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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
The Midget Page of the House.

There is sunny-haired little page in
the house of representatives who has be-
come quite a pet among the members.
He is little tot of fellow, with bright,
open face, large brown eyes and a sunny
blonde head of hair. He wears little
knee-breeches, and is rs lively as a cricket
at all times. When the members want an
errand done fast and well they always try
to get this little fellow to do it. His very
politeness and good manners have brought
many little tramps to his feet, because the
mind an extra run, and goes as chirpy and
as happily on a new erraud as possible
He never seems to grow weary, and al
ways is polite.
But this is not the worst part of his
troubles His very appearance is pleasing,
and every time any one secures him they
tap him on the head or run their hand
over his hair. Now, for three or four peo-
pie to do this would not amount to much,
but TO have 325 members and as many
more strangers to rub his head once day.
1t Is not only tiresome, but is having a
serious effect. When the little boy came
here his hair was long and thick, but this
continual patting and rubbing is wearing
his hair of, and he begins to fear that be-
fore the session ends, il this thing keeps
up, he will be bald His very size is so
convenient that ones hand naturally falls
on his head. did it recently, and noticed
at once how thin his hair was getting
Washington Letter
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
Every One OF Them Thanked Him.

A New York young man in three months
gave his seat in a car TO fifty-nine women
and girls-young women. old women, pretty
girls, ugly girls. shop girls, cash girls, rich
girls, colored girls, washerwomen, women
with diamonds and sealskins, and very
shabby women. Every one of these
thanked the young man One grateful old
soul gave him doughnut from her has
ket; several of them held his satchel and
bundles while he stood. He had cough
once and kind hearted old woman told
him what to do for it. and on one occasion n
grateful lrishwoman announced to the car
that he was "A gintleman il ever there was
wan Perhaps. after all, when a woman
neglects 10 thank 4 man for giving her a
seat il may only be because she fears he
may be a -masher' who will take advant-
age of her good breeding chicago Herald.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
Valuable Adjunct to a Restaurant.

Henry Durand, Of Charleston, S C.. has
mocking bird that is known from Jack
sonville To Boston. The bird is probably
the finest singer in the south. He is not
only fine singer, but a valuable adjunct
to a restaurant. The bird seems to know
when the dining room is filed with human
tenants, and upon such occasions he will
open his mouth and initiate spring
chicken The imitation is perfect, and
unless some one happens to spy the bird
and point him out everybody will begin to
look about for the coop of spring chickens
The bird generally keeps up the imitation
until the cry of spring chicken so sharpens
the appetite Of the tourists that they order
one. Out of season spring chicken
comes high, and when the tourist has paid
his bill and gone the bird is given a fresh
potato.-Chica3o Tribune.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
MON REEVE.

She dwells in some realm Of the spirit,
She haunts me with fathomless eyes;
With beauty that earth may inherit,
Yet loneliness caught from the skies!
know that surely shall meet her,
When summer comes over the hills;
know that fondly shall greet her.
As the sunlight that sparkles the rills.
know not her name or her nation,
She's only a dream of my heart;
But the fairest-the brightest creation,
That meeting-we never shall part
From a land where the flowers are death.
less,
A land with no sorrow or blight
Where the vows are unspoken and breath
less,
Where the days are dream of delight.
Shall seek her in climes where the glory
OF summer still crowns the whole year
Where is whispered the heart-uttered
story,
That time only renders more dear'
Shall we meet at the morn or the glOam-
ing,
BY the forest, the mount, or the sea;
l only can tell that she's coming,
know that she's coming to me-
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
Raymond a. an Anti-vegetari.n.

don't know what a vegetable tastes
like. never eat one in my life, and
suppose never shall. 1 have a natural
repugnance to them, that is all. and take
care when in ordering my meal to tell the
waiter mo Vegetables The waiter al
ways brings potatoes. however, but send
them away; do not like to have any veg
etables near me while am eating. am
fond of fruit, though, and particularly OF
home preserved fruit. I eat meat. drink
no tea or coffee. because my physician told
me not TO. and like bread and milk II !
have any weakness in the matter of diet
II is buckwheat cakes, which 1 want
cooked through and dry. You have heard
OF vegetarian cranks. but I'm an anti
vegetarian.-JohnT T. Raymond in Globe
Democrat
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
A New Method Of Glass blowing.

