LA CROSSE has a CHAMBERS scare.
EAU CLAIRE is afflicted with diph-
liberia Ten new cases were reported
on the 18th.
HENRY FISHER, the 15-year-old son
Of Officer Fisher, OF La Crosse, while
hunting on the 18th, struck at a snake
with the butt of his gun, discharging the
weapon into the left thigh about six
inches below the body, the charge pass
ing upward and inward and out at the
bottom of the body. A probe nine
inches long just reached from entrance
to exit OF wound. The injury is a seri-
Gus one and result uncertain.
AT Kenosha, on the 18th, 6-year
old daughter of William Rantnau
started to cross a North Side railway
track, under some freight cars, when
the train started up. Her father, who
was near by, seeing the dangerous pre-
dicament of his child, sprang to her
rescue, and pulled her from under the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21
DESTINY.
BY 7. B. ALDRICH,

Lnree roses, wan as moonlight and weighed
"-- down
Each with loneliness as with a crown
Dropped in florists window in a town
The first lover bought 1t Law at rest.
Like Hover on flower, that night on Beautv's
breast.
The second rose, as virginia. and fair,
Shrunk in the tangles Of a harIot's hair.
Inc third, widow, with new grief made wild,
Shut in the icy palm of her dead child.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21

A CoLoRED couple were divorced in
the district court on Saturday in
double-quick time. The petition was
read, two witnesses were examined,
and the decree granted in less than
two minutes by the watch.-Brennan
TEX Banner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21

There were 1886 acres grown in
1884-or a trife over one-half as much
as this year. Allowing 3115cases as the
probable yield per acre, the '85 Wis
consin crop will not fall short of 1OO,-
900 cases. Tobacco is now raised in
40 of the 65 counties of the state, but
Dane and Rock counties still continue
to produce about So of the entire
crop. Wisconsin will this year lead
all the seed-leaf producing states in
the quantity of tobacco raised, as she
has already in quality of leaf grown.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21
The Tobacco Acreage.

IFfOm Jne MadlSOn Journal.
The following table cleaned from the
assessors returns in the secretary of
states Office shows the number of
acres of tobacco grown in Wisconsin
in ho OK.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21

VELVET dog-collars, as high and
wide as can be comfortably worn,
either tied, or fastened with gold
clasps set with pearls, rubies or other
gems are extremely fashionable.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-10

an ounce so that on and after the LIST OF
July all domestic first-class matter sent
through the mails, including drop letters at
letter carrier offices, must be charged with
postage at the rate OF two cents per ounce
or fraction of an ounce, instead OF two
cents per half ounce or fraction, as at pres
cnt, drop letters at other than letter car
rier offices to be cha, ged at the rate OF one
cent per ounce or fraction. This change
in the standard weight will also apply to
first-class matter addressed to Canada,
but not to matter addressed to other for
cisn countries. The same law also reduces
the rate OF postage from two cents per
pound to one cent per pound on all news
papers and periodicals when sent by the
publisher and from the office OF publica-
tion, including sample copies, or when sent
from a news agency to actual subscribers
or other news agents. Private individuals
mailing newspapers and periodicals pay at
the rate OF one cent for four ounces. The
revenue derived from the postage on news
papers and periodicals last year was nearly
$4,000 900, and this reduction in rate, it's
thought, will reduce the revenue from that
source nearly $1,000,00O. The change in
the rate or weight OF first-class matter, 1T is
thought, will result in but slight reduc-
ton in revenue from letter postage.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-10
DIRECTOR OF THE MINT BURCHARD.


The following is the text OF the letter OF
Mr.. Burchard declining to resign when re-
quested to do so by Secretary Manning:
Sin:--Respectfully acknowledging your
request Tor my resignation communicated
to me on the 18th inst, l have tho honor
to state that after careful consideration |
am not satisfied that duty or propricty re-
quire me at this time to resign my Office.
We're any malieasance or misconduct al
legged or believed to exist, | am sure you
would have done me the Justice TO have an
impartial examination and given full OPP
portunity of defense before demanding my
resignation. Nor do | understand from
you TINT the request is madc Tor such
reason, but it is because you deem the rela'
tions OF my Office to be so Intimately con
nected with your administration OF the
treasury department that you should have
the privilege OF selecting tho officer to be in
charge Of this bureau. Were this the case
and the intention Of the law, it might be
proper and becoming for me to place the
tenure OF my services at your immediate
demand, or perhaps to have done so when
YOU became the head of the department
But permit me to say that such has not
been my understanding OF the purpose oil
The coinage act in providing that the direc
tor OF the mint shall hold his office Tor the
term OF five years, unless sooner removed
by the president, upon reasons to be com
municated by him to the senate.
The length of the term-fivc years-the
conditions upon which the removal is au-
thorized, and the discussions and explana-
tions preceding the passage OF the act IN
dictate the intent that the director OF the
mint should not be changed on account OF
a change in administration or in the head
OF the department orfor personal or poltl-
cal reasons. My predecessor, appointed oy
President Grant although of opposite
politics, continued in office under five sue
ccssive secretaries Of the treasury lintil ms
death. AS to myself, having served WITH
acceptance for full term, and upon reap
pointment and confirmation part OF an
other, alu conscious of no reason why an
exception to the policy OF the law should
now be made or why ought not to con-
tinuc the performance OF my official duty
until the expiration OF my term. Very
respectfully, HoRATlo Z. BUachAhp'
The Hon. Daniel Manning, secretary oil
the treasury.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-10
An EIOuuent Tramp.

