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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07
Holden SrOS. Column.
NEW Goods.
We have just received large
stock of
DRY GOODS!

and having had several years ex-
perience we feel confident that we
have selected a stock Of goods that
will please our customers and the
trade in general.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
Consciousness of Leprosr.

The contagiousness Of leprosy still con-
tines to be mooted question DR.. Rake,
superintendent Of the Trinidad Leper
hospital, has made report 10 the British
Medical association which embodies the
results of his experiments in the cultiva-
ton Of the germ Of leprosy, the bacillus
lepre, which have been under way for the
past four years. He says that ~ al a
tropical temperature and on the ordinary
nutrient media he has failed TO grow the
bacillus lepre; u in all animals yet ex-
amined he has failed to find any local
growth Or general dissemination of the
bacillus after incubation, whether be-
meath the skin. in the abdominal cavity,
or in the anterior chamber; feeding with
leprous tissues has also given negative
results; 80 he has found no growth Of the
bacillus lepre when placed il putrid fluids
or buried in the earth. Hs further saws
that an inquiry of this kind is practically
endless, so varied are the conditions Of
temperature, time. nutrient media, living
animal tissues, or putrescent substance,
and so many are the observations reces-
sary to avoid or lessen the risk Of errors
of q tperirna--+ -- S~io--oa
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
Should Recognize the Adornments.

hope people will not become perfect.
hope there will always be weaknesses
for Us TO smile at and sorrows for Us to
ympathize over. Weaknesses ere the
humor, the 'badinage" of the Creator,
and e perfect man is often q rather dull
sermon. Now, madam, you are 50 years
old. you have daughters who are mothers
and sons vino are fathers, and yet You
take your little peep in the glass and fix
your curls as you used to do thirty years
ago, as you viii do, l sincerely hope,
thirty years from now. Il is pretty, it is
agreeable, is human and compliment to
the Creator that you should recognize the
adornnents he has placed within your
reach.
You. sir, you ought to be taken home
and fixed up. You are so years cid, and
your shirt front is all spotted, your
waistcoat is not buttoned. your necktie is
away round at the back Of your head and
your coat is covered with dust. Go home
and put On clean shirt cnd 60 down to
the tailor's and order suit OF clothes
that will fit you. and get your beard
trimmed and look like thing Of taste if
you can't be o thing Of beauty. think
many men associate independence with
dirt and think they would be losing so,ae
Of their nanloess if they wore decent
clothes. But don't want to reform those
people Wen, might wear better clothes
myself. but that t&ilors have to pay rent
and ether little expenses. Francisco
Chronicle "Unde-toneS.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31

The great table lane OF Matto Crosse,
IN the western part OF Brazil is still ona
II the least known portions OF South
America When Dr. Gauss and Dr.. Won
den Steinen penetrated it several years
ego and followed the large &ingu river
from its head waters 10 the Amazon, they
foated down about l 600 miles before they
reached the known portion OF the river.
They did not have time to adequately
study the strange and unheard of Indian
tribes they met amid these dense forests
and barren uplands. and for the purpose
Of making further researches among them
Dr. Won den Steinen returned to the upper
Xingu last year he visited the villages
of nine Of these tribes, and In a recent
lecture in Rio de Janeiro be gave the in
teresting results of his studies.
There Is hardly corner Of the earth
whose people have not had some inkling
Of the great world beyond them But
these primitive natives Of the upper
Aingu had, apparently. never seen scrap
of trade goods or heard that human beings
existed outside their little circle Of
observation They use no metal nipple
nents, but fell trees with stone axes to
clear the ground for their plantations Of
Indian corn. cotton and tobacco Wearing
shell ornaments, they use hammers and
nails Of stone to perforate them They
make knives out Of shells and the sharp
teeth of q certain fish. and with these
poor tools they carve their rudely oTna-
raented stools and weapons
Dogs and fowls srs found in all parts Of
the Amazon valley that have been visited
by traders. hus these Xinsu tribes have
never heard Of them Neither have they
any knowledge Of the banana. sugar cane
snd rice, with which natives Of the
tropical zone are generally familiar. They
have not the slightest conception Of
God. but they believe they will live again
after death Their most important myth
relates to the creation Of the world.
which, In thsr view. consists wholly of
the head waters Of the upper Xingu and
.apajos rivers
From the languages aad pottery Of az
but enc Of these tribes the explorer de-
rived the idea that thess isolated peoples
are allied to the original stock of the once
powerful CaribA, who icurneyed IRON the
south to tie sea One tribe differed SO
greatly from sll others that he was unable
TO trace its relation to any other peopla
These people are almost Wholly isoIsted
even from each other. And their languages.
though Of the same derivation. are so
dissinilar that the tribes c&nno. Under
stand each other Few people exis. toisy
who are so primitive il their ideas and SO
low il the social scale as these new found
Indians Of South AUeEicA.-Nev York
Sun
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
Be-ne and Its Bears.

