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Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
BURNEDTO DEATH.

WINCHESTER, Kan, June 6.-The G. year
old son Of Mr.. Messenger. a farmer living
few miles south of town, while playing
in his fathers stable yesterday evening,
set fire to it and was burned to death be-
fore help arrived. Nothing but a few
charred bones were recovered. All the
contents of the stable was consumed, in
Guiding a stallion belonging to MIR. Kes-
senger.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07

ris' house was demolished and Harris and
his wife were seriously injured. Many
residences were blown from their blocks
and innumerable barns were demolished.
Elm school house was totally destroyed.
The total loss reaches up into the thou
SaDdc
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
THE OLDEST INHABITANT.
he Speaks Of tie Flood of l837-His
Version of the Disaster.

| JOHNSToWN, Pa, June 6-Recognition
| is difficult matter, as the bodies are most
| terribly bruised and discolored when
| taken out and in most cases the features
are so distorted that recognition is render
ed much more difficult than simply the
blanched and shriveled appearance given
| from lying in the water.
The work of blasting the gorge at the
Pennsylvania bridge was prosecuted to-
day with much better success. Several
men armed with picks were busy pushing
the logs loosened by the blasts out into the
stream so that they would float away.
Thomas Jacobs, Of Morrelvllle, is one Of
the oldest inhabitants Of the Conemaugh
valley. He said today that the water of
the river was much higl g. in 1887 than on
brdke pday be WSo qf ob the 6 dam had
deplorable affair" he continued, results
from the narrowing channel Of the river
and detection Of its natural course. l re-
member well, he continued, when the
channel ran down where the mill be-
low the bridge now stands.
The channel has been narrowed
along its entire course through the town
by the dumping of refuse along its banks
during low water. The Conemaugh has
always been a shallow stream, but after
heavy rainfalls it rises rapidly, as all
mountain streams do. Its waters here are
large and the hillside so constituted that
the water runs down rapidly, causing
quick rises and turbulent cur
rents. Primarily, l hold that
the Cambria Iron company is re-
sponsible for narrowing the channel;
secondly the South Fork club for not hay
ing made the dam secure, and thirdly, the
Pennsylvania railroad for having con-
structed the viaduct with such low arches
and with ribs calculated to catch pieces of
drift wood if they happened to strike
diagonally on the piers. The dam made
by the gorge at the bridge is what engulf-
cd The town ;,
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
THE DAMAGE OVER-ESTlMATEO.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 6.-The Cambria
Iron works, the second largest in the
United States, were supposed to be in
jured to the extent of S3,0O0,0O0 A care
full examination was completed by an ex-
pert today and demonstrated that the real
extent will not exceed 100000
A young lad named Eddie Fisher. whose
mother and five brothers and sisters had
lost their lives in the flood, today COM
mitted suicide while in a fit of despond-
ency by hurting himself from the top of
huil6inp
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
SIGNING THE TREATY,

pierre, OAK, June 6.-An Indian
runner arrived at Fort Pierre this morn
ing direct from Rosebud agency on his
way to Cheyenne with word that the In
dians at the agency had commenced TO
sign the treaty and that the commission
would get them all.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
HILLMAN ON THE ROAD.
The Supposed Murderer Passes Through
Albuquerque, N. N

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, June Ga detec-
tive of the Santa Fe Railroad company ac-
companied by special officer, passed
through Albuquerque yesterday with
John w. Hillman, for whom detectives
and policemen throughout the southwest
have been searching for the last ten years.
1t is alleged that Hilman murdered Fred
Walters in Barber county, Kansas. He
was arrested at Tombstone and has been
fully identified by four persons.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07

a strange difficulty BIS ertssa fl GERMANY
with regard 20 the medical prctszzan- II
ses1s that the pubic suthorstss are FnucS
cooozned on account az tie very great nn.n-
ber ot physicians and It tie evxr increasing
Isis q st16eatz n tbs usoical faculty. sos
oaly does the gove-n-neot rs<nss 20 opea re~
schools, bit also tie Ia.adtsg has kaovn ttssl.
unwilling 20 aflow the credits ssoessry sor
TIE doctors chairs ct Halo AID 22gdebGrg-
There sTs DOW n Germany, a. "a Fsx-oo,
r-1ary yo1nS rnEa hiking cspi11z<s who have
10 position, and who Ea7e IN ya-r spyze.4 e
tie STATE. S.eps are tAsr-50-s soayst 20 b
taken which s.aIl destcy toe s-1 =; itsroc.x
- ~ (s.------n--..ant a .A-.--a-.-
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
FIENDs PUNISHED BY DISCHARGE

MINNEAPoLIS, Mimi, June 6.-The board
of insane asylum trustees, after a long
secret meeting, decided 70 remove DR..
Bowers and his assistants as a result Of
the murder of Taylor Coombs at the Roch-
ester asylum
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
MANY FOOD VcTIMsATLocKHAveN

LoCKHAvEN, Pa. June 6.-Only one
person Is known to have been drowned in
Loc6haven. but in the country the list Of
the dead numbers twenty-eight.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07

Xix your petroleum carefully, &7d you
need not fear an explosion VOC hare
only 20 be cautious ~ 70 the srnorn. -
atmospheric air yea bsend s~sth ts.sf OK
pIo<.ve vzpo.. Experiments made srce
the explosion OK q petroleum vessel il 3
French barber show thai q rsixt-ss q
ono part Of petToleuEa vapor 70 ase o.
less Of air does n1s expsota WIKI az
parts Ct air the mixture II feebiy ex
piosive; with seven 70 twelve, viosen;is
so. with sixteen parss. feealy explosive
and wish twenty paris Of ar Is &c; Likely
n exnsode--Nsw Xexk 1ess1yzsa
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
JUDGE BREWER IMPROVED.

