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Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

Z. W. Robinson, OF Yale At Hamilton
park, Now Haven, on June Is he ran go
yards, with timers ct go yards and the finish
He made the go yards in - As seconds, and
she $50 yards in % As seconds This latte:.
time destroyed Lon Myers amateur time OF
20 seconds, made June 5, 1882, and established
new American record. The second trial
was at l50 yards, with watches at I25 yards
and ct the finish. In this ne covered the l2.5
yards Ill II 3-5 seconds, tieing Wendell
Bakers amateur tine inadc or June 10, 1885,
and the 80 yards In 10 seconds. or even
time, bearing IL. s. Brooks time of Is Is
seconds, made May "a, 1854. In the third
trial he made go yards in p So seconds, and
tie $50 yards in % seconds. The times and
distances were carefully verified.
These performances established Sherrill's
reputation. as wonderful sprinter He went
10 tho Detroit amateur championship meet
ing, held Sept 10, and won his heat over II.
+. Walker, of the Detroit Athletic club, in
good time.
In the final he was beaten by Fred Westing,
but ran dead heat with Malcolm W. Ford.
Io wrenched a tendon in his right leg in run
ming this heat, and refused to run the tie off,
SO second prize was given TO Ford. He in
sisted in starting in the go yards race, but
after running short distance ne fell helpless
on the track. Since then he has been unable
to do any running, but viii undoubtedly be
heard from later on, as he has no idea Of Civ
ing up the cinder path ct present.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
A New Fiber.

A manufacturing firm in New York has
sent to the department of agriculture speci-
mems of new fber they are making from
the stalk of the cotton plant. The samples
received strongly resemble hemp. and seem
to be adapted to all the uses that hemp is put
to. A few fbers Of it twisted together, SAYS
Science, show remarkable tensile strength,
although 10 exact comparative tests witi
other fbers have yet been made. \ collec-
ton Of the fibers of hemp. fax, jute, ramie,
etc, from all parts OF the world is being
made by the department. and new instrls
ulent has been invented by which i. is eX-
pected that the tensile strength OF each VIZ
be ascerJained with great accuracy.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
A Pretty Gelstine Pudding.

A pretty pudding, which tastes somewhat
like Charlotte russo and is very ornamental
for dessert, is made according to the follow
ing recipe: Pink gelatine is used for best
effect, but the ordinary gelatins will do.
With the yolks of four eggs, pint of milk
and sugar to taste, make a boiled custard.
Having soaked one-third of box of gela-
tine in little cold water for few minutes,
dissolve it with three-fourths of a cupful of
boiling water When the custard is cool,
add the gelatine and the whites of four eggs
beaten stiff; favor with vanilla, stir all to-
gether and put into mold
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

'A'' hio FUSE the class room, as
elaborate apparatus is not required. The
journal already quoted tells how to per-
form it.
Wrap short piece of very thin iron or
platinum wire about the fuse of fire crack
er, as shown in Fig. 2 at a. Stout copper
wires are attached to the ends of the thin
wire, and led through the window, on the sill
OF which the cracker is placed. On connect
ing the copper terminals to the poles of
battery, the thin wire is heated to incandes-
cence, the fuse is lighted, and in q moment
the cracker explodes. If it is desired to
make the blast instantaneous, pin hole is
made through the middle of the cracker, and
tho thin wire is threaded through it so as to
be IN immediate contact with the powder.
For economy's sake it is better to use iron
than platinum wire in these experiments.
Very thin iron wire can be bought on spools,
and it may be easily made still thinner, if
necessary, by immersing 1t for a few mo-
ments in dilute sulphuric or nitric acid.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
A Convenient Recipe for 11ince Meat.

will be found convenient for making two or
three nince pies from the remnants of a
roast OF beef: One cupful of chopped meat
(one-quarter o. it fat, two cupfuiS of apple,
one teas poon+ul CT salt, one Tablespoonful Of
ground allSpice. half a teaspoonful of ground
cinnamon, half teaspoonful OF ground
cloves, one cupful OF sugar, half cupful Of
raisins. half q cupful of currants, one cupful
Of cider. or, If che hes no cider, use the same
amount Of cider vinegar and water mixed
say one-haf OF each.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
DE WOLF AND ,HE KID.
Two Famous Actors Who Are the Chan
MONS in Baseball CrankdOrn.