1t is announced that Messrs. Appert of
Clichy, France, have discovered a process
that will make glass blowing by the
mouth unnecessary. Many attempts have
been made to get rid of this painful pro-
cess in the operations of glass making, but
to this day in every bottle house, may be
seen pale-faced men with their cheeks
hanging limp in folds, the result of glass
blowing by the mouth. Cases have been
known in which mems cheeks have been
worn so thin that they actually cracked,
and 1t is a common sight in a bottle house
to see blowers at work with their thin
cheeks pulled out like the fingers of a
glove-Scientific Journal
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06

One of the workmen in the bluestone
quarries on the LackawaKen river keeps
his family well supplied with duck meat.
He sets ordinary steel rat traps baited with
fish, whenever he finds an open shallow
spot in the ice-bound river. The ducks 60
there to swim and hunt for food, see the
fish under the water, dive for it. and get
caught by the head, and a series Of duck
tails sticking out Of the water mark the
spots where they died.-Chicago Herald.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06

Mr.. b. p. Shillaber Mrs Partington,
writing 10 The Boston Gazette his remin-
iscences of the late J. II. Paine, miser and
musical critic. recalls that the latter set
the town aghast on the occasion of Jenny
Limbs debut here by audaciously declar-
ing that the iliustrious singer had -fiatted-
some of her notes, in which criticism he
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
The journalistic Martyr Of Russia

Russian editors risk 10 get half their
proof slips Cancelled by the district censor,
and are nevertheless required to conceal
the evidence OF such facts by filing up the
gap with previously approved matter, for
which purpose they kept on hand An
ample reserve fund OF mora, maxims and
stale enecdotes-Chicago Times
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
New Newspaper Venture. In Berlin.

Berlin is productive Of all kinds Of new
ventures in the newspaper line Oswald
Nier. a wine merchant there, has under
taken to publish new magazine. TO which
any one may contribute who chooses to
pay cents for each printed line Of his con-
tribution- II he pays for twenty five lines
he gets a ticket in lottery giving him a
chance Of winning basket of Nier's wine.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06

1t is found that when paraffine is thor
oughly mixed with linseed oil, cast into
small blocks, and cooled, it may be used
to make any fabric, as cloth-felt, and
leather, waterproof, by rubbing it with
such a block. and ironing afterwarti 10
equalize the distribution of the material
in the pores. II too much is not put on, the
material may be made to be only imperv-
ious to water. but net to air, the small
greasy pores repelling water, but not air.
New York Sun
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
She Wa. SADLY Dt..ppo,pted.

A poor girl had begged for holiday to
SO and see man hanged. She had long
way to walk-some sixteen miles perhaps
On her return to Gainshorough at night,
her mistress found her in tears. what Is
the matter with you. child. what arc you
crying about 20. ms'sm,- said the poor
girl, bursting into tears again, the mans
been reprieved.--Temple Bar.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06

An eminent gourmet says that the broad
and sta,esmanhke way to broil beefsteak
is to keep it over the Goals just long enough
TO count forty four. turning il four dmeA
This il = new application Of ALA
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
The Chinese and the Telegraph.

remember the first introduction of the
telegraph to China many years ago. For
long time every means. from moral
suasion to bribery and corruption, was
used at Picking to obtain permission to
bring the telegraph to Shanghai. No
power could possibly induce the Chinese
authorities to consent. The Great North
ern Telegraph company had a cable to
Hongkong. They did not say anything.
They quietly laid a cable to the mouth Of
the Wungpo0 river, fourteen miles below
Shanghai. They fixed up telegraph poles
from an office there down the river side
some distance, and one night they laid the
cable up the river, connected it with their
wires, and the day after they announced
that the Chinese could visit their building
and see it work. The Chinese came in
crowds. They were asked to send mes
sages to Hongkong to their friends and
they received answers, all free, and inside
of four hours the company discovered that
the Chinese were getting quotations from
HOngkong and specializing on the mar
kets. The company shut up the free show
suddenly and made piles of money, and
the government never interfered with the
telegraph.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06

The people Of this country paid last year
more than 100000 for imported rrecioos
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06

New YORK State rsansB about SlAvoo .
year from sslling IL - privasgo - -
cAnak
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
STAGE REALISM.
REMARKABLE THEATRE PERFORM
ANcE IN DENvER's EARLY DAY.

