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Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
WHAT INVENTION hAs DONE.

In making bread boxes three workers can
do the work Of thirteen box makers by old
methods
In cutting out clothing and cloth caps with
dies one worker does the work Of three by
old methods
In leather manufacture modern methods
have reduced the necessary number of work
ers from 5 to 50 per cent.
A carpet measuring and brushing machine
with one operator will do the work of fifteen
men by the old methods.
In the manufacture Of -four modern i'm
provements save rs per cent. of the manual
labor that once was necessary.
In making tin cans one man and boy,
with modern appliances, can do the work OF
ten workers by the old process.
By the use of coal mining machines 100
miners In a month can mine as much coal in
the same time as 500 miners by the old
methods.
One boy, by machinery, in turning wood
work and materials for musical instruments,
performs the work of twenty-five men by the
old methods.
In the manufacture of boots and shoes the
displacement of wage earners Of 50 per cent.
by aid of machinery.
In mailing on shoe heels one worker and
boy, with machinery, can heel 300 pairs OF
shoes per day. 1t would require five workers
to do the same by hand.
The horse power Of steam used in the
United States on railways, steamers and in
factories and mites was, in 1888, IL, 100, 900
against 1,6lo, 900 IN 1850.
In stave dressing twelve colaborers, with
machine, can dress 1000 slaves in the same
time that the same number Of workers by
hand could dress z, 500 slaves.
In the cotton mills in the United STATES the
manual labor has been reduced about 80 per
cent. Now one weaver manages from two
to ten looms, where one loom was formerly
tended by one worker.
In the manufacture of brick improved de-
vices save one-tenth of the labor, and in the
manufacturing Of fire brick 10 per cent of
the manual labor is displaced.
In the manufacture of carriages it used to
take one man thirty-ive days to make car
rage. 1t Is now made by the aid Of machin-
cry with the work of one man twelve days.
In the manufacture Of agricultural imple
ments 600 operatives, with machinery, in
GLIDING eighteen classes Of wage earners, do
the work of 2,145 wage earners without ma
chinery, displacing 1,545 workers.
The introduction of machinery in the man
ufacture of childrens shoes during the last
thirty years has displaced six times the
manual labor now required, and the product
Of manufacture has been reduced so per cent.
to the consumer.
In the manufacture of wall paper one
worker, by the aid Of machinery, does the
work of 100 workers by manual labor. and in
cutting and drying paper by machinery four
men and six girls do the work Of 100 opera
tors by old methods.
In manufacturing gun stocks one man by
manual labor was able to turn and fit one
gun stock in one day of ten hours, while
three men now by division of labor and the
use Of machinery can turn and fit 125 to $50
gun stocks in ten hours This displaces
the work of forty-four to forty-nine wage
workers
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
NOVELTIES IN JEWELS.

Diamonds inserted in the ivory are now
seen in miniature portrait jewelry.
Ten moonstone balls arranged in pyra-
mid form scarf pin recently shown.
Mounted on plain gold hoop bracelet, a
moth Of diamonds, opals and rubies shows
with fine effect.
A large white pearl held between the NIP
pers Of realistic looking crab is recent de
sign for lace pins.
Among scarf pins the much abused tele-
graph pole is represented with diamond insu-
lators on the gold arms.
Initials formed by sprays of gold backed
enamel forget-me-nots are lace pins recently
seen at the watering places.
Queen chain pendants are assuming every
conceivable form. An Eighteenth century
spinning wheel is the most recent.
A sea shell in relief, with finely etched ma
rine scenes surrounding it, forms az artistic
decoration for silver mirror front.
A plain gold cirneter with the hilt pro-
fusely inlaid with emeralds and turquois
forms decidedly handsome hair pin.
A full face portrait of Gen. Boulanger
carved on silver ring should find a ready
sale among the generals French admirers.
A gold ruby eyed snake, coiled around the
head of tortoise shell lair pin, attracts con-
siderable attention from lovers Of the unique
Diamonds, rubies and sapphires formed into
three Leaf blowers on the surface Of dull
yold match box are costly but effective dec
eotion Jewellers Weekly.
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
CREATIONS LOWER ORDERS.

