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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
The Good Fruits of Confidence.

My experience with criminals, when | WAS
on district bench, taught me that there was
no man devoid of manhood Place ANYBODY.
however depraved, on his manhood, and YOU
viii observe his eye brighten up. / have
taken men who have been convicted of seri-
ors oiTenses, and, after sentencing them TO
the penitentiary, have said Now, intend
TO place you Oh your manhood for / believe
yea have manhood in you. will give YOU
a mittimus. and the marshal will provide
yon with money to go home and bid y0ur
family good by. After you have STAYED
there day or two | want you to report at
the door OF the penitcntiary named in the
paperSsyou viii receive and serve out vour
sentence like q man. And when Won are
through [ want you To return TO HE, and
want 10 see what can be done to restore YOU
TO the confidence of your fellow men in So
ciety.2 never Was disappointed in man
thus trusted, and those convicts whom |
have helped on their return from prison have
always been faithful TO the trusts imposed
upon them.-Judge Gresham in Indianapolis
journal
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
Ladies' Who Can Talk.

There are some ladies who can hold -hr;r
own i'll after dinner speeches, if Won plnasa
And should not every lady. rs well as a,-erv
gentleman, be able 70 acquit herself credit
ably in this social field! Miss Nate Sauborn
is always capable Of MAKING p bri-bt Iirtl.
speech with a neat turn in il. Mrs NJ To,,is,
Thomas, president of Sorosis. Is a 3irnifia5
and serious speaker. Mrs. Eliza Arrh,rl
Connor is a particularly pleasing speaker,
who puts genuine humor into the work
Mrs. Isabella beecher Hooker can keep her
audience tittering with laughter. Rev. Phebe
Hanaford lifts her listeners upward She is
always the same sweet spiritual soul. with a
mind above all foolishness.-Ney York Press
"Esery Day Talk"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
HOG KILLING IN CHICAGO.
The Story as Told in The London Times.
Every Portion Utilized.

Every Portion Utilized.
To kill and prepare 200 to 1900 beeves
and SOn0to 10000 hogs in one day requires q
complete system The steers are driven into
long pens, and an expert rifenan, walking
upon platform over them, discharges rifle
shot into the brain just behind the horns
! The killing is instantaneous: the steer with
out even a groan, falling like log The ami
NAL is then drawn forward from the pen, the
hide quickly removed and the carcass pre-
/ pared, and cut up ready for storage in the
! "chili rooms" and subsequent shipment
! These beef killing processes are speedily per-
formed, but the science most thoroughly de-
veloped is the hog killing. These animals are
driven up an inclined roadway into pen in
the upper part Of the packing house.
Men keep the procession constantly moving,
and when the hog arrives at the proper place
a chain is deity fastened round his hind leg.
The steam machinery jerks up the soueeling
hog, so that he hangs head downward upon a
sliding frame; his throat is cut. the blood
spouting carcass slides along.the frame, and,
in a moment, being drained of blood it is
dropped into vat Of boiling water. This
scaids it, and being quickly lifted out it rolls
over table into revolving machine that
Gcrapes it clean of bristles. Then the carcass
is passed along sliding table, washed, again
hung up, beheaIed, dlsenboweled, split down
the middle, and then sent upon a heightened
inclined railway TO he hung UP u cool. An
army OF men standing alongside the machi-
merry perform the various duties as the car
cases transport them by gravity through the
different processes, which succeed each other
with such rapidity that i'll {. few minutes the
porker is finally disposed Of This is done by
moving the carcass to broad block, where
half dozen butchers standing around sinful
taneously attack it, and in twinkling it is
converted into hams, sides and shoulders. and
the various parts are sent off to their respec-
tive apartments.
Every portion of the hog is utilized for
meats, lard, sausages or earned goods, and
the blood and other offal are converted into
fertilizer. Enormous sausage making ma.
chimes grind and cut the scraps and scores of
women are busily engaged in packing and
E;beling the tins. These wonderful processes
attract many visitors, and the American
rustic who has been accustomed to the farm
er's Christmas frolic Of the "hog killing"
where elaborate preparations are made for
tie slaughter of probably half dozen, looks
with amazement upon this wholesale sum
mary disposal of the animals in CHICAGO.
Great as this wonderful city is in everything.
it seems that the first place among its strong
points must he given to the celebrity and com
prehenSivenesS Of the Chicago style of killing
hogS.-Cor London Times.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08