The ''siege Of Lucknow" Produced In El,s
style-The Night When the Soldiers
Had the Hesss-Touehing or . LsaAed
Cannon.
At Denver, in the winter Of 1853, the
principal theater was run under the man.
agement of John Langrish. At that time
some 6 900 Union soldiers were stationed
there. The soldiers took great interest In
the theatre, and were its principal, or at
least its most enthusiastic, patrons Every
night the house was crowded-particularly
the gallery-with soldiers. To please the
boys in blue, Mr.. Langrish put ON the
Siege Of Lucknow" Both men and officers
took great interest in the piece. They
were determined that it should be pro
duced in fine style, The soldiers made q
lot OF bombs to be used in the fort scene,
the officers allowed two cannon to be
brought to the theater for use in the fort
and about fifty men armed with muskets
volunteered to act as the attacking army
OF natives. For two or three days previous
to the night when the piece was to be pre-
sented there were more soldiers ut work
on the stage and about the theatre than
helpers Of any other kind. They bossed
all the warlike preparations.
THE FIRING WAS TERRIFIC
The great night came, and the soldiers
had the house. Not only were they In tho
gallery, but they also filed the seats and
the lower floor Mrs. Langrish took the
part of Jessie Brown. When the attack
was made on the fort the firing was terrific.
Then bombs began to fall into the fort.
These were balls of yarn containing gum
power. In order to produce good effect
the reckless soldiers who made these imita-
ton bomb shells had placed in each nearly
half pound of powder They made re-
port as loud as the largest China bombs.
The bombs made it mighty hot for poor
Jessie Brown. In less than half q minute
her dress was on fire in two or three places,
and everybody expected to see her beat .
retreat. But those with her in the fort
smothered her burning dress and she stood
her ground.
The supposition was, among the people
OF the theatre, that the cannon was not
loaded The printing of the pieces was to
be flashed, and drum was to be struck to
initiate the report. But some soldier had
slipped into one of the cannon a cartridge
about two pounds of powder.
When those in the fort began to reply to
the fire of the attacking party this cannon
was touched of, and it blew q hole
through the side of the theatre nearly |
eight feet square. This excited the soldiers |
In front, and those in the gallery began |
firing their revOlvers up into the ceiling,
while those below turned loose into the |
doOr. In a few seconds the whole place |
was SO full of powder-smoke that one |
could hardly breathe or see The lights |
the appearance of street lamps |
'een through dense fog. The excuse that |
The soldiers afterwards made for Kidding |
he floor and ceiling was that all was 70
much like a real battle that they forgot
where they were, and SO began firing be-
lore they realized what they were about.
That night all @the boys in blue" felt that
hey got the full worth of their money
Salt Lake Tribune.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-09
Window Plants for January.

The window garden and greenhouse
should now be gay with bloom, Snt
repay the earlier care.
Bring potted bulbs from the cellar
to give succession of bloom. ThosC
out of flowers should have the stalks cul
away, and the leaves allowed to grow
until they turn yellow, when the pot:
may go to the cellar.
Insects, dust, and dryness of the air, are
the chief enemies of the window garden
The Red Spider is so small, that it is
rarely seen. The leaves turn brown
and soon fall Examine the lower sur
face of the leaves with magnifier; If a
red or brown mite is seen, it is the red
spider. Syringe the under side of The
foliage frequently and copiously, laying
the plant on its side in sink or batl
tub; this is the only remedy. Fol
Greenfy, or plant lice generally, Syringe
with tobacco water. Mealy-bug anC
scale insects, are best removed by hand
picking.
If earth-worms infest the soil of pots
saturate the ball with clear lime water
1t will not hurt the plants if soon watereC
with rain water.
If very cold spell comes on, re
move the tender plants to the middle o
the room at night, and cover them will
some light fabric, or with newspapers
-1m. .igriculiuist
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-09
THE MAIDENs' REFORM,