A Wheeling man paid q Greene county
farmer Sl25 for horse that died on It's way
home
a bluff near Big Meadows, Cal, is said to
be alive with bees the. have filed every ere
vice with honey.
\ Cadiz. O., cat tried 10 kill three-foot
black snake. She didn't succeed, but was
choked tn death in the attempt
Toads from the squares loiter around the
Philadelphia electric light poles TO feast on
the fried bugs that tumble 10 them sizzling
hot
A lecturer in San Francisco, treating Of
the lower forms Of animal life, said that the
oyster is capable Of being educated in linn
tied way
j. Backus, of Ingham county, Mich, has a
swarm of fighting bees. They recently at
tackled a flock OF twenty-five turkeys and
killed every bird in the flock
After rain in Tuscumbia, Ala. young
catfish. from four to seven inches in length,
were picked up all over the city. They are
supposed TO have rained down
The largest number Of wild beasts ever
shipped on a single vessel from Hamburg, the
great animal market, left there recently for
the geological garden OF Buenos AyreS
In a Paris circus a trained Ion is st pres
eut being exhibited who rides on horseback.
jumps through hoops and over bars, fires of
pistols and performs number OF similar
tricks
The Hague museum has recently acquired
-he tongue OF Jan de Witt and the great toe
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
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WOMEN WHO WRITE

Julia Ward Howe has begun the study OF
The Russian language.
Mrs. Oscar Wilde Is one of the most popu-
Ear women orators In Englapd
Mrs. Jennie June Croly is to start new
publication entitled The Woman's Century.
Louisa NJ Alcott wrote the only hmm of
her life, 'My Kingdom" at Is years of age.
1t has been found that 10000 books have
been written by women in the United States
Edna Lyall's new novel will have its scenes
laid in Norway, where the authoress spends
her summers
Jean Ingelow's health continues to be so
frafl that she can devote but little time to
literary work.
Mrs Humphrey Ward, Miss Olive Schreiner
and Mrs Margaret Deland are called the ag-
nostic trinity.
Mne Mutsu, wife OF the japanese minister
at Washington, is translating a japanese
novel into English.
The MarchioneSs of Stafford has written a
book Of travels which is said to be worthy of
the pen Of any school girl
Lily Curry has completed her descriptive
volume upon Central America and will soon
return to New York city.
DR.. Amelia B. Edwards has sent to the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts a fine collection
of ancient Egyptian textiles
Miss Laura Daintrey, who has gone abroad
will spend the greater part Of her time in
Scotland, where she expects to finish her
new book
Sarah Orne Jewett recently told friend
that she had written as much as 6,o00 words
a day, besides letters; her usual average is
$500 words
Kate Chase Sprague is writing biogra-
ply Of her father, the late Chief Justice
Chase, and contemplates publishing volume
of persona memoirs
Mrs. 8. J. Eigginson, author of "a Prin-
cess Of Java published two years ago, is
writing book on Java for The Riverside
Library for Young People.
Miss Emily Stevenson, one of the chief
workers on the index of the Encyclopaedia
Britannica, (" is q NEWMAN girl, who took hon
ors in the moral science tripos
Miss Bertha Patmore the daughter of the
poet, IL achieving distinction, some Of her
studies Of natural objects being pronounced
gems of draughtsInanship by English art
critics
Mrs. F. Macdonald, who is writing biog-
Taphy Of Rousseau to rival John Morley's
work on the great Frenchman, has, in gath
ering her material, visited every town and
village visited by Rousseau.
Miss Drexel. Of Philadelphia, who has
given away her many millions and viii spend
her life in religious work, was led to adopt
this course by the powerful influence of the
religious writings of Count Tolstoi-
Nine Evrelnova, doctor of jurisprudence
of one Of the German universities, and Miss
IL Zebrillova, well known essayist, are at
the head of The Northern Messenger, one of
the best Russian monthly magazines
Mrs E. D. Z. n Southworth, who has
written seventy-nine stories and novels, and
earned over 100000 by her pen, thinks she
might have aided mankind in general far
more by writing some sweet pathetic ballad.
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
AUTHORS MANUSCRIPTS,

