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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
Strange Ideas Of q Hereafter.

The little ones have strange ideas of q
hereafter. We were conversing with a
two-footer not long since, and the CONVEX
satiOn turned on the New Jerusalem
WELL said the tiny philosopher, Il ex-
pect only our heads go to heaven
"Whyi7 was the natural response. "Oh,
because the pictures OF angels that have
seen have been all heads and wings The
same little logician, after hearing de-
scription Of the destruction OF Pompei,
stood for a minute looking at Mount
vesuyius in a state Of eruption, and then
remarked: well, l suppose they were
buried under the lava because people were
wanted to ill up heaven"
Buds Of the Palmetto Cabbage.
1t was only very recently that we were
surprised with some of the good things
that abound near Lake Apopka. Mr..
Perkins and his good wife and their
nabors sent the sick boy good deal
more than he can eat just now, for those
were fat. healthy chickens and oranges
and tangerines that had not been frozen,
and cabbages as large as half bushel,
and the buds of the palmetto cabbage .
foot long and foot round. which is re-
garded by the natives as the finest vege-
table dish in the world. 1t looks like
ivory, pure ivory. and tastes like green
chestnuts. and when cooked Is a delight
full mixture Of green com and oysters
When picked ii is better than cauh-
flower, and the only reason why it is not
upon the tables of the rich Is because you
have to cut down tree to get it--Bin
Arp's Florida Letter.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
"Art Of Making Butter" Di.covered.

Under this title the patent Office has
lately granted a patent to Chicago man
for the following:
Take, say, one gallon Of cream, keep it
in temperature Of 60 degrees to "a degrees
for thirty-six hours, or SO that it will
clabber: take another gallon of cream,
keep in same temperature for "A hours:
put both into a churn, and churn one
minute. Then turn out one third of the
mixture and put one ponnd of butter into
this one-third and stir well and let it
stand, while you continue churning the
two-thirds remaining until seeds of butter
appear: then add or put in eight pounds Of
butter and churn four minutes; then re-
turn the one-third which you had previ-
ously taken out, and churn the whole until
butter is made. II you desire TO color the
butter, this should be done just before you
cease churning.-Scientific American.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
u,.... .s N. Word -Cr..h.

That word crank with its modern
birth and forcefuiness, Is sometimes Used
with too great freedom and loses its crisi-
nal meaning, which attached il only "a
monomaniacs or people Of unbalanced
minds. Every reformer Is called =
crank by those who misuse the word;
every individual. who sees beyond the
line Of vision which contents his neigh
boz. is % designated; every specialist.
Or profound thinker on any particular
subject, or any pesou who gives utter.
ance 70 . fanciful expression OF original
thought. IS set down as once - crank
by persons who do not discriminate
between individual power and mental
weakness.-Kase TAnnast Woods N
Boston Globe.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
The Magnetic influence of the Moon.

An Austrian savant has ascertained
that the moon has an influence ON q
magnetized needle varying with its
phases and its declinafion. The phenon-
enon Is said to be more prominently
noticeable when our satellite Is near the
earth. and to be very marked when she
is passing from the full 10 her first or
second quarter The disturbances are at
their maximum when the moon is in the
plane Of the equator. and greater during
the southern than the northern declina-
.ion.-Boston Budget
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
wha. an Old Traveller pi.like..

A room clerk who takes every man for q
drummer and invariably asks. do You
want sample room,@ A chambernaid
who sings while sweeping the halls. 4
bell boy who chews tobacco. a bartender
who doesn't clean his nails. A head porter
who is continually trying 10 sell railway
tickets to guests. A housekeeper who is
above her business. A hell boy with q
brush broom sticking out of his hip
pocket, A head waiter with greasy hair.
A courtroom boy who can't read numbers
A steward who buys poor fruit because IL
Is cheap. A bill clerk who won't say
~thsnk you when receiving money.-Na-
s;onal Hotel Pspor.Sr
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
LOUISE MICHEL AS A LECTURER.
Her Voice Monotonous Drone-SPontaE'
eeus Applause Of Her Hearers.

