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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-13
ROCK ISLAND AHEAD.
The Latest Thing in Tourist Sleeping Cars

The Rock Island has inaugurated new
feature, which promises to create consid-
cradle interest In railway improvement, it
being free tourist car service, with nearly
all the conveniences of the palace car, in
Guiding colored porters in attendance, fine
hair mattresses, pillows, blankets, soap,
etc. When made up for the night the
fourteen sections are partitioned eff with
sliding panels and curtained with heavy
damask draperies. Tables, attachable to
the sides OF the interior, are provided for
each section. The cars are heated by
steam, the aisles carpeted, and cuspidores
for the cleanliness of the cars are added.
The duties Of the porter accom- anying
each car will be similar to those of the pal
ace car service-to look after the wants Of
the passengers and see that the car is kept
perfectly clean. In one end is the ladies'
lavatory, and in the other one for gentle
men, which are as nicely appointed and
furnished as the most fastidious would
desire. The intention of the Chicago,
Kansas & Nebraska is to furnish these
cars free OF charge to tourists or excursion
parties when the number of persons is suf
flclently large to justify the use OF a car or
cars. With such accommodations, and
without charge, there is no further peces-
sity OF a western tour without sleeping ac-
commodations, nor is it necessary to make
such trip expensive. 1t is a great in
ducement for parties, clubs, or any con-
siderable number of persons contemplate
ing trip to the Rocky Mountains, for in
stance. And too, the Denver& Rio Grande
has adopted the same scheme, and as the
Rock Island connects with this route in
Colorado, the free tourist car system will
no doubt be generally adopted by those in
search of the pleasure and health giving re-
gions of our observation-disclosures City
Journal. d 90
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-13
Boring a Square Hole.

The expression "As impossible as BORN 2
square hole" has held good since Noah's
ark slid from the ways. But mans inge-
nuity has at last assigned il TO the thick
coated oblivion now occupied by "White
Wings and Robert Elsmerel" An Iowa
man has invented machine that will ebore
square hole" 1t IS g very simple con-
trivance. Except the boring part it is like
an ordinary carpenters auger. But instead
of an anger an endless cham plays up and
down on either side of a shank, the shank
being in an upright position, just as the
auger is IN the carpenters machine. On
the bottom of this shank are two saws, one
on either side, three inches in diameter,
which revolve in a vertical position. They
cut the sides OF the mortise. The end
less chain is a series of steel bars. independ-
ent OF each other; few Of them have an
edge. This chain, or elevator, as the iu-
ventor terms it, runs along a groove in the
shank, down under the bottom where the
work Is done, in cutting away the wood be-
tween the two saws. The saws get their
momentum from the chain The machine
can be adjusted 70 any incline and make
hole as square as die, as was demonstrated
to the satisfaction of the reporter. Chicago
Tribune.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-13
Russian Petroleum.

NJ De Tchihatchef, Russian writer, as
serts that the average flow of petroleum in
the Baku region is $500 barrels per day, as
against 2. 800 barrels in the United States
The chief drawbacks encountered by those
who have worked the Baku oil fields have
been lack Of transportation and want of
cheap package A railway TO Bstoun, on
the Black sea, opened two maritime routes
TO Europe, aud met the first difficulty.
Cars and vessels constructed to carry
crude OIL met the last. and enabled re-
fineries TO be built In the interior Of the en-
pire wherever fuel might be cheapest II
is confidently predicted, since the compile
ton OF the Batoum railway, that Russian
oil will displsce American in European
markets, and that it viii even be possible
for the Russian product to compete Tor the
markets Of the United States. Il De
Tchihaichef points out g probable demand
in the near future for petroleum to serve
as fuel on the great lines of railway CON-
pIsted and still building in Asia -o~-7-e-s'-7
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-13
SCIENCE NOTES.

