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Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

DRDPPERS, FEEDERS AND VARIATIONS
When the shafts sunk by the rival parties
develop a true fiSsure vein rich in ore, and
both are struggling TO get deeper and the
controversy is long drawn out, the elements
OF II paItalle of the humorous and the tragic.
While smooth spoken gentlemen fight it out
in the courts above, and half jocular, half
devilish miners smoke each other out. the
toughest of the camp, like vultures attracted
by carrion, begin to gather around and fire.
Quently take part in the fight. The noted
Bill Hickman, of Utah, once very placidlv
! offered his services TO one claimant when l
was present to raise a band to clean out the
other parties. But this is generally the last
resort.
Men are slow TO fight in the mine, for shots
fired In the narrow precincts of a true fissure
crevice are very apt TO hit something. Chi
cane is the most natural recourse Some
times party which has the deepest work
iugs discovers that after ell the vein is but
''gslsh vein," or ''droppar," or feeder
or that ii ends IN cap: IN other words. it
has q bottom and is OF lutte value Then
| the party so discovering Immediately becomes
anxious for compromise, and still more
| anxious not TO let the other party know that
II Is anxious. Then there is a great deal Of
talk about the benefits of a compromise. the
beauties OF Christian fellowship and peace
Then one frequently hears such expressions as
WHATS the use OF fighting all our lvcsm or
ut won [ do any Of Us any good; let's make an
offer to give and take" And it does some
times happen that when the party making
the offer has sold its claim at anything from
five thousand TO five hundred thousand dol
lars, the other party goes ahead sleefully,
alld IN a little while finds the claim Is not
the only thing that has been sold" But old
birds are not easily caught with chat. and a
proposition from the opposing party 10 COM
promise Immediately excites suspicion. Il
Is then that the highest talent OF both sides
Is called into requisiticn, aud every man is
expected TO stand by his fellows with more
than Spartan flrnness and more than Ma
/ sonic Secretiveness
IN TACT, every man Is under suspicion. not
oniy the employees III the suspected company,
but every man who associates with them;
every man who comes 10 the mining camp st
sCch a tune. Socistyis divided. politics are
Changed, ana IN some cases the quarrel even
goes INTO the churches and schools. 4
stranger arriving In such town at such a
time, especially if the mines are Of such value
As 10 oveTshadow all Others. as was the casa
with the Dives and PelIcan. Immediately be-
comes an object OF interest II he fingers
about that uliIs Or Is seen talking with
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16


New York. There was no one present at the
ceremony which followed except those who
had gone from Philadelphia and the doctors
wife. The marriage was celebrated accord
ing to the Universalist form and with ring.
After the marriage the wedding party re-
entered the carriage and drove to the ST.
Cloud hotel.
Now if all this trouble in going from Phila-
delphia was to avoid the Philadelphia report
ers, Mr.. and Mrs Mcdowell took step
from the frying pan" only to walk s'into
the fire." AS soon as the newly married
couple stepped from their carriage and en-
tered the hotel, that model Of poiteness, a
New York reporter, advanced with his usual
rbanity and rendered the customary con-
CALCULATIONS. Subterfuges are in order on
such occasions, and the groom declared that
the wedding had been postponed because the
little girl who was to have been one of the
witnesses was not of age; but tho reporter,
remembering that the cloth must by virtue
of its sacred Office speak the truth on all oc
casions, applied to the dominic and learned
that the marriage had really taken place.
Miss Davenport was married to her former
husband, Mr.. Price, in 1879. He had been
her leading man and continued to act with
her as such after the marriage; but after q
while devoted himself to the business con-
nected with his wife's professional work, and
Mr.. Mcdowell became leading man. 1t soon
became apparent TO Mr.. Price that the posi-
ton of leading man which he had vacated
was likely to be occupied by his predecessor
in another than a professional sense, and he
became jealous The stories circulated at the
time of difficulty between the pair were de-
MED by Miss Davenport, but were followed
in time by the divorce. One year later Mr..
Mcdowell became leading man matrimonially
as well as professionally.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