dcI Olce . uouotonOus Cct'oAs@AA-
eeus Applause Of Her Hearers.
/ visited Louise Michel at her home
few DAYS ago and found her living in three
rooms, rent free, in the third story of an
old tenement house in LevallOis Perret, q
suburb of Paris. 1 looked for some of the
sweet, benevolent expressions, but saw in
stead a coarsely-clad woman Of about IS
years, with a very strong, masculine face,
huge nose and very high. ugly forehead.
Her voice, instead of being melifiuous to
any ravishing degree, is a monotonous
drone or whine. During the terrible COM
mune Louise Michel, like a counterfeit
Jeanne d Arc, was at the head of the fight
ers, urging them to murder and rapine,
and when the fire companies brought their
engines TO play upon the confagration of
the magnificent Tuileries, Louise Michel
shouted, Capture those engines and
throw petroleum on the fire with them in
stead Of water, Burn the city, for it does
the poor man no good,'
One evening recentlyI attended lect-
ure delivered by her to her followers, each
Of whom paid half a franc 90 cents ad-
mission There were about 600 persons
there, filling the small hall to its utmost
capacity. while among the listeners in the
gallery We're a number of well-dressed
ladies, The audience was composed, for
the most part, of working men, and
noticed the absence of what, in America,
are known rs "toughs." The silence of a
church peryaded the hall, except when
the speaker reached a period IL her
breathless monotone. Then the ap-
plause was spontaneous and raptur-
Gus. She spoke without notes in a
in continuous drawl, an insinuating mo-
notone that contained weird magnetism
aside from she sense of what she was say
ing. She never raised her voice, and never
gesticulated except with her forearms and
hands, while holding her elbows close 70
her sides. She dresses in mourning for
the recent death Of her mother, and her
black veil heightened the effect of her
weird and dangerous speech as she rallied
her followers TO prepare for the revolution
of anarchy which she predicted, and she
pointed approvingly to the London riots
and the French miners riots and the
organizations Of Socialism throughout
America-Paris Cor Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
Some Things Hard to Understand.

If a man pretends 10 raise spirits from
the dead or to read the thoughts of the
living, he can not only do so with i'm
punity bat he may mix in the best society
and make money out of those he victim
lies. On the other hand, should poor
woman. when importuned by n lot of
foolish members of her own sex. shuttle a
pack of cards and pretend TO tell them
their fortune, the law comes down upon
her with sentence of three months i'm
prisonment, with hard labor. Why this
should be is as difficult TO account for as
the fact that lord can assault police
man and be let off with Ito HIM small
fine. while a poor man would be sent 10
prison without the option of a fine.-Lon-
don Truth
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
curso.ssie. - the Naval Academy.

There ere many interesting sights IN
the academy buildings- Among Others
is full-rigged ship about twenty fest
long. absolutely complete in every par
6cnlar. even to The tiny hammccks roiled
I'D and fastened under the gun~aie- In
the museum ID breech-losding cannon
which was originally carried to Peru by
Pizarro. On the walls Of the chapel are
table<s commemoszfing tho~e graduases
Who have loss their lives in the perform
ance Of some 81 a hauim--Annapoiss
Cor. Chicago yewh
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
The wiscst Way to Study London.

Three months spent in London during
the season. il consumed in nothing else
than in coming face TO face with the emf
nent politicians. statesmen, thinkers, poets
and artists OF the day, even though il in
yolyed considerable amount Of super
fetal dissipation. would he anything but
lost time, especially TO young man not
above 30: while TO him who is old and wise
enough not to be careful about studying
in high places with how much or how
little wisdom the world is governed. there
is open in big London large array OF
special little Londons, which he may
select according to his inclination, and
confinc the human outgoings of his heart
TO them.-Cassell's Magazine
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14

esting problem II the Atlantic were low
cred 6.5ss feet. the distance from shore to
shore would be half ~ great. o. 800
miles. II lowered little more than three
miles, say 1906 feet, there would be ,
road of dry land from Newfoundland to
Ireland. This is the plain on which the
Mediterranean is comparatively shallow.
A drying up Of 60 feet would leave three
different seas, and Africa wocld b joined
with Ifaly.-Scientinc American
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
The Northern Pacific. III