ALUMINIUM for dental purposes is said to
be coming into favor. 1t Is pronounced
better than rubber, being bright, strong,
odorless and wholesome, and less costly
than gold.
A DELICATB glue for mounting ferns and
seaweeds is made of five parts of gum
arabic. three parts white sugar, two parts
starch and a very little water. Boil until
thick and white.
THE manufacturers claim that their new
harness for work horses, which is made OF
steel aud applied in an entirely new way,
does not cost half as much as leather har-
nesses and Will last ten tunes as long.
NJ. MEYER, Of Paris, claims 10 have in
vented a paper indestructiole by fire.
Specimens have been exhibited which had
been for four hours in a pottery furnace.
He has also invented incombustible colors
and inks.
GREAT fields Of asphaltum have been dis
covered in Utah and Wyoming Territories.
One field near Vernial, O. T, contains 100
600 tons Of asphalt This asphalt was
formerly crude petroleum, which, escaping
from natural openings in the ground.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-13

weight of the rear end, are about two feet
in diameter
The whole engine is a ponderous affair
about forty-fve feet in length and standing
fifteen feet Ugh, as will be seen in the &C
companying cut; the cab is two-story af-
fair. The fre-box IS much larger than in
the ordinary locomotive, and the greater
heating surface is expected to give a CORE
spending increase Of power.
The wheels of the engine are Hanged, so
that it is impossible to run off the track.
Overhead runs anothar single rail, which is
ciasped by horizontal wheels that maintain
the engine in its upright position.
1t IS believed that the friction of the BIZ
cycle wheel will be hess than one-half of
that of the one-fange wheel and IN turning
curves not one-fourth of the present fric-
ton
About three hundred feet of the track was
built for the first trial, which was very sat-
isfactory TO the inventor. The upper wheels
scarcely touched the overhead rail and at
times stood still, so even was the working
of the engine and so perfectly was it bal
anced.
Mr.. Boynton has ordered four cars built
hnd as soon as completed the first cycle
train will be given a trial on longer track
The cars viii be "dou ble-deckers.n The
lower section will be divided into nine COM
psrtnents. They will not be an exact copy
Of The English carriages, as there will be
continuous system of ventilation secured
the length Of the car.
Each car or carriage will accommodate
eighty-six passengers The four cars will
weigh twenty-eight tons and have q seating
capacity of twelve palace cars, which weigh
20 tons, or six ordinary passenger cars,
which weigh $50 tons.
The upper section of these cars will be
provided with chairs, leaving space of
twenty inches between the two rows of
seats. The train will be continuous, the
overhead platforms making the whole train
seem like one car. being in that respect like
a yesubule train.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-13
WOOD CLOTH.
How Cloth is Manufactured from Wood
An Interesting Process.


An Interesting Process.
Mitscberlich has applied the bisulphite
process for reducing wood to the production
of fiber from wood which can be spun.
Thin boards or laths free from knots, but
of any desired width, are cut into STRIPS in
the direction parallel with the grain, and
are then boiled in a boiler containing solu-
ton of sulphurous acid or bisulphite This
boiling effects disintegration without re-
uuiring that the strips of boards shall be re-
duced to very small pieces. After boiling
the wood it is dried in the open air or in
specially constructed drying rooms. By
thus drying the product, the fiber, which is
originally very weak, and tends to break at
the slightest strain, becomes comparatively
strong and does not resume its very break
able condition on the addition of water.
The operations are carried out as follows:
The damp masses on the frame are trans
ferred to a travelling endless cloth, which
leads them to pair of rollers, which lay
be plain or provided with corrugations IN
the direction of their length, the ribs of the
one roller being made to gear into the re-
resses of the other one, whereby they
effect simultaneous strong bending and
squeezing Of the masses. The cutting Of
the material in passing through the cor
rugated rollers is avoided by causing the
endless cloth to pass over the lower roller
and BY placing canvas cover
ing around the upper roller. The
pressed masses fail from those rollers
on to a second endless cloth, which conveys
them to a second pair of rollers, from
which they are conveyed TO q third pair,
and so on, they being preferably pressed in
this way six times BY continued treat
ment of the wood the fbers become at
length so pliable and isolated from each
other that they can be employed directly
for coarse filaments
For obtaining perfect isolation of the
fibers, however, without material deterior-
alton, these operations alone are not suita-
bic, and their special purpose is to loosen
the fbers in the transverse direction, so
that in the following operation q thin, long
fiber may be obtained. For this purpose
the boiled and pressed masses are COM
pletelv dried. After drying they are
combed in the direction parallel with the
fibers by means of devices provided with
pins or teeth, II manner similar to the
operations for combing fax, cotton, etc,
but with the difference that the pins or
teeth Of the apparatus must be made very
strong. The separation of the extractable
matter from the fiber produced by boiling
the gums and soluble organic matter can
be affected at any time. It is, however,
preferably affected after the fiber has been
spun into threads, etc.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-13
A MUSICAL PRODIGY.
A Six-Year-Old st. Louis Girl Who Plays
Selections from Mozart.