Every one immediately associates the
mention of Becne with bears. Tho coat
* --lns consists Of one Of these animals,
and everywhere and on everything they
Gppear-in stone and in wood carved and
painted, and alive il the pits, where they
have been maintained ct the expense OF
the government from time immemoriai
Fountains are Crnamented with bears; II
the foyn tain itself is not a bruin. one is
sure to be found il the vicinity. 4 statue
of Berthold Won Zohringen surnounts
watering trough. and by him stands a
snail bear with sword hanging by its
side and acting the part Of helmet bearer.
Sunday afternoon the entire populace, old
and young, dress in gala attire and visit
the pits. s double row IS formed around
the railing; each person purchases carrots
or bread 10 throw the pets. whose ele
nhantine-like gambols provoke shouts of
laughter from the surrounding multitude
They really ara most amusing animals
\ deep tank - IN The center of the den
and while we were present q regular
wrestling match took plGce between two
hoary Old fellows, in which the great
strug-ie was 10 throw ore another into
the wafer 81 last one succeeded il Civ
ing has opponent thorough duckiuE, and
then sat on the brink cycling his defeated
adversary, his head on one side, and rub
bing his immense paws, apparently with
the greatest enjoyment One Of the
lockers on declared that he grinned and
chuckied. but serious doubts may be en-
teftainod IS TO the veracity of that state
ment.-Baitu-5re American
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
Newspaper Enterprise ~out West. -

The successful western newspaper is,
above al things, e1terVrising. a1d this
quality, now 90 wonderfully developed, is
q lagacy from the pioneer press. The
specil telegraph wires Of today from
Cincinnati and Chicago TO New York.
Washington and important nearby cities
had their prototypes in the pony expresses
AID special Messengers OF the pre-railroad
and enle-1eleSr&Ph times. And it re-
Qtlired more courage ana pluck 70 send
out tie latter than 10 put IL the former
This enterprise displayed itself IN many
startling wsys. IS l: does today Il Ed-
apted itself to surrounding circunns tances.
When Denver, II 1852. vas hut a coIIec-
tica of tents. rude eLant.es and cOrrals on
Cherry Geek. ard tbs nearest United
States Postolice IVES - Fort Laramie, go
1liles away, when tie mails arrived but
once or twice { month, and were Uccer-
tain AZ tL,.. aLd Eews iron tie States
came only CT long and irregular intervals.
abs ecIto- OF TIE Roclzy Mountain News
WIS the one WcO sent : Messenger % Fort
Laramie - bring back. II spite OF the SUI
fe-ing n,ld ha-dships the jcrr1cy eatailed,
g E,ule ics-1 {. lstgers cild eastern rews-
ESpers. and his reGders, with tiat gel-
encsity that has always distinguished
western newspaper cclsd tGe-cies, showed
their appreci1t+on Of his e1s1-0cise II c
substsne4I E2ner.-Z. l. White IL
Rs-per's Magazine.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
Holding Their shoulder Bach.

Fashionable girls IL New Yc-k are appAr.
ently gone daft % tie question of square
shoulders Anything 70 eq1ai aae pose young
women now affect is difficult 20 magma
Y hls ttev are on eheiI feet they exs beeutl-
fal 70 lock upon, and beyond Criticism CT
cavil Il Is when hey are seased that the
grea: and glarins faw Of tbs present seid-
ciai and fashionable construction Of tie
American young g!rl becomes evident
While they succeed IL koddingfheir shoulders
back, it Is impossible 20 ksep tee n->i at tie
sane angle. when seated unless sszi- faces
are he'd q. tie sane tsv- Is tbs toor.
Hsocs, their leads Necessarily 6-oop for
ward. having locg AID nosicsabas distance
between sse csck aid cas bsck Ct toe nigh
eollara It gives tie eSaS At C: t-oe. ST.
fernS. Bct II 10 reaedssd wneo re girl
leans forward again, c. r.ss 20 Ger fest
Thea everything Its II WITH the cnsrsce a1d
ssapely beauty that il toe secoo1 naars e
AMERICAS noee bearstl aad taHo1 Fro
duct The Arr4au.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31