Macaulay wrote on foolscap and in a very
large hand.
George Sand wrote neatly upon nicely
ruled note paper.
Charlotte Bronte wrote in the minutest of
characters in diminutive note book.
Miss Alcott did some of her best work on
the back of her fathers old manuscript
Charles Dickens covered every inch Of his
manuscript, as though paper were scarce and
dear.
Some of Mark Twain's jokes are said to
have originally occupied entire sheets of
cardboard.
Douglas Jerrold jotted down his witty In
spirations on narrow, ribbon ike strips OF
blue paper.
The novelists, Charles Reade and Victor
Hugo, preferred immense snsets OF paper
and the coarsest of pens
BARLEY Campbell scrubbed of his famous
play, Ny Partner" on common wrapping
paper, with s blunt lead pencil
Both William Black and r D. Blackmore
cover dainty sheets of note paper with their
almost microscopic chirography.
Lew Wallace writes his first draft upon a
slate and finishes upon large sheets Of white
unruled paper, an a most faul:les chiro-
GRANNY
Ouiua covers large sheets Of blue paper
with an almost undecipherabls chirography,
written in an excessively b0.d and masculine
hand
Wlkie Collins writes on very large sheets
Of paper, and his copy is said 10 abound IL
alterations, e1cisions and scraps Of pasted
manuscript
Miss Braddon is stated 10 have penned
some Of her most thrilling passages on torn
envelopes or any other bit OF paper that
came 70 hand
Mrs Lucy Stone Blackwell was accustomed
70 write Der editorials fer The Wonsn's
Journal on the backs Of circulars and similar
scraps Of waste paper.
Mr.. Shorshoase, the suthor OF John II
gleSaIt," is reported 20 have violated all the
csnors Of the printing Office by sanding in
the copy for that once popular novel written
on both sides o. Daper OF various slzeA
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
ENGLISH PROVERBS.

He that is warm thinks all are so.
He's gone upon sleeveless errand.
he that is angry is seldom at ease.
He that runs in the night stumbles.
He that runs fast must not run long
He that bows in the dust fills his eyes.
He that plants not corn plants thistles.
He that has no shame has no conscience.
He must stoop low that hath low door,
He that always complains is never pitied
He must needs run whom the devil drives
He loves roast beef well that ticks the spit
He that goes a-borrowang goes a-sorrowing.
He that liveth wickedly can hardly die hon
estly.
He plays well that wins Hes Jack in
Office.
He loses his thanks who promises and de.
layetb.
He loses nothing that keeps God for his
friend.
He that lives not well one year sorrows for
it seven.
he that reckons without his host must reck-
on again.
He that ticks honey from thorns pays too
dear for it,
He that lies down with dogs must expect to
rise with feas.
He that falls in an evil cause falls in the
devils frying pan
He may well be contented who needs Meth
er borrow nor fiatter
He giveth twice that giveth in a trice. he
has a bee in his bonnet
He that hath good harvest may be con-
tent with some thistles
He lacks most that longs most Help the
lame dog over the stile.
He that hath no silver in his purse should
have silver on his tongue.
He that lendeth loses double doses both
his money and his friendl
BE doubles bis gift who gives in time. He
fights with his own shadow.
He has bought his noble for nine pence. He
has had bite upon bis bride.
Hear twice before you speak once. He
dances well to whom fortune pipes.
He is a wise man who speaks little He is
proper who hath proper conditions.
He knows not B from a bulls foot. He
knows not hawk from handSaw.
He liveth long and liveth well He'll find
some hole TO creep out at He loses nothing
for the taking u unidentified.
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
DON'TS.
Don't wear tight clothing of any sort.

Don't wear tight clothing of any sort.
Don't hang your Macintosh in a warm
place.
DON'T affect horizontal stripes if you are
short in stature
Don't confound very tight glove with a
well fitting glove.
Don't carry 4 silk umbrella at the middle
Use the handle always
Don't wear an deliberately patterned vest
with Prince Albert coat.
Dent sit cross legged if you wish to pre-
serve the set Of your trousers
! Don't wear pronounced effects in down
stripes if you are tall ard slight.
: Don't-though some men with pretensions
70 style do-wear a high hat with sack
" coat.
Don't put on a collar which has just been
relaundered, without examining it for raw
edges.
Don't wear make up neckwear if you can
ndjus6 easily and gracefully your ties and
lcarfs.
Don't wear last seasons hat with the idea
that people Will regard you as prosperous but
eccentric.
Don't get into heated argument on a
EImmer's day unless your linen is thoroughly
well starched.
Don't play tennis with the ordinary bust
ness shoes on. The right sort for tie game
can be had cheap
Don't wear satin or raised pattern neck
wear if your beard is harsh or bristly. Wear,
Srstead, close woven silk, such as gros grain,
etc.-Men's Cutfittcr.
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
REMEMBER THAT.