Two Famous Actors Who Are the Cham
pions in Baseball Crankdom.
Digby Valentine Bell was not born Oh the
l4th Of February, as his middle name might
lead the uninitiated to believe, but on the Sth
OF November, 1919, in Milwaukee. He was
prodigy, and his health began to fail when
he was years old. His parents moved with
him to New York city, and he became greatly
interested in outdoor sports, particularly
baseball. He soon regained his health, and
as soon as he reached an age when he could
handle a bat, he joined the famous kncker-
booker Amateur club. He belongs to it to
this day, and tells, according to The Phila-
deiphla Stage, III a voice husky with emotion,
how on his first appearance with the club
during the past season, he covered the posi-
ton of short stop, and with eight possible
chances made nine errors
He clerked in his fathers Wall street office
in New York for a number of years, and
afterwards acted as passenger agent for the
White Star line of ocean steamers. His love
for music, however, was as great as his pas
sion for baseball, SO he bowed his adieu to
commerce and went to Italy to study music
In 1872 he made his debut on the operate
stage as the Count in ''Somnambulan at
Malta, singing in various parts of Europe
until 1916, when he returned to New York
and was given a welcoming concert at
Chickering hall. He then toured through
the west with a concert company, and in
1877 sang in opera for the first time in Amer
lea, as Beppo in Fra Diavolo," at Montreal
Since then lie has appeared in all parts OF the
country in many roles
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

Tha6deas Rising. Of Hatfield, Mass, is 50.
and works daily, as lie has for tbs past sixty
years, at his trade Of whip maker.
Daniel Biselov, OF Atnel. Mass, row g,
mas worked as a farmer for seventy seven
years, and moved grass With scy-hs 70.
seven tons OF hay the past SIMMER.
Elijah Tolman, OF Brccktoa- Mass, Is s.,
and was a sage driyer for thirty years Fer
tac pas, seven years lie has worked II charss
II a coal Office, and has Been ou. oHe Say
from his duties Il tGa. tina
Mrs Jane Huutress, Of Augusta, Ne, q
yeaFs OF age, sill does her own cooking,
washing, ironing and garden work Since
sae was IS she has earned TIE rlaEey for sno
built a fms house, gong herself to the NIL
and selectics tie lumber, and super Intending
tae eoilding operations She IS one OF s"eivs
children. al Dor. w.,hoz: the aid Of PAYS
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

Is { h n brisk ly FIG. 1.-THE ELECTRIFIED
rubbed from side STRING.
to side with the back Of the hand or with a
dry silk handkerchief The glass is thus
electrified, and the string also takes charge
either by induction or leakage, and is repealed
by the rubbed glass. At each movement of
the hand the string sways from side to side,
and finally, when the glass is sufficiently ex-
cited, it curls up so as TO touch the unelectri-
tied part of the show case, at B, as shown by
the dotted line
If the finger is now held for few moments
against the glass at q, the string is dis
charged and is forthwith attracted up TO the
front of the case in the position shown by
the dotted line at C. Pressing the finger
agains5 the glass at c discharges it there, and
the string quickly jumps away and clings TO
some place that is still electrified. This &C
ton may sometimes be repeated five or SIX
times before the glass is wholly discharged,
the string being made to fly to and fro until
one is tempted to believe it endowed with
life
As in all experiments in fractional cleo
tricity, dryness is essential to success, and if
ones hands are at all moist the experiment
fails. In summer it is almost impossible to
make the string do more than sway slightly
when the glass is rubbed.
Another experiment which is interesting
as an effective illustration of the industrial
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
The Population of France.

The increase Of population OF France is
steadily growing less. In the past year tee
number OF births was S99, 333; Of deaths,
s42, 797, or 235 and % per thousand respec-
lively. The excess OF births over deaths las
decreased since 1851 from 1OS.229 to *, $50,
OF IS per cent. The Revue Scieatiique, from
which we take tbeee figures, comments IN q
very interesting editorial on tie connection
OF these facts with the question of retrench-
ing immigration into France, which is q.
present favored By the government and by
the people, and shows that the only remedy
is to open France TO an unrestricted iI4.sal-
grafton from neignDoring countries.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
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and X Won make mo pay 5 cents q loaf l
can't bay six loaves, but only four, and then
me and tire old man must suffer- Thea
came a burst OF curses 1T the American
devils who speculated in wheat, deur and
human lives
On toe eas. side similar scenes were wit
messed The DEAFNESS OF wheat bread had an
effect which no one had approhendod. Il
caused vastly increased demand for the
cheap rye. oat ard CORE breads OF the Rus
slams, Hebrews ard Hungarlans. These ugly
and unpalatable loaves are nevertheless cheap
and wholesome They retail IL two and
three cents pound, and probably contain
more nutrinert 10 their We sht than any
other known article Of diet They are stalls
bread par excellence, seldom besng used by
the peoples who make them CDtn they ara
as hard and dry as wood
On street stand in Essex street was pile
Of bread which resembled vanished black
walnut Though very ursightly, it seemed
very popular. In half hour no less thar
forty loaves were sold 10 the poor Russians
and Sloyaks who populate that district. The
proprietor of the little establishment, short,
Tiry, black bearded son Of Wallachia, said;
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
California; Fair Frog Catchers-