In the center Of the field two short
stakes had been driven into the ground.
and to these when the executioners had
finished their meal the prisoners walked
slowly out without any one to guard them
On arriving at the stakes they again
prayed; they sat down with their backs
toward the stakes, to which their arms
were tied, after which an official walked
out, blindfolced them with strips of linen,
filed their ears with clay, and then re-
tired with his assistants, leaving the con-
deInned men alone IL the middle of the
field About two minutes after the exc
cutioners walked out armed with japanese
swords and sat down some thirty PAGES
beyond the prisoners. They sat thus fof
vanced toward the doomed men. execut-
ing fantastic dance Ike figures. almost as
if cautiously approaching an enemy, till
they came within striking distance, when
they raised their swords as II to strike,
but instead of doing so turned round and
retired to where they started from After
q short pause they advanced again In the
same manner, but, on coming close.
stopped down and looked fxedly for about
ten seconds into the faces of the prison
ers, who sat perfectly motionless. and
then again retired. The third time they
advanced, ana, as In the first instance,
raised their swords as II 10 strike, but in
stead Of doing so they turned round and
again retired. Then they knelt down,
and, bowling toward the commissioner,
called out, in Siameee, that they awaited
his order
On receiving the word they advanced
toward the prisoners more quickly than
before, and when within reach, after
standing for few seconds with their
swords poised in the air. proceeded TO cut
their heads of The head Of the man
who had begged for his life was taken of
at three blows, but seven or eight were
struck before the head Of the other-an
immensely powerful looking man. with a
thick; muscular neck-fell The moment
the first mans head fell his execuiioner
ran of to temple close by to perforF
certain rites, the other executioner fol-
lowing as soon as his victims head was
of.-Chicago Herald
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
Making Fine Grade Candies.

The process OF making the cream" Is
identical IL both Wholesale and retail es-
tablisLIrente- Confectiouers' sugar is
first boiled until it becomes a thick and
waxy syrup It is then turned out on
slabs and allowed TO partially cool. In
the retail establishments it Is then worked
with wooden paddles until the grain is 50
stretched that the mass is resolved into a
soft. Snowy compound. ready for the
favors or to be mixed with fruit or nuts
In the wholesale factories 100 pounds Of
clear syrup is turned cut on q slab at one
time. When il has cooled enough to work
q candymaker stations himself at either
end He holds common garden spade
Together the two workers turn and turn
the hardening sugar until It is white.
Then 1t is packed away in big iron recep-
tGcies and covered with heavy, wet cloths
TO keep it from hardening,
This cream is the basis of all the finest
grade candies in the market. It is in the
manufacture Of this cream shat dealers
have rev0lutiOnfzed methods and brought
that Of america to the highest standard
il the world Candy IS not made in such
vast quantities in any other land. The
famous CONNECTIONS Of the Orient are not
TO be compared. either in quality or guam
tity, with those Of the United States
Eastern compounds are largely of The
nougat order and made in small quanti-
ties. Armenian Greeks offer Turkish
paste along State street every day for
sale. II is turned ont in q big cone ex-
actly IS it is cooled IL the pot. 1t is sold
IN slices. It is after this same fashion
that the confectious of the east are all
made, French bonbOns do not suit the
American pelate- They are not distinct
havors as a rule. Instead, they are a con.
glomeratiOn Of favors so mixed as to
make subtle but intangible favor that
can be attributed neither to fruit nor
fower.-Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31

Ayou2g writer should Lot expect to be
raid for the first articles be writes. TIe
Is lucky i, he gets them into print at aIl.
Il is useful 20 him 70 have them printed
for an article in type his a different look
from al Article III manuscript. and faults
and defects that a writer might overlook
IA written copy are made plain in the
printed sheet. The best plan for a Young
writer Is 70 spell good mary sheets Of
paper before he thinks Of having any,
thing at ali put into PRINT. When he HIS
written something which ne thinks is
really good enough TO be interesting 10
the pablo. let him make his f-s. expert
r,ents with printers Ink II 6e las some
th,ng 10 sly that Is worth sevilg, and
Gays Il n - attractive way, he vii fnd
means q getting his articles paid for
kfIec ttEs.-'.IV. 4 T." IN The Writer.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
ASNAlfL<a
Daily = eagle
Tooth Pulling by Electricity.