Three duleftl little maidens
started of for school each day;
Three weeping little maidcns went
At recess ont te play:
Three hcayy-hcW ted maldcns
Freltcd sore against their lot
The road was rough, the stones were hard,
The sun was very hot:
They had such di icadful headaches,
And their lessons were So long
Their hands were cold, their feet were tired
Aud all the world was wrong.
Three little covered baskets
Held These little maidens' lunch,
And when the noOn-iimC recess came
They all began to MUNICH
Very wrrtched little maidens,
Tears in their little eyes.
They ate their pickles, cakes and pics.
Three sorry little mmdcus
instituted Il reform;
Their little checks grew round and pink,
1hHir little fingers warm;
They laughed from morn till evening,
They laughed in school and out;
At recess, gaycst Of the gay,
/ Tncy skipped and pranced about;
| For they flied their little baskets
! Now with sandwiches and fruit,
And nothing else, they all declared,
| Their D lct { IS would suit.
Three smiling little maidcns
Started of for school each day,
| And when the nOou-tlmG recess came,
Their lessons put away
| Very happy little maidens,
JOY in their bcamng eyes,
They ate their little luncheon and were wiS'
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-09
COLUMN.
Value Of a Good Leaf in Grapes.

Among grapes, the faulty leaf has
been constant source of disappoint-
mcnt. Under favorable conditions, the
growth of the yine-quality and size of
the fruit may have been all that could
well be desired, but when removed from
sheltered positions, and exposed to vari-
able temperatures and strong winds, the
leaves would either burn, scald, or be
incapable of resisting the numerous
parasitic diseases to which the grape is
more or less liable. The Adirondack,
Iona, Delaware, Aliens Hybrid, and
Rebecca, are well known varieties of
this class, and while some of them have
never been surpassed, if equalled, in the
excellence of their fruit, still, they have
dropped behind IN the great race for
recognition as grapes adapted to general
cultivation. The Concord has won its
present position as a popular fruit, not
in consequence of its size, beauty. or
excellent flavor, but principally because
| it has tough leaf, which enables the
vine to perfect the fruit under conditions
inimical to superior but less robust vari-
cites. do not mean by this that a
poorer variety than the Concord, would
become equally popular, even if as well
adapted to general cultivation, but
merely name this variety to show how
immensely popular moderately good
fruit may become, if it can be produced
| in abundance, and cheaply, under widely
variable conditions. The almost uni
versal failure of the foreign varieties oI
the grape in our Atlantic States, /.
mainly due to the character of theil
leaves, which renders them incapable ot
resisting the extremes of temperature tC
which they are exposed in our climate
for when raised under glass, or il
sheltered positions, they grow as vigor
ously and are as productive as tho
natives. In mild and equable climates
like that of the best grape-growins
regions of Europe, or of the Pacific
coast, their leaves remain healthy ant
capable of fully performing their natura
functions.-A. S. FULLER in 1m. Agri
CulturiSt.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-09
How to Use n Grindstone.

A grindstone is one of the worst used
implements on the farm, or in the work
shop. Few take the trouble to think
about their work, and consequently, the
great majority of people fail to get the
most and best use from their tools. The
few who do think, will agree with us
when we say, that grindstone is both
badly used and badly chosen. 1t is too
small too thick; it is not evenly and
truly set and centered; it is MOI properly
speedel, and is turned either too fast,
and made to throw the water around, OF
too slow, and so fails to do its work
well it is not well taken care of, and it
is badly used.
A grindstonc, to do good service
should be at least three feet in diane tel
and two and one-half to three inches in
thickness, having bevel on each side
of the face for grinding on. 1t should
be quite free from hard spots of iron
pyrites, which are injurious to tools
although these may be taken out with 4
sharp-pointed punch. If ii is notcenteret
truly, it will work out of shape, ant
soon requiretrucing up. 1t should berur
as fast as possible, as it does work boil
better and more quickly. 70 prevent i
from throwing water, piece of baggini
should be fastened to staple iiXet
across the frame on each end but not 81
close as to grind it out; this will catcl
the excess of water and yet keep tn
stone wet enough, and clean it. Tn
stone should be kept in the shade, an,
never in water, which softens it an'
makes one side wear faster than tn
other. The water box should have
hole in ii, to let ont the water and keel
the stone dry when not in use. II
grinding, it should mostly turn from th
tool, and if used otherwise, great car
should be taken by the one who hold
the too, not to gouge the stone.-llENR,
STEWART in An. Agriculturist,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-09
WHAT IS DYSPEPSIA?