New y ork girl writes in defense of shop
girls. She says: Into every good shop in the
neighborhood of Twenty-third street went.
and asked anywhere from one to 500 cues,
tons. Everything | saw asked about, and
about good many things did not see. Of
every conceivable thing sold by the yard |
begged samples. How much is this: TWENTY
i've cents, did you say That's a good deal.
is II not: VIII ii wash. Haven't YOU any
finer: Do you expect TO have any? VIII it
lie the same color! These aren't the new
shades, are theyH and 50 on, and at the end
the old familiar WI you give ne a sample,
please, of these fourr This was the test:
Seven hours OF solid interrogation points.
The result was not one single, solitary, I'M
iertinent answer New York World.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
RUSSELL SAGE THINKS
That the Tone of the Press is Not I'M
prov:ng-Pointed Suggestions.

That the Tone of the Press is Not Inn
prov;ng-Pointed Suggestions.
Your queries in relation to Newspapers
as they are and ought to be, have thought
over good deal, ana win endeavor to an
swer as you put them.
/. / think that the tone Of the modern
press is not improving rs the years roll by.
/ do not think that an editorial column, or
any part of it, should be given up to prize
fighters-how they live, what they eat and
drink, who they in the past have whipped
and who In the misty future they are going
to whip. | do not think that Journalism
should make heroes of InurdererS and then
blame s'sentinentalistS" for taking interest
in RE idols journalism has erected. | do not
think that four or Ave columns of paper
should be filed with the details Of a dog,
cock, bull or prize fyht, or with a scandal.
l do not think that a respectable family
should be Inundated because one of the
heads of that family was found dead in
house Of ill-repute by the publication of the
poor, weak creatures name. The moral Of
the story was quite plain, and no one single
individual was served when that family
name was dragged through the waste pipes
OF journalism; on the contrary. to many it
ci w LlV SL'S&iAit,
imposed oStraciSm. | do not think that the
heads of our great dailics should WELD rapier
or bludgeon upon each other III their respec-
tive papers If the head of the house acts
like a rowdy. what can one expect of the
rest Of the family
2. / think that the ''tOne" Of the modern
press can DO improved by every one i'll it
acting like lady or gentleman in public
places and with pen in hand by no writer
penning a vicious line anonymously-or lie:
by no writer pcnning anything about any
individual he or she would not be willing to
be held responsible for: by writers realizing
that the freedom Of the press" should not
degenerate into the license of the press'-by,
in a few words, living up to the good old
golden rule
). Ny ideal Of a good newspaper is, one
that shall be % clean, ~ able, t3,honest, ~
brilliant One that small devote as much
space to literature a. to sport of the dog
lighting, rat batting kind: one that shall give
a dead plug ugly" line Of II is in The way
of news and dead man who has done some
thing in the world, Tor the world, many lines;
one that shall not wrong its readers to please
its advertisers; one with some reverence.
some respect for good and great men and
things Very truly yours, Russell Sage
Boston Globe
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
Utilizing Pine straw.

In North Carolina a new industry is being
developed, in which pine straw or needles are
transformed into fiber or wool and then spun
into yarn, which is woven inoo carpets and
mating. The peculiar balsamic fragrance
Is retained, and offices and rooms covered
with tee carpet give out a very pleasant and
no doubt healthfUl odor. The material is
tough and wears fully as well as the cocoa
mating, and is much softer and more pleas
ant to the foot This pine wool is also used
as substitute for Sair in mattresses and pill
lows. As il retains its elasticity and does
net readily pack, it viii no doubt become
popular, especially in view of its being proof
against veGmin and possessing hygieRic prop
critics of no small value TO those suffering
from diseases of the throat and lungs
American Agriculturists
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08