Boston people nowadays have their SD
perfaoas teeth drawn By means Of cleo
tricity Iaasl1uch as all new ideas IN the
arts and sciences are spread from this en-
GgItened metropolis originally, and from
hence extended over the country, there Is
little doubt that sooner or later this new
method viii supersede laughing.gas and
ether N other big cities Of the Union
The process In question is very simple,
scarce any apparatus being required be-
yond an ordinary two cell battery, with
vibrator attachment. This attachment Is
thin "trip OF metal, fastened at the ends,
which is made TO vibrate thousand or
more times per second by the electric cur
rent. At each vibration the circuit is cut
of and renewed again, tho effect being 10
give perfectly steady TOW of the nys-
ferrous fluid IN order to make sure that
the TOW Is quite satisfactory the operator
tunes the machiae-assisted By little
reed tuning pipe-until the strip OF metal
sings a" So far, so good.
Row to the battery ere attached three
wires Two Of them have handles at the
ends, and the third is hitched TO for
ceps. The patient in the chair is given
handle 10 hold IL each hand, and the cur
rent is turned on gradually until it be-
comes painful Then he is told 70 grasp
the handles IS strongly as possible, the
eleofricity-kaving been switched eff for
a rornent-is turned Oh again suddenly,
and tie dental surgeon applies his forceps
simultaneously 70 the tooth The instant
the Eoiar Is touched, it, as well as the
parts surrounding. becomes electrified and
absolutely insensible TO pain When it is
withdrawn from the socket, the subject
of the operation feels not the slightest
disagreeabie sensation 4 jerk and the
tooth is out, tie patient drops the handles
and the affair is o7er.-Boston Cor. Globe
Democrat
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31

After butterng the tin for boiled pud-
ding, dust it with pounded bread crumbs;
baking pansscau be treated with dour in tho
same way and the cake will never stick,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
The Story Told of Two Canaaiaa TFAppezl
q Marrow EscApAL

Marrow Escape
Once or twice he showed c0ric1s re-
luctaaoe about allowing nan 70 approach
MIN suddenly from behind Altogether
his actions we're so odd that I fel. some
curiosity &c lesn his history. It turned
out that he bad been through . rather TN
canny experience the winter before he
and another man had gone into remote
basin. or inclosed valley. Ii the bear. Of
the mountains, where game was very
plentiful. indeed, it was so abundant thsx
they decided to pass the winter there.
Accordingly they put up a log cabin, work
ing hard. and merely killing enough nee:
for their Immediate use Just ss Is vas
finished winter set in with tremendous
snow storms Going cut to hunt, IN the
hrst f1N, they found, 20 their consserna-
ton. tina: every head OF game had left the
valley. AIT an animal wss 70 be f0Uod
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
Ocrtst1na IA ARTILLERY Frfre.

WHEN the great gun which has thrown
bah Geys1 mikes happens 10 Be z:zei
Darsh. 6 lateral lewiston Of 300 fess E1ss
Be taken into sceoazf fo- the das,e2ce Il
rotating speed between tbs sYct Ihere i
Is c1sc li the spot where iss u1aslis
VIII sfxixn-Ssv York sxn-
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31

Almost every man Of energy loads him
self up, if he has the opportunity and
means, with more business and projects
and attempts than his brain can hold.
So that we either are fools or else make
ourselves sueh.-Rar- Eonan
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-01-04
Waiting for the Unborn Man,

Boston Courier: "And as for mar.
riage," Blousabella observed. thought.
fully, poking the toe of her neat boot
with her umbrella and looking alb
stractedly at the two policemen who
were shelierlng themselves from the
rain in the doorway of the Old South.
~ don't see why mamma need bother
about me. / mean to marry when the
right man comes along-provided he
asks me.
Sand the right manp' the editor re-
peated. interrogatively.
eOb, the right man would have to be
one to suit me. OF course he must be
good looking and clever and refined
and manly and well off and good ma
tured and of good family. Every girl
insists on these things
.tGood heavensp' murmured the edl-
tor. How do ordinary men ever gel
wives If all the girls insist on these
things?"
..But there are three other qnalifica-
TONS" Blousabella continued serenely,
..that I insist upon. He must be an
Episcopalian and homeopathic and
love lap dogs. And just for this nam.
ma says am difficult to suit"
"Oh, not at all.'' the editor assured
her. '.Not difficult, only character.
lsti,ally and beautifully feminine. Did
you ever advertise, my dearP"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-01-04
One of the Husbands.