A Six-Year-Old st. Louis Girl Who Play
Selections from Mozart.
lSt. Louis Chronicle.l
The little lady, Alice e. Barnes, is only
six, and she is a wonderful performer or
the piano. Her little hands ripple over
the keys with the grace and precision Of
an old scholar. The little prodigy was
asked to play and, unlike her older sisters
she readily consented, but remarked tha
she had not been formally introduced to
all present. This ceremony was soor
gone through, and then her mother lifted
her on the stool, and she played selec.
ton from Mozart. Her hands are too small
to cover an octave, but otherwise her exc.
cution was perfect
"You have not reached that age when
you object to telling it, have you, Miss
Barnes?"
"No, sir; rs des six years DID,"
"When will you be sevens'
'Nex Disscember."
"Who taught you to play so beautifully
on the piano?"
81 dess nobody did tot me; dis tot my
self.n
After the little blue eyed, blonde haired
mite, accompanied by her mother, had
executed brilliant duet, the reporter
asked Mr.. Barnes for the child's history.
"She could play quite well when she
was three years DID," said the proud faith
or. "When she would hear some one play
piano she would repeat the tune almost
perfectly. She played all her nursery
songs, and when we would take her to the
opera she would return home and repro.
duce many of the orchestra scores. Now
she plays nearly all the popular orchestra
music Of the day."
son the 18th of June we were on visit
to her grandfather's, in Plymouth, Wis,
the occasion being a golden wedding.
During the morning Alice went to her
grandfather and asked him IL he would
like to have her compose piece of music
for the occasion. OF course, he told her
that he would be delighted, and the little
tot went to the piano, and after putting on
enc Of the most serious faces you ever
saw, she improvised march. It is quite
a creditable piece of music, and one of the
st. Louis professors, who is a great adj
mirer of Alice, is going to follow her over
thc hcfS, WTitS IL OUT PUBLISH
The little wonder was requested to play
her grandfather's wedding march, which
she readily consented to do. 1t is filled
with inspiration and shows what a phe-
nomenal musical mind the child pos
sesses.
"Do you like your dolly or the piano
best?" she was asked
81 des like 'em boat l play to put nv
dolly to sleep, and den play to teep ii
awake"
Mrs. Barnes remarked that the piano
and her doll were her inseparable COM
panions. She will play for hours if not
disturbed, and while she is companionable
with other chill dren. she does not seem to
care for the many pastimes incident to
the lives OF little ones of her age.
Mr. Barnes is a job printer by trade, and
lives at 2e9 South Twenty-second street.
He says he viii not allow Alice to Ia ks
any course OF musical training until she
is at least ten years old, when she will be
sent to Europe to be given the classical
training which her ear now almost per-
fectly develops.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-13
The Wedding of the Moon.


Who's heard of the wedding OF the Moon?
The tale is worth . passing rhyme.
Ola Vulcan played the loud oassoon,
And 81 the dancing stars kept time.
The bride, she wore . misty vail
But beautifully shcne Ter eyes.
The groom. they say, looked somewhat pale
Yet filed the Air with happy signs.
They had motley company
The Water-Carrier, Scorpion. Bull,
The Archer. Lien. Genini-
In fact, OF guests the sky was full
Smiled Cassiopeia from her chair;
Orion gave the bride his blessing,
But Bereuice Of the shining hair
Tn TOLD her envy was distressing.
The Grea, ard Little Besr danced well
Like merry mother and her cub;
And Just for ouce-'ts strange 10 tell
Big Hercules gave rp bis club.
The groom, Why, who else but the Saaf
He like . bridegroom you have heard,
Comes forth re;oiced his race TO run;
And the Meon took him AZ his word
The wedding 6o1e, tie bridegroom straight
Set out upon his bright career;
Ano-oh, dear ne, bow sad . fsfei-
They have not met 70. many yeac.
But sim. Wherever be may roau-
he hopes 10 see hts dear wife sooa-
Poor, splendid SUM- be las no home
Untl oace more he Joins the Moon
George Parsons Lathror. In s S Zsz.<a
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-13
9ai19 eagle
POPULAR SCIENCE
A BICYCLE LOCOMOTIVE.
its Inventor Believes That 1t Will Revo-
lutionize Railroading.