A stone, used by grocers is equal to Il
pounds.
To find the amount of hay in a NOW allow
5l2 cubic feet for a ton
A box Is inches square and 2-5 inches deep
viii contain one bushel.
1t takes from ~ to , bushels of wheat to
sow one acre Of ground.
A cord of stone, three bushels of lime and
a cubic yard of sand VIII lay 100 cubic feet
of wall.
One cent saved each day and put out at 6
per cent. interest viii accumulate TO $3.50 in
fifty years.
A thousand iaths will cover seventy yards
of surface, and II pounds OF lath nails viii
nail them on.
Eight bushels of good lime, Is bushels Of
ssnd and blshel OF hair VIII make enough
good mortar - plaster 100 square wards.
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21

Missouri Pacific railway the shortest
ne to st. Louis, by IS miles. d 124-tf
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
STRAY BITS.

The elevators of the New York Produce
Exchange carry en- average Of "A 600 pas
sengers day, or nearly 5000, 0C0 year.
The province of Ontario, Canada, is pos
sessed OF the most extensive deposit of rock
salt which has yet been found on the Ameri-
can continent.
The salmon fishery Of Alaska is extending
rapidly. In 1883 the number of cases packed
was sc, 900; last year 4S9, 293, and this year it
will be over 100000.
What seems to be reliable account of a
case of hydrophobia cured by eating the
leaves of the maguey plant is going the
rounds of the Mexican press
Walter A Stanley, Massachusetts, boy,
has constructed locomotive, ip length, 80
inches; height, ~ inches; drivers, 3 inches;
cylinders, 1b inches; weight, 16 pounds, and
which runs over track about - feet long.
From the Egyptian manuscripts owned by
the Austrian Archduke Rainier it appears
that printing with movable types was prac-
ticed in Egypt in the Ninth cent ury Of our
era, and that paper factory existed in Bag
dad as early as 794.
An American syndicate is reported to have
offered s, 900, 900 francs for the right of keep
ing a gambling house like that at Monte
Carlo at Toftchider, Hungary. The author
tiles, however, hesitate, though it would
bring enormous profits to the town.
The bristles used in the manufacture @.
brushes come mostly from Russia. In thil
st. Petersburg is the largest market in the
world, though Poland, Belgium, Germany,
France and Chicago also supply large guam
titles, which, however, are of inferior quality.
According to the st. Louis Republic there
are 6,0O0, 900 acres of land uncultivated out
of total acreage Of LAO, 600 in the south
western corner of that state. This vacant
land would make $500 farms Of 100 acres
each for settlers and would sustain not less
than quarter of a mill people.
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
Few are Free

FROM Scrofula, which, being heredi-
tary, is the latent cause of ConSump-
ton, Catarrh, Loss of Sight, Eruptions,
and numerous other maladies. To eff
feet cure, purify the blood with
Ayers SarsapariIla. Begin early. and
persist till every trace of the poison is
eradicated.
Il can heartily recommend Ayers
Sarsaparilla for all those who are affiict-
ed with scrofulous humors. / had
suffered for years. and tried various
remedies without effect. Finally. Ayers
Sarsaparilla gave relief and put me in
my present good healthy condition. -
L. NJ. Howard, Newport, y. II.
My daughter was greatly troubled
with scrofula, aud. AZ one time. II was
feared she would lose her sight. Ayers
Sarsaparilla has completely restored
her health, and her ewes are as well
and strong as ever. with not trace Of
scrofula in her system. = Geo. Kipr.
Killingly, Conn.
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
Ayers SarsapariI!a,
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Or. J. c. Aver & Co., LoweH, Mass
Price 81; six bottles, IS. Worth So bottle.
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21

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Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
Ee adithta Badly ga.: 1adussday orug august a. 1888
OF his brother, Cornelius de Witt, two states
nlea who were torn to pieces by m enraged
people in 1872