California girls are bright, quick witted
AMI full Of resource. Santa Cruz girls are
not a whit behind their sisters in these yojuts-
Some time ago two Of our girls. feeling
that there was far from being surplus IA
their treasury, determined - increase the
revenue IA s1ue way. Having noticed
gOodly numbers of frogs around certain
spring on E,caloua Heights. they conquered
their fear, Of the shiny, jumping little beasts
and caught dO1eu or two ~ an experiment
Finding ready sale for them at an uptown
restaurant, the pretty frog catchcr- have es-
tabhshe1 "A lucrative trade, and no longer
sigh over = scarcity 81 caraInels and ''sich .
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
A SPEEDY sPRINTER.
C. n. Sheriff.. YaleD Rapid R-aort Die
tance Runner.

c. "a. Sheriff.. Yale'D Rapid R.aort Die
tance Runner.
c. H Sheriff. Jr. of Yale College. is one
of the three fastest amateur sprinters in the
country. rivaling Fred Westing and " E
Schiferstein, and is undoubtedly the speedi
est short distance runner in any American
college. In 1887, be won the 100 yards col
lege championship in 10 3,5 seconds, at the
games of the American intercollegiate Ath.
lstic association, and the same year he won
the amateur championship of America at loo
yards in 10 2-5 seconds
This year be has been very fast, and has
succeeded in breaking two sprinring records
and in tying another At the Cedarhurst
games. he'd on May 81 Of this year, Sheriff.
won his heat il the 100 wards dash in 10 as
seconds easily. In the final heat he defeated
Fred Westiug in l05s seconds, j. P. Lee
being third On the same day and at the
same place ne won first prize In the 90 yards
race for college undergraduates in - IS
seconds, beating T. B. Lund. Of Harvard, and
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

Before the September deal" stale bread
was cheap, ranging from 2i5 cents to l cent
for small loaf The stuff sold at the latter
price is more easily imagined and described.
1t is more than stale-it is mOldy, decayed or
full Of insect life. In front Of Nos. 30 and 81
Mulberry street are three old women, bread
peddlers, who employ a scrubbing brush,
sand and water 10 remove the mold from
their goods At No. SO is another stand
where the same business is conducted Here
the bread is contained in old gunny bags,
which have been discarded in other trades
and which reek with filth. They are placed
directly on the sidewalk or, worse still. upon
the damp and noisome steps which descend
from the street to the vaults and cellars be-
low. This variety of the staff of life is found
in the Italian, Hungarian and Bohemian
quarters; something trifie superior obtains
on the stands in the Russian, Polish and
Roumanian districts. The best stale bread
is sold by the great bakeries from the stool,
which is left on the shelves for twenty-four
hours or more after baking.
The rise in the price of bread increased the
demand for that which is stale. The hotels
and restaurants which supply food peddlers
raised their rates, the bakers followed ex-
ample and the stale bread dealer was COM
PEELED TO DO likewise. Hardly week had
elapsed after the action Of the bakers
trades unions before every peddler and
standkecper, as if by preconcerted move
1nent, raised the price of stale bread just
trifle more in proportion 10 the value than
was the increase in rate of fresh bread.
At stand on Baxter near Leonard street
the dealer had made specially of cent
loaves and built up a large trade among the
poor of that neighborhood. When he in
creased his price, storm of indignation was
aroused AT one time it looked rs if he
would be mobbed, but either quieter coun-
sells or else the police prevailed and riotous
spirit subsidized One of the women who was
loud in her denunciation said: my husband
Is laborer who earns dollar day. We've
got five children and have got TO pay our
rs0& I've got only 50 much money TO spend,
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
FEDERAL BUILDING AT AUGUSTA, GA
1t WIZ Be . Handsome Structure and
VIII Cost sl5o,0co.
ISpecial Corresponderce. |