II IboVOs
&utionize Railroading.
Railroad men are deeply interested, says
the New York Journal, in the experiments
OF Hon. E. Moody Boynton, Of Portland, Ne,
who believes that he will revolutionize the
entire system of railroading.
MIR. Moody's idea is that trains can be run
on single rail more swiftly and economi-
cally than on the parallel rails now in use
For the purpose of illustrating his ideas
he has built the first cycle locomotive,
which proved SO successful upon trial re-
Gently at Portland that he has ordered cars
built to make up the complete cycle train.
In general appearance the cycle locomo-
tive resembles the ordinary locomotive,
with smokestack, boiler and cab for the en-
glneer and fireman. The difference is that
it rests upon single driving-wheel, with
two wheels in line under the tender.
1t presents rather Q curious sight, how
ever, standing upon its three wheels on
single track. The main wheel, which cor
responds to the big wheel of a bicycle, Is
eight feet IN diameter. The other two,
which are simply followers to support the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-03
Wigs for the Fair.

There is very pretty young married
woman in society here, writes corre-
spondent of the Albany Argus, who
lost all her beautiful dark locks year
ago through the use OF patent bleaching
preparations. So now she has to wear a
wig until they shall grow out again in
their original blackness. But she
makes the best Of the misfortune, and,
having a small number of artificial
coifures, varying in shade all the way
from straw color to ebony hue, she is
accustomed to ask the gentlemen of
her acquaintance jocularly what hair she
shall wear this day or that. AS long as
the opportunity lasts, she says, she
means to make the best of it by varying
her complexion at least three times a
week. Her eccentricity reminds the
writer of an old man he used to know,
who always wore an ordinary brown wig
on week days and black wig for best
on Sundays. Such a thing as wearing
different sorts of bangs on various oc-
caslons is common enough among girls,
the correspondent is led to believe.
And this reminds him of young wom-
an he knows who affects a good deal
of the lack of sentiment and express
lively common-sense ways characteristic
Of the Boston girl. One evening, not
1OAS oSO, JOuAS Mdu WuOu sue
cordially disliked had been making her
visit, gushing over, as usual in his
conversations, with idiotic compli-
ments. At length, with an air and &C
cent designed to be quite irresistible and
heart-crushing, he said:
"My dear Miss P, your hair is so
beautiful Should l be venturing too
gross liberty if l begged you to give
me one little lock of it?"
'Notat all, Mr.. K.," replied the lady,
in a perfect matter-of-fact tone "Ycu
are quite welcome"
And with that she deliberately de-
tached small curl from above her pink
little ear on the left side, and gravely
presented it, hairpin and all, to the i'm
Fortunate dude. Of course he took it.
He could not perceive that there was
anything else to do. But he has not
been to call on that particular young
woman since, and she INDUCES great
hopes that he will never come back any
more.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-03
A Barkeeper's Conscience.
From the Atlanta Journal.

from the Atlanta Journal
ST had funny kind of an experience
last night" said barkeeper to me last
week. 81 was standing behind the bar
when stranger hurried in, and said in
determined sort of way, as he threw
down dollar, Give me drink, and a
big one; haven't tasted drop of liquor
in two years, but I'm going to get drunk
tonight
"Well, SIR" continued the barkeeper,
"do you know, queer sort of feeling
came over me, and I wouldn't have sold
that fellow drink for my weight in
gold. / looked straight at him for min
ute and said: Partner, you can't get
drunk here. If you have not had a
drink in two years | won't be the man
to sell you the first one.'
7 GU are the dickens of barkeep-
err said the fellow
That's all right, partner, but you
can't wake up tomorrow wishing you
were dead, and cursing me for making
you drunk.
An hour afterwards 1 met the bar
keeper again. His face was bright and
smiling and he seemed happy over some
thing. "a
II saw the fellow il now who want
ed the drink last nighss8 he said.
He thanked me very kindly for re-
fusing to sell it to him, and said it had
probably saved him from drunkard' g
grave. a4
"He said he was madwhen he left nv
saloon, but before he reached the next
one he began thinking About what had
said, got ashamed ofhimself, and went
to take another drink as long as he
1ivod ,,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-03
NOTES FOR THE LADIES.