NAILS body with absolute certainty, and care
must be taken that his head and feet are
moistened and that the metallic terminals
are properly arranged The chair, too,
might be provided with clasps, which pre-
vent him from moving his hands or feet. As
for the electric force, it could be supplied
from the electric lighting station. or. in case
of necessity, an induction coil and battery
or dynamo could be used.
"But, even if the chair be perfect, it is not
at all certain that condemned criminal
could not battle the authorities, at least for a
time. Unless bis jailers keep their eyes open
an aocomphcs can easily slip to him coil
of thin copper wire, and by slipping this un-
der his clothes and stretching it from his
sleeve buttons to the metallic terminals he
could escape death. Imagine this trick being
played in the Jail Of some small county town.
Is it not quite possible that the officials would
become overawed by the criminals apparent
invulnerabihty and that he would eventually
get off scot freel
"Again, an accomplice might supply a
criminal with collodion so that he might
cover his feet and neck with it, or he might
smuggle some fine oil in to him for the same
purpose, thinking that by thus invisibly COW
ering the neck and feet the current would be
prevented from passing through the body.
In this case, however, the friendly accom-
plice would prove the criminals worst enemy,
because very strong current would certain
~ pierce through both collection and Gil, and
whether it killed Immediately or not, would
cause the patient intense suffering
HOW IT Is TO BE DONE.
The commission appointed by the legisla-
ture to investigate the subject finally con-
cluded that the best way would be to have
the current pass through the head from the
top to the back Of the neck One electrode is
fitted to the top Of the prisoners head, anoth-
er placed in contact with the small of his
back. The top electrode connects with the
positive pole, the bottom with the negative
pole. A leathern rest holds tho prisoners
head and bands keep him from moving The
current, in going from one electrode to an
other, does not keep in straight line, but
spreads out and goes through the entire
brain It resembles somewhat bundle of
fagots tied at the two ends and swelling out
in the middle.
The seat Of consciousness being in the
brain, and the headquarters for all the
nerves being located there it is of course as
plain as day that when an electro-motive
force of 5000 volts is applied, the prisoner is
bound to die
At any rate the question VIII be solved
when the scheme is tried on Kemmler, but
one can scarcely blame Kemmler for feeling
somewhat nervous.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16
JUL SNOW ExcAvAroa

Following Is a brief mention OF soma OF III.
distinctive features OF this excayator:
l. The diagonal arrangement OF the hlasir,i
cone, so that its apex is at the lower right
hand corner of the hood, while the has,
is at the upper LEE. hand corner. is one Of
its distinctive and important features Rv
this arrangement the curved blades az IN,
cone operate directly upon and slice OF thu
face Of the snow bank, from side 70 side Of
the hood, without any direct resistance what
soever, except that OF the straight sides Of
the hood
:. The curvature of the blades is much
greater toward the apex Of the cone than to-
ward Its base, 50 that in their first contact
with the snow the blades operate as an anger.
As the velocity Of the cone in its revolutions
increases toward It's base, by reason of its IN
creasing diameter, the Centrifugal force gen
Grated is correspondingly increased; SO THAI
the snow gathered in by the curved blades Is
thrown out without the necessity OF fan
blades, other than the blades Of the conc
itself Thus the snow Is sliced off and dts
charged in one operation, by means Of a SIN
gle mechanism, the absolute simplicity Of
which is considered a valuable feature.
S, 1t is impossible, the company claims. %
choke the hood or blades Of tho cone with
snow. 1t always comes out of the snow alb
solutely clean, with its blades free from snow.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