The big tunnel on the Nor ,if;c
railroad is the largest in An .cept
the Hoosac. 1t will be 49, feet iong.
1t is located on the Cascade brlnch
about half way between Columbia river
and Tacoma. The tunnel will be bored
through solid rock. The summit of the
mountains is 1.15n feet above the tunnel
20 that there has been no possible chance
to make an air shat; and the work il
prosecuted from both ends. The tunnel
viii enable the Northern Pacific to cross
the same range Of mountains at an ele-
walton Of 2, $50 feet that the Central Pa
cific crosses at an elevation Of 1890 feet.
-New York Tribune.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14

Both the Greeks and the Romans rode
hors>hack without seirups, and esther
upon the bare back o. upon . <s<sdie pad
which ~as mostly covered % concealed
By . piece Of cosnrsd cloeh thrown Over
h but n<vsr upon . regul.r sddie nsssss
Eke ou-s upon frame. which vas Lsse
inventsun towards The decline of The
Rcmaa empire. The women rode ssds-
Wiz like cur Own upon spsd The zns
f,shion v.s also sdopasd BY nssn--Bs-
tn Budget
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
Sending a Rov Through bv Mail.

In a waiting room were three or four
fond mammas and papas and their num-
erous direct descendants of both sexes.
The children were all restless-what child
ever was not in a waiting -room-and there
were many narrow escapes from bad falls
and bumps, the inevitable casualties of
climbing and romplng. AT last one of the
youngsters fell off seat and struck his
poor little head against the stove, removing
n square inch or so of epidermis from his
face. He was Immediately picked up by
his papa, his tears wiped away and piece
of court plaster carefully moistened on the
paternal tongue aud applied to the in
iured part. Then he was lifted to his an
cestor's shoulders and passed bodily
through the ticket window into the arms
of the ticket agent, who was the papa's
brother.
''Oh, ma" exclaimed another youngster,
evidently from the country, who had
watched all the proceedings with OPEN
mouthed establishment; "Oh, ma, there's
a poor little boy who's going to be sent
through the mails. They just put a stamp
on him and dropped him into the post
Office. Chicago Herald.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
THE PLANT HUMAN.

Season q mows, and season q 6OwUs,
Seasons Of loss and Of gaih;
But since grief and Joy must alike Be ours,
Why do we still complaint
Ever our failing since time begun,
o my intolerant brother
We want just little to6 little Of one,
And much too much Of the other.
James Whitcoanb Riley.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
The Constantinople Fire Department.

Whilst walking along Tramway street,
there was cry Of ~yangoon var! yangoon
var." there is fire! there is fireD and
three barefooted men, dressed in the
scantiest linen clothes, come charging
pell-mell through the crowded street,
Hourishing long brass hose nozzles to
clear the way: behind them comes a
crowd of about twenty others similarly
dressed, four of whom are bearing on
their shoulders primitive wooden
pump. while others are carrying leathern
water buckets. They are trotting along
at lively pace, shouting and making
unnecessary commotiOn, and lastly
comes their chief on horseback; canter-
ing close at their heels, as though to
keep the men well up to their pace
Cor Outing
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
r..sr... 4. Illustrating Devices.

The principle ofvvolnti0 = strikinziy
Illustrated m ths psogFsD a IL worlds
Illuminating devices. The pEugrss has
hsm-the pine hok tie tallo~ Dip
whale OIL camphene. hRssnA ga IL
eiscfxic light And nv ~ swais
further devslopDsdf6S0tnGp b.
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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14

IF l wanted to punish IN enemy aid
an English Wit, Il would faseea on him
the trouble Of continually hating sooe
bo6y,s
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
SERVANTS OF THE ARIsTocRAcY.