FoULARDs are again In high favor.
CoLoRED stockings will soon be things
of the past
THERE is a revival of the garnet as a
fashionable jewel.
INDIA muslin promises to be prime
favorite this summer.
Low hats tied on with narrow strings
are worn at tennis parties.
RIBBONS intended for sashes vary in
width from ten to twelve inches.
TAPESTRY painting is the craze of :he
moment with young girl art students.
LEATHER and chamois trimmings are
again seen on travelling and utility suits.
For dressy afternoon, ball and evening
toilets the stockings must match the
gown in color.
HE newest earrings are revival of
the old Creole hoops of gold or silver.
plain, chased, or set with jewels.
SOME of the daintiest parasols Of net
and tulle are fringed all around with the
petals OF roses, peoples. lilies, or ferns.
GOLD used in almost any way is fash
lonable. There are oriental muslins and
grapes striped or interviewer with gold
tinsel.
SMALL low hats, low coiffures, un-
draped skirts. no bustles, full sleeves,
and wide belts are the features in all
fashionable toilets.
PLAIN tissues are trimmed with bands
of gold galloon or several rows of gold
braid when the sash is omitted, and a
glrdle or belt to correspond IS worn
around the waist.
A NEW use for Japanese lamp shades
of crimped tissue paper is to use them
Tor the covers OF hower-pots when such
are utilized Tor table or indoor decOra
lions or sent as present to friend.
SKIRTS now frequently cut, 80 as to
sweep the ground a few inches behind,
are said to be protest on the part of
the French dressmakers against the En-
glish form of tailor made costumes.
SAsHEs are mostly tied at the back or
just behind the LETT hip; a rosette may
tie substituted for loops, but the stream
ers should always reach to the hem of
the skirt. Flowers are sparingly used.
THERE is great fancy this season for
red, and it will be surely much worn at
the summer resorts and at the seaside.
Red cotton, spotted or sprigged with
black or white, is as fashionable as red
mousseline de laine.
A FASHIONABLE way of making skirts is
to draw them up in honeycomb gathers
to depth Of some four inches below the
waist, whence they fall in accordion
pleats." High-shouldered full sleeves
are the natural finish to such gowns.
THE black, white and vari-colored tulle
dresses, which are taking the place of
the lace gowns heretofore considered an
indispensable part of a lady's wardrobe
effects, are made Of a coarse, strong net,
either plain. dotted, beaded, or embroi-
dered.
The great majority OF dresses worn at
dances just now are entirely devoid of
draper1es, and consists of semi-trans-
parent tissue gathered rather full over a
silk fourreau, with low bodice full to cor
respond, sash and shoulder knots.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-03
The Ghost of Guiteau.

Guiteau still fingers at the District
Jail, says a Washington letter. That is
what the superstitious prisoners say, for
they claim that they see him every
night, and if you were to bring any
amount of testimony to contradict them
they would still adhere to their theory
that the assassin stalks around the cor
ridors every night. The cell in which
he was located when Sergt. Mason shot
at him has been unoccupied ever since.
The bunk has been removed and the
apartment is as bare as it was left by the
builders. The marks of the soldiers
bullet are still plainly to be seen. The
missile entered the window OF the cell
at slight angle and struck the wall op-
posite to that upon which the murder
er's bunk was located, from which point
It glanced and fiattened against the wall
in the rear. Had Guiteau been stand
ing at the window the bullet could hard
~ have missed him. Gen. Croker, the
warden of the Jail, says he has great
trouble IN getting prisoners to remain
content In any of the cells in which Gui-
teau was confined. The assassin, after
being shot at by Sergt. Mason, was con-
fined in cell in the opposite corridor,
the same being separated by brick
partition, and. Notwithstanding the fact
that so many years have elapsed since
1t was graced by the wretched occupant,
every prisoner knows which was Gui-
teau's cell and begs not to be confined
therein. The ghost of the assassin, SO
the prisoners say, roams about at all
hours of the night, and the guards are
frequently called by prisoners who fam
cy they see the apparition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-03

upon. Neither WIS vet satisfied, and
finally Ward staked mis- plantation
against divers brick row in Little
Rock, with some trifling odds in the lat
ter's favor. Oliver lost and the transfer
OF the houses was duly made to Ward.
He kept them, and their titles can still
be traced from him to the present own
ers. The houses are still standing, and
though many other brick buildings
adorn the city now, those four, which
are commonly known as Gamblers
Row." are every day pointed out to Wis.,
itors as objects of special interest. Col
Oliver, it is said, has ever since been
comparatively poor man.