THAT such dryness OF the skin or some
equivalent difficulty does exist is proved by
the fact that some persons who have touched
wires have escaped Uninjured, while others,
who have touched the same wires under
seemingly similar circumstances have been
killed inscantaneously. Again 1t is wen known
that perspl-ing and nervous person. when
IN contact with a medical electrical appliance,
experiences more peculiar feeling than does
person Of peaccahls temperament, who
takes hold Of the same handles OF the medical
device, thereby generating exactly TIE same
current Hence IL Is clear that the SUCCESS Of
any device for execution by electricity de-
usnds upon TIE nature OF the contact between
the human body ald tne terminals of the
electrical machine
NAY SoT RE so EASY
TO seat s. co1danrneo Cru1ras II chair
and Kin him By electricity 70 not such an easy
task as is imagined Dentists Chairs were
ordinary chars az first, bot now thesr con
s-rucrion involves scores of p1eenfs- In Ike
ulauuer medical electric chairs, Whereby
electric curreuss are conveyed TO p4iss1rs,
are protected by scores OK pat>asS myself.
Though know something about e2ec-ricscy,
would not undsy1ake 20 hill 8 Esa1 BY tc1
Few method unjes / bad prepared myself
thoroughly fo- tie WORK would rs AFRAID
q killing myself accidentally. Tia csrrsas,
Ju1 sc. 1nEs Be pAEad thz11kA fae 0szna-
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

Tie following dates are s,iysa ~ Scionce ~
sorns q tno tl-lHts11zl exeib4tLJn cen
grsases, which are % 10 hesd IL Faris. Teoani-
cal education. July sto II. biolioyrapA.Y # tbs
exact sciences, july Is T. %. chemistry. July
% TO Aug. 3; tsllooaiaZ. JAY ~ q AEs :;
rags0l.z, July 81 % Asg. 8; hygiene, Aag.
70 II; higher sdlscat!orl, Auz. % ~, pays
ologicaI pgychology, Aaz. g -, g-ogra-
pby, A1g. . Il; pto;2s,rHphy, Ang, " .
II; cr1lalaal aafhrofsology, Aug. ~ 70 Il;
primary eSlaes:Aou- Ang. II 70 -. hoTti-
culture. Aue- g % q; prelss.orro EaE5 sDi
remains. aug. 70 u 81; electricity, AIas. a
70 81. ciarozoEaseTy, ssEs- q .; IssDes ard
Iae;Allurgy. sept 10 Il. apolls3 tss..au4es,
Sgt. IL % q. rue:@sonoiocy, SsI.- 10 - ~
river utilization. So - 20 n, eyl1rssa<os
end industry, Seps. q 20 q, ard hy9xo.o.J
AID cslIz-zt>.ogy, SEPT. - ~ Ccs- -
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16
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Or sen ssop se.4r-s for = 60sA- = 6oSs1s
Or p.szsss s1Eze E-xa 81 sooczz s=ers-
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save Ez~-'S tt-zs ~ oczaz rhs-r rszyt-E-
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B1t Z y9z presume % zss=p e-zT@y51se-1~
ksseC.>s ~ ths-a r. E>skT s-<>s-1 XXI =se1sS
Or II yusz scre>~d wtscz -e-T SE-s Jssl zo-l3z :,
Or EAR rzou--y tzs- xAers tA@- ~ yts eSzs1at
Or learn 20 Do tAaa@x :s>Ts r<Ss~e 49, acre
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Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16
FANNY DAvENPORT'S MARRIAGE.

band Is.
Miss Fanny Davenport, the popular act
ress, having in 1888 broken the marriage
shackles which bound her to Edward F. Price,
her husband, has taken ON new chain in
1889. Not following the example of certain
widows who dol not wait for the conventional
year to pass before second marriage, Miss
Davenport has permitted some twenty days
over and above twelve months from the date
of her divorce to elapse before taking new
mate.
The bride recently closed a successful sea-
son in PHILADELPHIA. and soon after. with Mr..
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16
HE Will NOT HANG
But Win Depart This Life ON
Electricity's Invisible Wings.
THE MURDER OF TILLIE zEIGLER.