was five feet eight inches IN ne1gnr, WITH
shoulders slightly stopped. His hair and fui
! beard were nut brown, without trace OF
| gray in them He had on a single breaste0
blouse, made of dark blue flannel, unbut-
toned in front and showing waistcoat I'M
derneath. He wore an ordinary pair OF top
boots, with his trousers inside, and was with
out spurs. The boots and portions of his
clothes were spattered with mud He had
had on pair Of thread gloves, OF dark vel
low color, which he had taken oil on enter
ing the room. His felt sugar Loaf stiff
brimmed hat was thrown on the table beside
him He had no sword, and pair OF shoul-
der straps was all there was about him TO
designate his rank. In fact, aside from these,
his uniform was that of private soldier.
Lee, on the other hand, was fully SIX feet
in height, and quite erect for one OF his age,
for he was Grants senior by sixteen years.
His hair and full beard were silver gray,
and quite thick except that the hair had be-
come little thin in front. He wore new
uniform of Confederate gray, buttoned up 20
the throat, and at his side he carried a long
sword Of exceedingly fine workmanship, the
hilt studded with jewels. 1t was said to be
the sword which had been presented to him
by the state of Virginia His top boots were
comparatively REV, and seemed to have on
them some ornamental stitching of red silk.
Like his uniform, they were singularly clean
and but little travel stained. On the boots
were handsome spurs, with large rowels. A
felt hat, which in color matched pretty
closely that Of his uniform, and pair Of
long buckskin gauntlets lay beside him on
the table. We asked Col. Marshall after
wards how it was that both he and his chief
wore such fine toggery and looked SO much as
if they had just turned out to goto church,
while with us our outward garb scarcely rose
to the dignity even of the shabby genteel."
He enlightened us regarding the contrast by
explaining that when their headquarters
wagons had been pressed so closely by our
cavalry few days before, and it was found
they would have to destroy ali their baggage
except the clothes they carried on their backs,
each one naturally selected the newest suit
he had and sought to propitiate the gods Of
destruction by a sacrifice of his second best
''Grant's Last Campaign" by Gen. Horace
Porter, in The Century.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
How Iron Becomes Brittle.

"Vibration, when continued for a long
time said the superintendent of an iron
foundry, causes iron to lose its tenacity, and
il becomes graduated and brittle, something
like pig iron, instead Of being long in the
grain like wrought iron"
'How do you account for this?' said the
reporter.
Il do not know" was the reply. "There
explain"
''What do you think of the chance of the
elevated roads having long lease of lifes Is
there any likelihood of their breaking down
through the iron of which they are made be-
coming brittleF
Not for good many years, but certainly
the vibration is bound to affect them through
time and something may snap. They ought
to be inspected very closely and renewed be-
fore the time came when it would be danger
Gus TO ride on them. ! have known heavy
iron beams snap through vibration which
looked perfectly sound, and at the point OF
breakage were apparently as strong as in any
other part, but the cohesiveness was gone
and the sections presented graduated in
stead of fbrous appearance"
''Does the iron of rails when they are of
wrought iron become brittle also?' said the
reporter.
NO" said his informant, "they do not.
They acquire an entirely new property. or
rather they lose one essential property, that
of capacity for being welded. Every black
smith knows that a bit of wrought iron rail
cannot be welded if it has been worn for
number of years The parts split into fibers
when heated and struck but do not weld to-
gether."
How do you account for the iron being
affected differentlyE'
II do not know. All do know is that it
is the case, and every intelligent blacksmith
VIII tell you the same New York Evening
Telegram.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
stitches Safer than safety fin.-

sWha. Is sa,sr tsan a safety pm" was
the ccaundruna asked at recent n.otile-S'
meeting. The answer was stitches" There
are thousands Of fond u1c.hers who saw On
babyis clothes willie be is IN long dresses
Those who lave never TIED IL laugh at tie
idea, hut mothers know that even small
safety pins, when placed N the little hanE=i
band, annoy the tender sin Ct baby. IL rose
leaves troubled the princess while she sleE7:,
why shouldn't brass PES annoy babys SO
the tender mother threads needle with soft
da-ning cotton, sips her let hand foreha9er
down tssby's bard and holds with Der thumb,
then deity takes four or fre snug stitches,
and the band IS On 70. The dAJ.-NeW HoTS
Icurpal
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
-ExsssNifIaA
9ai1y - eagle
The DEAD.
only to sCs1 tnre u-