OF his brother, Cornelius de Witt, two states
people in 1872
One Of the sports at Cape May this season
is to shoot with rifles at porpoises, schools Of
which swim along shore within range. Even
the ladies engage In the hunt for the game.
Comparatively few of the fish are shot, how
ever.
A man at Chico, Cal, on opening his ice
chest recently, was surprised to find two
pound catfish inclosed in cake of ice. The
fish was released and placed in bucket Of
water, where it quickly became as frisky as
kitten.
Professor Flower exhibited at Lambeth re-
Gently the shell Of a tortoise which had lived
100 years, outstaying eight archbishops. At
Peterborough there are the remains Of an
other tortoise which, when it died, was $50
years old.
Miss Simpson, of Ayr township, Fulton
county, Pa, placed eight eggs under turkey
hen that was sitting in a field of grass on the
farm, and few days ago she found mother
turkey demurely sheltering eight plump
young turkeys and two frisky young rabbits.
A resident of Morgantown, W. Va, has a
dog that is trained to act as cash boy, and
with written order and the money in his
mouth he will do the marketing properly,
his only fault being that if he meets another
dog he will swallow the money to have a
fight. The master hn lost $3.50 In this man.
ner.
A. J. Ranew, Of Telfair county, Ga. says
that while blowing lately he unearthed a
pair of twin snakes about six or eight inches
long and of a greenish color. Their bodies
were grown together for about an inch near
the center. They had two separate and dis
tinct heads and tails, and when touched
would lick out their tongues and show fight,
He kept them until they died.
Wichita eagle., 1889-08-21
SPECIAL.

There are three blanks prepar-
ed especially by @. Henry n.
COpp, Of Washington City, for
Oklahoma; which We are selling
at the low price OF so cents per
hundred.
Z W.T.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-06-11

In Dress Suits we show some
very pretty things in wide
Wales. AS a general thing you
see two styles in Clothing stock
where we show seven; thus y ou
can see why ii is that a man
can hardly come into our store
without finding what he wants,
he he long or short, stout or
slim, rich or poor. We SUIT
them all
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-06-11
wAETR! MORE WATER!
The Bed Of Beaverhead River As Dry As q
Powder Horn In Places.

The Bed Of Beavsrhead River As Dry a. a
Powder Horn In Places.
Dillon Tribune; The crops Of grain and
grasses on the lower BeayeThead river are
now suffering greatly for the want Of
water 10 irTigate the fields. There was
such a light fall Of snow in the mountains
last winter that the supply of water from
the melting snow is unusually light all
over southern Montana The prevailing
drouth has added greatly TO the dry condi-
ton Of the ground, and everything grow
ing is suffering thereby. Without
rain, and without q supply OF water
In the stream to rrigate with, the
outlook for many Of our ranchmen is not
at all fiattering at present, and II rain does
not fall soon the effect will be depressing
on this section OF Montana The bed OF
the Beaverhead river below Bishops ranch
Is dry owing 70 all the water above being
number OF irrigating bitches. Below
Bishops. there being no water for irrigat-
ing. the heids will produce no grain and
the bottoms no grass This shortage of
water has brought on conflicting claims as
to which parties are entitled 70 the waters
of the river by virtue of prior locations of
water rights. Some Of the ranehmen down
the river claim they own the oldest rights
TO the waters OF the Beaverhead river and
that their rights extend up the river to the
source Of supply. The right TO the water
will probably be settled by the courts
This scarcity Of water will make IL bad for
this part of the territory The inclosed
land on some OF the ranches referred 70 Is
worthless without water, and one of the
consequences Of q dry season like the pres
ent one, will be that land will not be assess
able for It's full value because IL Is desert,
dry and non productive
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-06-11
NOT SUCH A CALAMITY.
A Seattle Man Who Thinks the Big Fire
Was a Blessing

A Seattle Man Who Thinks the Big Fire
Was Blessing
CHICAGO, June I'D. II. Gilman, a
prominent railroad man. OF Seattle. w. T.,
who arrived in Chicago yesterday, LETT
Seattle the day before the big fire, but be
says from his knowledge OF the city the
loss will insure to Seattle's benefit
"The part OF the city burned" he says, 'is
confined almost wholly to the business dis
triet IL consisted Of many fine large build
ings, bat in nearly every case these struc-
tnres were surrounded by blocks OF wooden
buildings, the loss of which, knowing that
they will be replaced by larger and
more substantial ones, is a compensation
for the more expensive structures de-
sroyed- The hre did not reach that por-
tion where its progress would have left
qestltutlon-the residence district-aud 1
DO not believe there will be aDy call for
general assistance. Gov. Terry has asked
Tor contributions from those in the terri
tory, and 1 think that. with what will be
voluntarily voted, will alleviate any actual
want The buildings DESTROYED were
mainly owned by those we'll able 20 sustain
the loss. Most OF the owners are old resi-
dents, and many Of them millioDaires 1
believe II Is fact that the property WAS
also generally unmOTtgaged, and altogether
although the loss will probably be between
IS, 500, 600 and $4,000, 900, il is not the cal
amity that 10 might appear"