A stupid looking-tramp knocked at
the door of one of the finest residence
in Austin, and was received by the
lady of the house, who expressed some
curiosity to know what he wanted.
please, mum, give me dime to
get glass of bread-'scuse me, 1
mean loaf of beer"
81 hain't got no money!" the lady
replied.
.sAin't got no money! Then,
madame, you should move into q
cheaper house. so you will not deceive
the humble tramp by the gorgeous
ness of you residence. You are living
beyond your means. Economy is
wealth.
"Now you clear out of here or I'll
call my husband"
'Cut down your expenses, madame
cut down your expenses, or sooner
or later your husband will be in my
fix. l had just such wife as you,
and that is what has brought me to
the condition l am now in. Reduce
your expenses, madame, and some OF
these days you may have dime-a
whole dime-which may be the means
of preventing some hungry, thirsty
fellow mortal from committing suicide;
or it may be quarter, coin OF the
vahe of twenty five cents, that will
upholster the dark clouds of his des-
pairing soul with a silver-plated lining
and his stomach with book beer Fair
lady, good bye. "-TernS Sittsnqs.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-10
co1EM4N,s AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS-
A Gathering that Promises to Call Ioqether
Many Prominent A0,'tculturfsts.

A Gathering that Promises to Call Together
= Many Prominent A0s'ic,aturists.
Washington dispatch: Commissioner
Colman's convention OF representatives
from agricultural colleges and kindred in
situations early in July promises to be
notable gathering The commissioner, IN
opening the proceedings, will take occasion
Is elaborate his views about agricultural
education He takes the ground that
closer relations between the department.
and those institutions can be mutually
beneficial. II is his hope to be able to en-
list them in the experimental work, sending
to them new seeds and plants and receiv-
:. ing from them reports on the result OF
= these trials, which may be made puDnc
through an annual volume from the de-
partment These agricultural schools have
land attached, and such an arrangementas
the commissioner hopes to make would
give all the advantages OF experimental
farms in the various sections of the coun-
try with varying soils and climate. Mr.
Colman expects to enlarge greatly the
ySope OF this experimental work. lie VIII
try to enlist the diplomatic representa-
tives OF this government, through the state
department., in the work OF collecting new
varieties OF seeds and plants in all coun-
tries, to be sent home for trial.
He thinks there is q great mission
for the department in showing the
FARMERS OF the United States new crops
which can be raised with q profit. He be-
lieves that many things now imported can
be raised successfully. He will even go into
the realm OF medicinal plants and see IL
herbs and banks which are now imported at
great cost cannot be produced in this
country. In these projects he desires the
cooperation of the colleges and societies,
and he believes he can show the agricultural
Arofessors how they can make their insti-
buttons much more popular than they are
now by embarking in this work with him.
Prof. Dodge, the department statistician,
will read a paper on applied science as
factor of rural prosperity. Prof. Chas. f..
Thorn, OF Springfield, o., will present his
views upon the preparation ofexperimental
reports for popular use. Prof. f. G. Adams
is down for an address on the Importance
.of teaching agriculture i'll the common
schools. Prof. e. Wicks, the new president
OF the Michigan agriculture college, will dis
cuss Industrial education. DR.. Salmon, OF
the bureau Of animal industry, and Prof..
Sanders, OF the department, will present
papers. These are some OF the features OF
the programme not fully arranged.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-10
-.rxror GOVERNMENT
.uansous Matters Of Interest al "'s No.
tiauaI Capital.

hottTf~ "
.yxv-GESERAL GARLAND says he
=, ,,,,,ce the force OF examiners in the de-
j ,.t,,ent OF Justice considerably, as he
-. +here is not sufficient work to justify
ths employment OF the entire force.
o,.v FRANK ARMSTRONG, of New Orleans,
l. as been appointed by the secretary oil the
q. -..or;or as Indian inspector to succeed In
4 ACTOR Newell, suspended.
/ 1v the closing days OF the last session,
4 ,,,ress authorized tho president in his
s;srretion to appoint a commission to ne
.;,+o for the cession to the United States
- the so-called Oklahoma country. The
{~ormssion has not yet been appointed
A ID II is understood that no action Will be
.oken in regard to its authorized appoint
,nent until after the August election shall
have been held by the five civilized nations
of fhe Indian Territory. Meanwhile IL Is
t,eorned that the president and all members
81 tbe cabinet are in accord in maintaining
+hot no white settlement shall be permitted
on Oklahoma lands under any clrcum-
stances without the consent oil the INDIANS
nnder the terms OF the treaty OF looo' ana
that the whole force OF the government
shall be employed if necessary to carry ou'
the guarantees OF that instrument.
SENATOR VEST has the naming OF the
Kansas City postmaster, but thus lar ne
has not put in the name OF his applicant
Charges OF offensive partisanshlp have peeh
nrenared in due form against the incuh-
bent. Mr.. Case, who has held the office LOT
n dozen years. The principal specification
is that he went to the polls in the Second
ward last November and coerced two dem
ocratic carriers into voting Tor Maj. war
ner the republican nominee for congress-
This charge is supported by several afida
Wits.
THE fiscal year ended June 30, and ac'
cording to the receipts from internal rev.
enue, customs, and miscellaneous sources
the falling off in the estimates for the year
was about S1O,000,0 00-S2, OOO,ooo IN
the internal revenue $4,000, 600 IN Gus
toms and 100000 in the miscellaneous.
The expenditures have been greater Tor
pensions and deficiencies than was antlci-
pated, so that the surplus for the fiscal
; ye1r will probably be between S15, ooo,ooo
and $50, 900, 900 less than was calculated
by Secretary Mccullough in his report to
congress last year, leaving the surplus at
about $40, 600, 900 instead OF $50, 100000.