WI Cost S15o.oco.
Especial Correspondercei
AUGUSTA, Ga, Nov ga bill passed the
Forty-ninth congress appropriating the sum
Of Sl50,0OO for the erection OF a public build
ing at Augusta, to be used as a postofice,
United STATES district court house and other
purposes The Piatt lot, on the corner OF
Greene and Campbell streets, was selected
for the site, for which the sum OF 60. coo was
paid According TO the terms Of the pur-
chase. the lot was to be delivered clear Of
buildings, which necessitated the rernoval Of
the beautiful Platt mausion To ACCOMPLISH
this 1t was necessary to cut the building In
two; rollers were placed under the pares
which were removed TO an ad joining la.
where they were reunited. the whole oaera
ton causing but slight Inconvenience TO tina
occupants.
Excavations for the foundations Of thu
building were begun in July last The worn
was temporarily delayed by the high water
in the Savannah river Of Sept 10. and after
the subsistence Of the food the BODY Of =
drowned man was found in one OF tie
trenches
The architectural design OF the building 10
exceedingly ornate. The fracture is rectar-
guiar IN shape, fronting 10 feet on Greene
street and % feet on Campbell Red pressed
brick and granite are the materials 10 be
used 1t viii be built on a system Of isolated
pillars, and viii bs three stories in height
exclusive OF basement AT the northeast
corner, sprinslns from square base, an
ocsagonal tower rises i've stories TO the height
OF lio feet. handsome stone psrapet. dec
Grated with terra Gotta grotesques, orna
mentsits top Over the Greene street en-
trance and surrounding ne center of tie
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

Mr. Frank q Brunei, ot Tie .Clere,End
Pain Dealer, hss been na-ned Is the EaAn 20
take charge ot tas OHIO lsasas asxf year
That ieaS7e is fsvorah.y impressed WITH Tie
millennium plan, and Mr. Brunei Is noted
belisves il i:s e.acscJ. II easso<l1 = 20 I've
and thrive the era OF reform Eus: Dawn
soon Tie history Of lie past sessoa 70
marked by too Macy wrecks Unoe- Er.
BruneIls adnairiSrassoa tie pan thas base
bal people s-s taxing sbou. wo1Sd have .
practical t-Ai suca as - d1.eTves Tie Ocs1
league would De In .Ae hzAds c. faAo VITO
ia al e1-scx.ax.sc sSp ire- al 49, Szs<.> -S-r-
sa.aAfs T1sHA>Sxar
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.
The Than1sgivin: Dinner Of Many House
holds-Eow 1t Is Served.

holds-Eow 1t Is Served.
Thanksgiving, the day Of family gather
ings and bountiful renasts, brings to the
housewife a sense Of much to be done and
thought of, and preparations and plans for
It's successful celebration are early under
taken. A few hints apropos of the occasion
are therefore given
For large and ceremonious dinner ga Ia
Russo" will, of course, be the correct service.
But the family diuner-the gathering where
all are warm friends. especially II it be not
very large-will take the ordinary form OF
three services or relays, which is, In fact, the
pure French style And this method, it may
be remarked in passing, entails great re-
sponsibility upon the host. Let him be q
poor carver and the dinner is spoiled, pre-
pared though it may have been by a cook
renowned for skill through all the circle of
her friends and neighbors. Therefore it be-
hooves the master of the feast to sharpen his
carver and brush up his knowledge of the
anatomy of the turkey that he may net dis
tress a table full of people and deaden their
appetites with the sight of a noble bird
hacked and haggled by an unskilled hard.
Ine three services comprehend first, the
soup, hors d'nuvres. relieves and entries;
bles and sweet dishes; and third, the dessert.
AS 70 wines, single one-a choice claret
or champagne-is quite sufficient for the or
binary dinner; and. indeed, no one hesitates
about Offering no wine at all
There Is necessarily sameness about the
genuine Old time Thanksgiving dinner. Tradi-
ton calls for roast turkey, roast chicken and
chicken pie; vegetables ad hbitun, including
squash, turnips, potatoes and cauhfower; a
rlch sweet pudding; pies in numerous array
-nllnce, pumpkin and apple appearing in
the van; fruits, nuts, sweetmeats and coffee.
Outside of many country homesteads where
the feast is still kept in royal style, this some
what heavy menu is considerably modern
lied, and some such bill of fare as follows is
discussed:
Clear Soup.
Fried Oysters. Cold Slaw.
Roast Turkey.
Mashed Potatoes. Squash. Caulifiowec.
Cranberry Sauce Celery
Saddle of Venison. Currant Jelly.
Escauoped Tomatoes
Salad
Gelatine Pudding.
Mince Pie. Cheese. Apple Pie.
Fruit. Nuts and Raisins.
Coffee.
It need only be added that to convert the
Thanksgiving dinner into ON occasion for the
display Of French cookery and elaborate
menus is TO destroy the primitive flavor and
charm which distinguishes it from the ordi-
nary dinner party.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
Acceptance of the Doctrine of EvoIution.