Among the many symptoms
Of Dyspepsia or indigestion
the most prominent are: Va
riable appetite; faint, t,gnawing
feeling at pit OF tho stomach,
with unsatisfied craving for
food; heartburn, feeling Of
weight and wind in the stom-
ach, bad breath, bad taste in
the mouth, low spirits, general
prostpation, headache, and
constipation. There is no form
of disease more prevalent than
Dyspepsia, and mono so pecul-
iar'to the high-living and rap
id-eating American people.
Alcohol and tobacco produce
Dyspepsia; also, bad air, rapid
eating, etc. BURDOCK BLOOD
BITTERS will cure the worst
case,' by regulating the bowels
and toning up the digestive
organs. Sold everywhere.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-09
Papa ware-Bustles.


Can the object of "a burning love"
be chared with arson?
Sixty thousand muskets OF the old
Springfield pattern have lately been sent
from Western arsenals to the United
States Armory at Springfield, Mass, to
be made over. These were bought by
the Government near the close of the
war, but were never used. II sold by
auction they would bring only trifle;
but the Government saves three-fourths
or more of their cost by rebuilding them
into the present style of arm.
Talk is cheap. Actual results count,
Use Hop Porous PlaSterS for pains.
aches and weaknesses.
in the English annual report of
vital statistics DR.. William Ogle gives
the results of three years observation
of the death rates of persons engaged
| in various occupations. Taking the
figure 1000 to represent the mortality
Of all males in England and Wales dur.
ing the three years, he finds that the
comparative mortality among clergymer
was 500; gardeners and nurserymen
800; farmers, 6Sl agricultural laborers
l;plumbers and painters, | POP cutters
l, 800; musicians, 1914; hair dressers
1927; cab and omnibus drivers, ] ,IS2
chimney sweeps, ,5l0; inn keepers an,
liquor dealers, ,j2l messengers, ,porters
and watchmen, sos file makers, 1857
potters, Lab; Cornish miners, 1880
pcddlcrs, 1870; London laborers, 1920
hotel servants, 2,205, Compared will
the clerical, the legal and medical pro
fessions fare badly, the ministers hgur
being 5j6, the lawyers Sl2, and tn
doctors /, ,l23. The curious fact wa
developed that among chimney sweeps
whose mortality figure was 1919, n
less than POP died of cancer, while In
figure for this disease among all male
is only So.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-09

No Boon that Science has Conferred
Has been fraught with greater blessings
than that which has accrued to the in
habitants of malarial ridden portions of
the United States and the Tropics from
the use of Hostetter's Stomach Ditters.
The experience of many years has but
too clearly demonstrated the inefliciency
of quinine and other drugs to effectual-
ly combat the progress of Intermittent,
congestive and bilious remittent fevers,
while Oh the other hand, it has been no
less clearly shown that the use of the
bitters, a medicine congenial to the
frailcSt constitution, and derived from
purely botanic sources, affords reliable
safeguard against malarial diseases, and
arrest it when developed. For disord-
crs of the stomach, liver and bowels, for
general debility and renal inactivity, ii
is also a most efficient remedy. Appe-
tite and sleep are improved by it, it eS-
pels rheumatic humors from the blood,
and enriches a circulation impoverished
by mal-assimlation.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-09
& Wonderful Discovery.

ConSumptives and all, who suiferfrom
any affection of the Throat and Lungs
can find certain cure in DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. Thou.
sands of permanent cures verify the
truth of this statement. No medicine
can show such a record of wonderful
cures. Thousands of once hopeless
sufferers now gratefully proclaim they
owe their lives to this New Discovery,
1t will cost you nothing to give It a trial.
Free Trial Bottles at Il. ID. Thomas
Drug Store. Large size, 81.