Only to sSSsSS@ sace more the vanished hand"
Only once more the sileuced voice to hear,
Only to know the lowering shade is near,
Though the blank VEIL no man can understand,
Falls between us. and the mysterious land
Where they are dwelling whom we hold so dear.
Our granted prayer would crush the doubt, the
fear
That twnes in sorrows cord the bitterest strand;
So, from the vigil of the sheeted Dead
So. from the grave with all its tended flowers,
The waing from the hearts uncontrolled,
Goes up to heaven through all lifes lonely hours:
As soft as dew the answer from above:
"For thee lived, died, whose name is Love-
All the Year Round.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
Sun Bath. for the Eaby.

II a baby IL irritable and f-s:sul and won't
30 TO sleep, throw up the window sha1es and
lei all the Sun you can get into tie rooa3- Let
tie child play ia the sunshine and presently
&c VIII 90 To sleep without trouble. Al this
season Of the year the SUD should be allowed
free entrance into our homes 4 little while ago
bis stay was too short to have much effect:
presently lis rays viii he too bet 10 BE- en-
Jared and now we should make the most %
cur opportunity 20 give the house thorough
sun bath every day.-Farm and Fsrts!cs.
Grs. Il Lcuise Thomas, rrrsi6snt os Soro-
IS, has been ors Of the most successful bce
keeprrs IN TIE country, making 1900 pounds
j; ko1ey u year.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08

A few yesrs ago it was thought improper
for q woman 70 be 4 foreign missionary unless
She were nli6sionary's wife Now there ere
2,=N unmarried women in the mission field,
besides, Probably, c.I equal number of mar
lied women
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08

Marie Augustin Despeissis, of London, has
pa1spted a device for creating regular and
even draught through the tubes of fues Of
steamboileys. ELicb is said to work wsu-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08

Lemon juice and suga-, u,iIed very Tick,
Is useful 20 relieve coughs and sore
-.rostx Il mrss be very scsd a vel as
z-asr
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08

4 good way 70 take cod liver ol. 70 raaxs
!, pala.shle, - by putting ]. LEO tc-sso Ca
sSS
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
THE TWO COMMANDERS.

The contrast between the two command
CTS was very striking, and could not fail to
attract marked attention, as they SAT ten
feet apart facing each other
zen Grant than nearly - years Of age,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
ON A MAREETIyG TOUR

"TheSe millionaire ladies used to go round
the stalls some time ago on a regular mar
lieting tour, and display the same keennes
about the price of porterhouse steaks and pO-
tatoes per pound as if a few bits more or less
were matters of vital Importance. | used TO
hear the marketmen comment on them, but
l knew that it wasn't pure meannesS as sup
posed. It was Just a mistaken idea that 1t
was good American horse sense and conf
mendable smartness to go and haggle with
several butchers instead OF picking out
good, honest man who sold prime meat, and
telling him a wealthy lady should gra-
ciously do to send up SO much beef or mutton
or whatever she wanted without inquiring
about the market prices of the day. OF
course, the patronage Of such customer
would be worth keeping, and an honest and
competent butcher would take pains to see
that she got the best in the market and at
market rates. Of late the ladies | alluded to
have ceased to visit the markets altogether,
and, like other rich people, order through a
servant"
You are right about rich people being
both mistaken and misiudged," said prom
inent bond and stock broker If man is
worth a hundred thousand dollars they say
he's got million at least, and if he is at all
saving when he has got million they say he
is a miser and staryes himself There wan
--. who was rigid economist and
great money maker. They said his death
was caused by trying to climb over the grave
yard fence where his parents are buried, in
Germany, and thus beat the gatekeeper ont
of fee of five cents. That showed the pub
lie estimate of his economy. Yet / know the
man had a soft spot in his heart. One time
told him about widow lady, whose hus-
band he used TO know years before, when
they were well off The woman was about
starving, and he promised TO do something
for her. \ few days after be saw her going
up Market street, near the new city hall, and
and taking five so pieces out of his pocket
he wrapped them in 4 piece Of paper, and
walking up To her said: Good morning,
Mrs -; you dropped this package The
woman protested that she had lost no SO
pieces, either wrapped up or loose. She
would know if she had, she said He insisted,
However, that she had, and compelled her 10
.ake the money and use il as her own.
you can advertise it, said be, "if you
Ike, though IN sure you dropped it your |!
self. II II turns out, though, that I'm mis- /
taken. send the owner 70 me and Iii settle !
WITH him San FraI1-ISco Chronicle
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
HUNTING A House.