The almost universal acceptance of the doc
trine of evolution by the scientists who took
part in the meeting of the American essocia~
ton at Cleveland was matter of consider.
able comment among those who were una-
ware of the recent progress of scientific
thought. The time has passed when the OAR
winian theory was supposed to imply that
men were descended from monkeys-an idea
never held by Darwin or any other naturalist
and the great principle that existing forms
Of life have arisen by variation and develop
ment from simpler forms of organized beings
previously existing, is coming more and more
into favor, and, in fact. now forms the
foundation stone Of ali biological investiga-
tons a complete and satisfactory system
of evolutionary philosophy is yet TO be
formulated and the different theories adj
vanced must themselves be subject TO natural
selection and the law Of the survival Of the
fttest: but the fundamental ideas first ad-
vsnced by Darwin, Wallace and Lamarck
were never more generally accepted by nat
uralists than at the PRESENT time.-PopuIar
Science News.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02


ingless action Of the machinery of trade
been better exemplifed than by the late
corner in wheat in Chicago. The four
millions made by Old Hutch, and the
five or six millions by his followers are
now being paid cent by cent from the pock-
cts of the working people of the land. Not
long ago one large organization Of New Y rl
bakers agreed to raise the price OF bread one
cent per loaf TO meet the increased cost oc-
casioned by the Chicago September deal. :"
A day or two afterwards the German Boss
Bakers association, large and powerful
union, met and passed similar resolutions.
The great wholesale bakers, such as Schultz
and Friedman, had taken action in the mean
time and reduced the size of loaveS to the
extent required by the increased cost Of
-four. In other large establishments both
courses have been adopted, the price being
increased one cent and the size decreased
from a sixth to quarter.
The result of these movements has been
great increase in the demand for stale bread
"a demand which of late years has become
a portentous feature of New York life. Prior
to 1870 the stale bread, cut bread and frag
ments of the hotels and restaurants were
either given to the poor or thrown into the
garbage pail. With the increase of pow
immigration OF ignorant and underpaid
foreigners, stale bread quickly became a
commodity, where prices rose and fell like
everything else in the market. The extent
to which this change has grown may be esti-
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

he entered several
uuiInPortant walk
ing matches, max
ing fair records.
He figured as a Pc
d.ztrian Of some
merit for more
than a year. be
then looked about
for some feat 70
stArtls the pubic
mind, and Ia Au-
gust, 1881. be jump
&c from the Alje
gneny bridge. IS
fest High Bridge.
cxer tia Harlem
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
The Universal Language yolapuk.

The universal language Vo.spuk Is slowly
comm. into use, bu: Sd slowly tast Sofa
doubt remains whether j. VII ever be gniver-
sally adopted According to Popular Science
News ie has met with mere favor than say
similar scheme heretofore proposed. and
seems to BE-. on the who's, well adapted 70 il
purpose. Tha study Of such aa artificial
language is, in any case, en- excellent nasnia!
discipline, and VIII undoaotediy be Of moro
CT less practical valus 10 these who have
made themselves familiar with i.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
SaItad Almonds,

Sailed almonds furnish delicious addition
to 4 luncheon or dinner. Pour boiling water
over shelIed almonds end let them stand
short time, When the dry brown husk can be
easily rubbed of and the almonds are
''bizrched" Then STIR into melted butter,
le. them stand, add salt and brown IL the
oven. WAea taken from the oven place
them on soft porous paper to prevent their
being ''butteryn If tbs Is aos sufficient,
dry them ca = towel