tome Il the Obsssvatiens Aads BY Badeaa
"A Labyrinth Of Labor.
In a great house thirty or forty indoor
servants is q common number, and often
here are as many more in the stables,
md still as many others in the gardens,
or the glass, as the conservatories are
,alled. One nobleman whom knew
was master of the hounds and kept sew
.nty horses, and for every two horses
nan. At an entertainment in the coun-
xy-a sort of pageant or play-1 heard
ZONE one say that 100 Of the servants
,ame into the great hall and stood behind
he guests. The remainder were on duty
elsewhere. Several times, in large estab-
lishments, asked permission to visit the
offices; and the Kitchens and still rooms
and sculleries, the larders and laundries,
he gun-rooms and plate-rooms and
brushing rooms, the housekeeper's room,
the pantries, and the servants hall, made
\ labyrinth of labor difficult to explore.
In making the rounds was taken to
the nurseries and the school-rooms, for
tutors and governesses are only higher
sort of servant in England. They live
and eat apart from the gentry, and often
get less wages than Wallets and ladies'
maids. / saw, too, the bedrooms where
the maids were making up clothes, all
rising when their mistress entered.
visited the stables and the carpenters
shop, even the butchery and the brewery
for many of the large proprietors kill
their own meat and brew their own beer.
Each servant is allowed beer money, as
well as wages. or else supplied with so
many glasses, or sometimes literally
horns of beer.
Usually the servants OF the aris-
tocracy are allowed five meals a day.
Their early breakfast is at z, before the
family has risen; there is lunch for them
1t II, dinner at O'Clock, tea at 6, and
supper at 0. At most of these meals
meats are provided, and at two or three
Of them beer is served. The food is well
cooked and savory; they sit down to
soup and pastry, to fruits and vegetables
in their season; and altogether table is
spread better than many Of what is
called the middle class can afford. In
deed, servants in England can hardly be
said to belong to the lower class-cer-
tainly not the retainers of the aristoc-
racy. The attendance in the servants
hall is excellent, decorum is maintained,
and the more punctilious perform among
themselves many of the ceremonies they
have watched from behind the chairs Of
the nobility.-Adam Badeau's Letter.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
President Lincoln's Most Painful DUTY


AT the annual meeting of the Young
Mems Democratic club, of Brooklyn, Gen.
ii. w. Slocum responded to the sentiment
THE Day we Celebrate In eulogizing
Washington and Lincoln he related some
"reminiscences of the latter illustrative
of the difficulties he had TO labor under.
When Gen. Slocum was ordered to the
west he called on Mr.. Lincoln TO pay his
respects before leaving Washington. Mr..
Lincoln reminded him that the last time
he heard from the general he was COM
PEELED to perform the most painful duty
in his experience. Mr.. Lincoln had sent
dispatch 10 Gen. Slocum directing that a
man condemned TO death should not he
executed. In replying, Gen. Slocum had
10 inform the president that the man had
already been shot. That Dispatch said
Mr.. Lincoln. Il had to read TO the mother
and sister of the man in this room. New
York Tribune
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
Valuable Experiments by Seth Green.


The greatest obstacle in the way of the
successful stacking of our waters with
game fish, Mr.. Green says, is the ignorance
of people in the matter, and their persist
epce in placing fish in water not suited to
them. Brook trout will live and thrive
only in clear, cold water, where the
temperature never gets higher than 20
degrees. Cold, clear, deep lakes are neces-
sary for salmon-trout, which requires the
purest water Of any fish that swims. The
tenacity of fish in improper water has
been tested by Mr.. Green by placing
salmon-trout, brook trout, grayling, and
California brook trout in a large
aquarium As the temperature of the
water rose, the salmon died before it
reached "A degrees; next the brook trout
died, then the grayling, followed in order
by the California mountain trout. the
kennebeck salmon, and then the Cali
fornia salmon. The salmon-trout had been
dead twelve hours before any of the others
died. about four hours interviewed between
the death of the others. This demonstrates
that falEspawning fish require clear,
cold water.-kansas City Journal.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14

The average age of those who enter col
,ege in this country is IL; century aGo ii
was II
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14