William Kemmler. Who Committed the
Crime, VIII Be the First Criminal to Be
Executed by the New Method-An Elk
pert Electricians Views.
William Kemmler, of Buffalo, who MUIR
dered his mistress, Tillie Zeigler. is the first
criminal to be sentenced to suffer the pun
ishment of death, to be inflicted by the ap-
plication of electricity, as provided by the
code Of criminal procedure OF the state Of
New York;
Kemmler is rough, ignorant fellow, and
he brought all of his trouble upon himself by
the excessive use of whisky. During his trial
several witnesses testified that he frequently
absorbed as much as a quart OF whisky in
half an hour, and often made wagers with
his companions that he could hold more
liquor than they-wagers which he invar+
ably won
THE MURDERED WOMAN.
Title Zeigler was partially divorced"
woman, and most of the testimony agreed
that on the whole she was pretty bad speci-
men of womanhood. She and kemmler
went to Buffalo from Philadelphia Kemm-
Ter had been married before, and it is said
Tillie was constantly harping upon the sub
ject of his former wife, which angered the
not very equablys tempered Kemrnler. On
the morning of the 29th Of March, probably
stung by something his mistress had said to
him, Kemrnler literally chopped the woman
to pieces with rusty Ratchet.
He maintained brutal stolidity when ar
rested, and his only remark was:
Yes, have done it, and am willing to
take the rope for it."
KEMMLERiS TRIAL.
During the trial Reminders lawyers en-
deavored to prove that their client was in
condition of besotted insanity at the time the
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

JUL SNOW EACANAIOR IN OPERATION.
4. The power to operate the bladed cone is
supplied by an $50 horse power boiler, con-
tanning 30 2 inch dues. The engines consist
of two IS by "A cylinders.
s. The snow may be thrown to either or
both sides of the track without reversing,
and, in fact, changed from one to the other
without stopping To quote from The Engi-
neering News, there is no double directioa
of revolution, no reversion of knives, and no
closed box to nold snow, back of the mechan-
ism which first attacks It. /"
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

officers We're obliged to furnish him liquor
until the strain relaxed.
Although Kemrnler said he was willing
enough to be changed by the neck until
dead" his eagerness for death was suddenly
arrested when he was sentenced to depart
this terrestrial sphere upon the invisible
wings of electricity. He has the utmost hor-
ror of dying in this way, and trembles per-
ceptibly when it is mentioned to him When
asked il he fears death by electricity he
shudders and says, Il don't want to talk
about it,"
DEATH BY ELECTRICITY.
And yet it is not such an awful death after
all 1t IS quito likely that to swing from
gallows Is much more painful, for the
very simple reason that, according to those
who have investigated the subject, the man
who dies by electricity suffers absolutely no
pain. Not an instant elapses after the man
receives the shock before he has solved the
riddle OF death and is exploring other worlds.
But when man is hanged he does not die for
several minutes, unless his neck be broken
Nothing can be more barbarous than a bun
gled hanging, and it is curious that the fear
of this always possible happening does not
tend to make a murderer like Kemmler
welcome some more safe and painless way of
shufhing off the coli of mortality On the
other hand, several of the most noted cleo
tricians in America claim that man put to
death by electricity suffers awful agony If
the scheme of executing criminals by cleo
tricity proves success, it is not altogether
improbable that the method will be adopted
all over the world. Not long ago bill
was introduced in the Illinois legislature pro-
viding for the legal killing of criminals by
means of the electric fluid, and although
there are numerous distinguished men who
contend that the new idea is not good one,
it seems to meet with the approval of the
people of New York state.
OBJECTIONS TO ELECTRIC DEATH.
But there are many objections urged
against electrical executions. When the bill
passed the New York legislature no definite
way of performing the executions was thought
of, and though numerous experiments have
been made and many plans proposed, it is
difficult to discover which scheme has the
most advantages. On this subject a prom
inent electrician of New York city said:
I'VE must have perfect executioners and
perfect devico, for execution by electricity,
otherwise serious accidents may occur at any
moment At first sight it may appear that
such devices are unnecessary and would only
prove profitable to their inventor, but this is
an illusion, as will be admitted by all who
know how difficult it has always been to IN
vent suitable devices for making an electric
contact between two points Contact be-
tween metallic conductors is rendered very
difficult by reason of rust, dust, oil and other
insulating substances, and, in addition to
these, dryness of the skin renders contact
with the human body difficult
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