To save time it was arranged that Union
! officer, accompanied by one of Lees officers,
! should carry this letter through the enemy s
| lines This route made the distance to Meade
nearly ten miles shorter than by the round
about way OF the Union lines Lee now
mounted his horse and directed Col Charles
| Marshall. his military secretary, to accom-
pany him. They started for AppomattoX
! court house in company with Babcock and
| followed by mounted orderly. When the
| party reached the village they met one Of its
| residents, named Wilbur Mclean, who was
told that Gen. Lee wanted to occupy a con-
venient room in some house in the town
Mclean ushered them into the sitting room
| of ore of the first houses he came TO- but
upon looking ABOUT and finding it quite small
End meegerly furnished, Lee proposed finding
something more comnodious and better fitted
for the occasion McLeen then conducted
the party to his own house, about the best one
in the town, where they awaited Gen. Grants
arrival.
The house had comfortable wooden
porch with seven steps leading up to it. A
hal! raj through the middle from front to
back, and on each side was a room having
two windows, one in front and one in rear
Each room had two doors opening into the
hall The building stood little distance
back from the street, with yard in front,
and to the left was gate for carriages and
a roadway running to stable in rear. We
entered the grounds by this gate and dis
mounted In the yard were seen fine large.
gray horse, which proved to be Cen Lees,
End a good looking mare belonging to Col.
Marshall. An orderly in gray was in charge
If M kal sal-a off ha,r I,-s<ll
let them nib5le the grass.
Gen. Grant mounted the steps and entered
the house. As he stepped into the hall, Col
Sabcock, who had seen his approach from
the window. opened che door of the room on
the let, in which he had been sitting with
Cen lee and Col Marshall. awaiting Gen.
Grants arrival The general passed in,
while the members of the staff Gems Sheri-
dan and Ord, and some general officers who
had gathered in the front yard remained out
side, feeling that he would probably want
his first interview with Gen Lec TO be. in a
measure, private In few minutes Col.
Babcock came to the front door, and making
a motion with his hat towards the sitting
room, ssid: THE general says, como in /:
was then about haf-past Of sunda7, Tire
9th Of ApriL
We walked in softly and ranged ourselves
uries..y aho.. the sides OF the room, very
much as people enter sick chamber wher.
they expect 70 find the patient dangerously
IL Some found seats on the sofa and a few
chairs which constituted the furniture, bat
most of the party stood.
THE TWO COMMANDERS
The contrast between the two command
CTS was very striking, and could not fail to
a.-r-a..r r,,artsai IT,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-08

SERENA, Dec. 6.-Besuiful weather.
Corn husking is nearly over.
School commenced at the Bend on Monday
with j. N. Porter to WELD the rod.
Miss Aggie Jacobs started to Aurora Mon
day morning for a winters term of school in
the seminary.
of this week We did not hear the parlic
uars.
The supper at the Bend church on Thank
giving was well attended. A good musical
programme was given. Misses Emily and
Fannie Coles, of Ottawa, gave us some very
fine songs which were highly appreciated.
They took in about S38.
GEORGE Bradshaw is husking corn at VIM.
Sinclair's.
Eugene Sinclair is suffering with o
sprained wrist.
Ed whtmore will winter at Peter Jacobs
Peter Jacobs 10 feeding about thirty steers
for market.
A few Of the young folks met Thursday
evening Of this week At Mr.. Brunk's to prsc
tice church music.
Anumbsr loads Of straw have been taken
from the vicinity Of Dayton within the lss'
week.
Henry Pool is getting up winter supply
Of wood.
Emma Muffer will commence school at the
Warren school house on Monday.
Rev. Huelster has been holding revival
meeting in the Zion Hill church for the last
two weeks.
Dan Gregg will teach south of Ottawa the
coming winter.
Miss Howard will teach the winter term
at the Miller school.
John Clifford is not attending school this
winter. GRANGER.