no;hins! All mine are going dread
fully
-oi.i WELL il he makes Il pay, But /
Thought lie might be in the city, Your
position is so much better if YOU are in the
city remarked Miss Warden.
"Dear me, il isn't answered Bella.
What an odd oldfashioned idea, must
60 for I'm Ia break the news TO four or
five people this evening. All, it seems
very sad that what gives Robert joy UNI
spsaSabla viii be like death TO others l
could name. l know gentleman friend
who'll be terribly cut up; I bet you six
pence he'll write a wall of agony to me to-
morrow shall wear all my best clothes
til r,a married. and il you ike III sell you
my waterproof-it never suited me, for it
always hid my figure-oh. by the way,
Robert Is 50 silly about my figure-you
shall have il for half penny
@Nc, thank you. have one, beauty.
Let ne see you again soon. And con-
gratnlaie you heartily
~lou shall have my cooking-stoys
cheap were Bella's last words. SAY ISIS.
down.
The outer door shut and Miss Warden
was left TO herself As the old maid sat
thought of Bot,bie. L can smell the tube
rose in his huttonhole.- she murmured.
sand see the Chinese lantern swinging
over oar heads 1t was close on my birth
day. for he asked me when il was, and sent
me a spray Of flowers in q white paper box
Ah--:ss the inspector upstairs struck up
the wedding march--she has been 50 vui-
gaf a. 70 tell him her news lido believe il
Mr.. Ioass hadn't turned mp she'd have
married that policeman rather than no
holy
"a She sal musing with a copy Of Dick
ems Carol open on her lap her knocker
was a-ein aSssiled, but this time In such
gentle fashion that it was miaute or two
before s3e thought it could possibly be
meant for her. Then she put her book
down, nsse and opened the door TO ind
tall. thin gray man on the Threshold.
holding in his hand some white chrysan-
the,nums.
is Miss Manners heres- he asked.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-14
Junction Town Company" Addition
to Wichita

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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26
A PLEASANT EVENT.
Superintendent Tibbey Watched and
Chained by His Employees.

Superintendent Ben Tibbey, of the Parrot
mine was last evening made the surprised
recipient OF q handsome gold watch and
chain by a committee appointed by his en-
pioyes to tender the gift. This committee
consisted of Messrs. James. jenkins, John
Driscoll, Walter Philips, William Jenkins
and Jake Hensen, and, accompanied by a
reporter, they repaired in q body to Mr..
Tibbey's residence. The genial Superin-
tendent was found at home, and listened
with palpable surprise to Mr.. James Jen-
kins, foreman blacksmith at the Parrot,
who was elected orator for the occasion.
Mr.. Jenkins address was brief and to
tho point. Heeuloeixed Mr.. Tibbey's care
LOT the safety OF his employees, and dwelt
with pride upon the fact that during Mr..
Tibbey's five years incumbency of his pres.
emit position not a single serious accident
has happened to the men in his employ.
The speaker paid a deserved tribute to
Mr.. Tibbey's o%pen-handed generosity when
deserving charity asked for assistance, and
complimented him upon his cosmopolitan
in giving employment to good miners. Mr..
Jenkins concluded by presenting to Mr..
Tibbey, on behalf Of the Parrot mine
employees. a handsome Howard gold watch
and elegant chain of the same metal. The
watch bore the legend: presented to
Supt. B; Tibbey by the Employees OF the
Parrot Mine, Butte City, Montana"
Mr.. Tibbey vas SO completely taken by
surprise that for a moment he was unable
to speak, but he finally managed to STAN
mer his heartfelt thanks for the gift. The
journalistic gentleman also delivered q few
remarks, and then the party sat down to
an %impromptu lunch prepared by Mrs.
Tibbey. When the guests departed it was
hard to tell who was most pleased by their
visit-the donors OF the recipient.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26
Saving Fine Gold.

P. L. Bruce, a machinist residing in Six.
Mile Canyon, Nevada, has received q patent
for an invention to rave fine gold in gravel
and sulphurets III t~ailings by electricity.
Mention was made in the Virginia City.
Nevada, Chronicle, several months ago Of
Bruce being engaged in experimenting at
the Eureka mill with that method Of sepa.
rating sulphurets from the sand in t~ailings.
The inventor claims that the experiments
proved highly satisfactory. The process
is very simple. The tailings are run
over polished copper plates heavily
charged with electricity, which attracts
and holds the metallic substance, dis.
migrating it from the sand. Two well
known mining men have become interested
in the invention, one of them a foreman
and the other a timekeeper at one OF the
principal Comstock mines. The inventor
has practically demonstrated to their sat
isfaction that the finest particles OF gold
in sand or gravel are retained on coming
in contact with the electrical charged plates
while flowing over them in sluicing. An ex-
perienced California placer miner was sent
to Washington Territory, several weeks
ago, to locate placer claims where fine gold
is found in the sands. and Mr.. Bruce will
leave for that locality with his gold-saving
apparatus in a few days. Should the gold
be found in paying quantities the inventor
will be followed to the Territory by his
hackers.