II e l burne Nc
Dow ell, leading
man in her COM
pany, q male rela-
tive and u little
girl, her niece, took
the train for New
York. The party
were met by a car
riag e at jersey
City, and driven to
the residence of the
r ev. DR.. Eaton,
p a S tor of tn Q
Church of the Di-
vina Paternity in
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16
Piart Flowers in Cans

Not lctg since VIC called ca far-e,
whose wife was rs4szsO.a.ely fond Of cowe-s,
and had tie finest ge-aaiuEs 80 ever saw
outside Of greenhouse When asked 10
secret CT ksr success Sc replied: ~ s b.
cazss grew Ey planss II tin cans, ard L
these they do So- 9-y W - they do II poroszs
pots; Ii tie tl1s ] only -atcr r~o O. ta-ee
tines . week, vale N pots they nzE be
wa.crei rvaOe q cay, sid 70 p,azt VII
ssr.Fe Il urds- wzsz- Gf--[ TIC tlzle
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

murder was COM
mitted, but owing
to TIL Q singular
atrociousness of the
crime and tn g
mans GOODNESS
when arrested, this
plea awaited not.
Certain it is, how
ever, that when the
man was jailed;
after the murder
his nerves We're at
such a tension from
the effects of drink
that in order to
keep him quiet the
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

VI IA-e41zz Creating az AEsegi1zz -
px.-Wa-zz a str@-za e1xzStry yeers a. %
i.s SIR. ~ d f@1<!
NJ Ds YAK x Isuzzassg-I aon< tAlal ia
rnnea ss-srEaS La y~ez-- BIT ~syi
.-gFeA ia ro.Ee~ ZfTez a. se.0s-x q .
gan q t4-sesAa q Ink tAey cat Il. Azs {.
lnyz ts<i C1E1-s7 s2z ~ hsesssizZ r1risg
fax hl-s - cza1er cs-s. 49, - y-aea ply fra
L Z ''-LA~r.aes, Aszs., An-xteAa-
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16
soyE SPECIMEN SLANG.

ipfoSpecU OF pTpnl>
imay sta nd for
moral, honesty, and
always did stand
f or bravery aud
fai thfuIness TO
friends, Two quail
ties Of extraorGi-
nary value in a
mining comnluni-
t.. But in th g
course of time nlu-
tuai ascot alton
eliminated the less
expressive wor DIS,
W lille the best
100000 s,,4A T,4,-,,,,
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16
ParadoXes.
J. e. BEADLE.

The Irish bull is traditional, but the Irish
insist that the English are capable of making
as many ridiculous blunders as they are.
Some of the Irish bulls, at least, and some
English ones, too, have been uttered with a
good purpose as, for instance, Sir Boyle
Roche's famous statement that 1.-The way to
avoid danger is TO meet 1t plump" and the
other saying that whenever Ireland has been
silent under her wrongs, England has been
deaf TO her cries"
a group of bulls" was lately got together
by an English paper il proverbial form to
illustrate the national character of the three
races composing the British nation They
were as follows:
An Irishman is never at peace except
when he is Quarreling."
IAN Engiishrlan is never satisfied unless he
is grumbling."
"a Scotchmsn is never at home except
when be is abroad"
To these the English paper added a third
and very ungracious statement which, how
ever, perhaps expressed the editors honest
opinion of Americans
AN American is never happy unless he Is
abroad and grumhling and quarreling."
But this uncomplimentary statement at
least comedies that the American is equal to
all three Of the others.-Y outh's Companion
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

HE gold mines of
California drew to
that region in little
more than a year
nearly half a mill
ion men of every
cline and charac-
ter. Each brought
his local dialect.
Many having to
learn English from
the start, naturally
employed the most
effective and brief
phrases S o N Q
were POLITICALLY in
elm Q d, and all
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16
MINERS DEVICES.
Mining Law and Language,
Slang and Tricks
CAUSES OF DISPUTED TITLES.