Tid-Bits: 'sOh, woman, woman
shreiked an orator in aspeech the other
night, "thou art the light, the life, the
salvation of the world. / shudder
when think of what this world would
be without tiny genie. refining, enno-
bling influence. bow at thy shrine,
acknowledge thy purity and truth.
There is smoothing, no nothing. SO beau
tiful, so true, SO perfect as woman.
reverence and bow down before
them!" And when he went home, he
said to the woman who was SO unfor-
tunate as 10 be his wife: What did
you let the fire get SO low forp you
knew I'd come home half froze. You're
just like the rest of the women, you
haven't got thought beyond your
nose. Stir around and get me cup Of
hot tea, can't your See if you can dc
that much for fellow. I'd just like to
know what you women think you're
good for, anyhow"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-01-04
That Precious B:b.e.

Chicago News: John Kinney, Of the
firm of Kinney g Ransome, tells a story
about himself which may strike a fannil-
lar vein in some other mans expert
ence. When was q young chap"
says he, i got the Pixies Peak fever
along with lot more Of the men and
boys Of our town, and as / was pretty
hard 10 manage around home. and as
some staid old friends of my fathers
we're going to the new gold country, It
was concluded that / should go with
them. when we were ali ready to shut
my trunk and lock it, my mother, who,
bless her, was more than half afraid to
have me go out into that rough coun
try brought handsome clasp Bible
out of her bed room and laid it in my
trunk on top Of the other things.
..sNow, Johnnie,' aaid she, i want
you To proiiise me that you will read
this Bible every day.
+" OF course I will, mother l said;
4 will read it every chance / have
".And, Johnnie said she, i want
you TO study well, the Sermon on
the Mot,nt. II will I'D you So6a. You
will ind it in st. Matthew and St.
Mark, and St. Luke and st. John, s Ga.
the best is ia St. Matthew. You will
read it often, wont you, Johnnie?'
81 promised everything and / meant
to keep my protnise, Too. But some
how never did. | never opened the
bible; nevet even ,tndtd lie clasp.
After had been at Pixies Peak some
time, and spent nearly all the money
that my father had given to one OF bis
old friends for me, I started with
v hat was left to come hone. 1joined
party that was coming home. but
| they left me al the Missouri Crossing
md had terrible time from that on.
ran out of money and spent all ]
could borrow on such valuables as
could pawn. / would have sold that
bible dozen times If / could have
found any body to buy it. Well. after
a heap of walking and all sorts OF
hardship / finally reached home. After
the kissing and the talking was over
my mother began unpacking the little
handbag l had brought back in place
,f the trunk Itook away. In the bottom
Of it she found the little clasp bi Die.
..'Your bible looks as il you hadn'i
used it much" she said.
Yes but that cotties from taking
care of it,
Did you read it regularly, she
asked.
. OF course l did; read it every
day
You read the Sermon on the Mount
then, did your" she asked, with a kind
If peculiar expression IN her eyes,
Z" Yes Very Often
"Then she opened the bible TO St
Matthew and there lay the $40 bill she
had put between the leaves. Their.
vas $40 bill, too, in each st. Mark
St. Luke, and st. John--$50 in all
and would have given every cent of i
to have been out of that room.
II told you St. Matthew hid tn,
best account of the Sermon on th'
Mount, was all my mother said abou
the matter
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-01-04
Loses Strength in Translation.

Binghampton Republican: An Amer
lean joke sometimes loses itself through
translation into another language. A
native humorist wrote;
Notwithstanding that lady should
always be quiet and self-contained. she
cannot even enter place of worship
without a tremendous pustle. =
A French writer produces it in this
form:
aAccording to aId American author,
the ladies of that country are SO greedy
of notoriety that they cannot enter the
holy sanctuary without disturbing the
kneeling worshipers with their vulgar
and unseemly ado. =