Eicflness and Humor of Mining Slang.
How Science and the vernacuiar Evolved
Terns-yVhy Mining Law Is SO Intricate.
Real Estate Set on Edge.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16
4 Grateful Old Soul.

Parson-A-a;i ali your troubles, Ms
Gruu, am pleased to see that your graft
tude to Providence does not fail
NO, sir. no SRI Rhsumauz IS very bad,
but thank the Lord I sui have back TO
haHa tho rhAiIuaaiizsr,=i.-NsvY ack NA.cnry.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

Ve~gta5ie r sood cflsrcoAI q Hss4s -
hsrru-ng ~crd. with oaly LEzs.st EsPFsy q
ar. 4 : PRINCIPALLY caTbSza. VIC s-E-A-i
arrsO1-- cf rz1rasrAl sGhSz1EsrsN ~>s4rn fDria
.hs ssh wHes. i. Il br-uss4 AEszsaJ c=zrofAl,
OF bsaa L.saek. l. for-ss4 y E.sa-lag bsses n
q c5osed TsssseL (. nsso eFzss-as@ x eA-t>of4,
ri ceztsszs u sss1i-saa 3 iz1Ee rsup1<ssoa
& pA1~yhA&s an e-T'7zss.a q ail>'. stsi
e-ssar rr1.rsrsJ e--~a-i-rser.s q ~ Aozsa.
.rssg-s-ix tss<v any rsszaass ~ssY ssssll zee
p~usoEnos Es.tezSos utss ~
Prisoasr-Eo. F. y fsra JsEzs - yos ro7sd
DO b. y...rzsf ws-p yos r. suE roa4-sc-
O--zAa Vort
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

Louisiana has FIVE newspapers controlled
and owned wholly or in part BY women The
most prominent is Mrs. E Nicholson, the sole
''bossH OF The New Orleans Picayune.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16
yaie.s Great Record Mt Football.

Yale has never lost but one football game
since 1873. and that was by but single
point. She has won 3.00l points 10 her OPP
poneDts' 3D. $50 In goals 10 I9; 2l9 IN touch
downs 20 e
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

warmed in imagination by the gorgeous
scenes, climate and possibilities Of this Edo
RADIO. The result was the richest most ex-
pressive and wittiest body OF slang ever
evolved Its evolution was in the natural
order. first, in names and descriptions, then
the application Of the same words to personal
qualities, and finally to abstract ideas. Thus
such words as 'icolor," ''bed rock, " ''fucus,"
''pan OUT" ETC., soon came to have three
recognized meanings. Custom made them
good English Many OF them are now rec
ognized In literature; many more are crystal
1ized in law.
SOyE SPECIMEN SLANG.
at have panned him to the bed rock and
he didn't Show Color" meant that the subject
had thoroughly tested the one referred to and
had found nothing in him. ''The top of his
head has got above the timber line" was a
most expressive way of indicating badness,
TIE summit of tho Uranium bearing a ludi-
,crous resemblance to the bald mountain top.
,''Colcr' in mining language isa phrase as ex-
pressive and richly descriptive IN many va
rious meanings SIS tho word 'rnatter" was
in the older forms of philosophy. Color"
means anything good, anything worth having,
anything worth taking out OF the rubbish
l"Color" in placer mining means the evidence
merely Of gold Color III business means
i,,rncya,-t Of 717,ofItr fsColort3 u, cbo-ac +aT
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16

any of the parties he Immediately makes
acquaintance fast and thinks he has
got among the incest and cleverest set of
gentlemen he ever saw. Countless invita-
lions to drink are showered upon him, for If
he drinks it is taken for granted he VIII talk,
and if he talks his every word is carefully
noted, and if important, reported to the ad-
verse party. Society takes peculiar tone.