LEAvENW0RTH, Kan, June 6.-Judge
Brewer is somewhat improved today.
Physicians now think that with absolute
rest he may recover.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
BASE BALL

AT CHICAGO.
Chicago. ..........1l indianapolis. :. 10
AT BOSTON.
Boston. ........... l New York
AT PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia 49,. Washington.
AT CLEVELAND.
Cleveland. ....... s Pittsburg .
AT BROOKLYN.
Kansas City l O o 2O10 90
BROOKLYN ..0 1 l 10000
Base hits-Kansas City 9, Brooklyn 10.
Errors-Kansas City 5. Brooklyn 6.
Pitehers-Swartzel and Lovett
AT BALTIMORE
Baltimore. 1 900 O0-3
Cincinnati - 0002 so
Base hits-Baltimore ?. Cincinnati Z.
Errors-Baltimore 6, Cincinnati T.
Pitchers-Foremana and Duryea
AT COLUMBUS.
Columbus. . 8 ST. Louis ~ 8
Base hits-Columbus Z, ST. Louis 9.
Errors-Columbus 5, st. Louise.
Pitchers-Gastright and Hudson.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
First game.
Athletics. . 0 , o 0 o. 5
Louisville. O 0 l O o 0 O. 2
Base hits-Athletics 10. Louisville 5.
Errors-Athletics 4, Louisville 6.
Second game.
Athletics 0S 0 3 Ole
Louisville. ....1 0 0 0 0 0 0 /
Base hits-Athletics II, Louisville l..
Errors-Athletics l, Louisville g.
Pitchers-Coleman and Ehret.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
DESTROYED BY FIRE,
THE HEART OF SEATTLE, WASH,
LAID WASTE.
Thirty-0ne Blocks Destroyed and the
Flames Still Beyond
Control.
Local Fire Defenses Inadequate to Cope
with the Awful Confagration-
Inestimable Loss.

Five Million Dollars at Least Consumed
The Entire City Endangered-Aid
Asked from Other Cities-Com-
mnnication with the World
Likely to be Cut Off
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
THE ARCIDE.
Is positively selling all I'd latest
styles IN high arr
Finest French SaeeNs
as CENTS.

It seems that some houses are
advertising French SateanS at q
low price, but when the customer
goes 10 buy they are fold that
this low price Is only fcf certain
styles, but that the fire styles,
the elegant styles, the high art
styles are worth 50 ami 40 cents
The Arcade is playing no such
deception, but publicly advertiSeS
and publicly sells al the latest
styleSin French and Grecian de-
signs in the
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-07
WILLIAM MCCRFFRY.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

No pimple. spot, or blemish disfigures
the skin preserved by CUTICURA SOAR.
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The Invention of Hush.

Who invented hash, who was its phi
mary artifcer9 is as much my mJstery as the
compound itself, says the Richmond
State. There has been ratiocilated, how
ever, the conclusion that the first attempts
in the process of invention were accidental
rather than designed. 1t is supposed that
in one of the wild and devastating hurri-
canes of the tropic. a herd of cattle,
riven by the thunderbolts ami dismem-
bered by the storm, was found by hungry
and weather beaten natives when tho
clouds rolled BY" and steak ribs and all
other parts being lost in the conglomerate
mass, then and there hash, marvellous
hash, had its origin.
The dish was passed around the civ
ilized globe, gathering in potatoes in Ire
land, pepper in the West Indies, and the
enticing favor of the onion in Mexico.
The wholesale character of it's compost
ton made it peculiarly suitable food for
the use of those who, not circumscribed
by the family circle with its favorite
child, and consequent demand for special
tid-bits, undertake to feed a multitude of
strangers at so much head.
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Making a Modern Baseball.

The baseball of to-day, as produced at
Natick, Mass, is made by hand. The
laborers employed in the work are nearly
NIL girls. The spherical core, Of very
best rubber, is first carefully wrapped
with a given amount of the most costly
yarn. When the ball has thus grown to
about two-thirds of the size it is to be, a
leather cover is stitched on with needle
and waxed thread. This cover has the
effect of keeping the ball compact and in
shape, and of regulating its elasticity.
Then more yarn is wound upon it until
1t is found to turn the scales at precisely
the right point. Finally the outer cover
of horsehide is sewn on and the ball, af-
ter being stamped and again weighed, to
make sure that it is just five ounces, is
wrapped in tinfoil, put into box with
five more like it, and declared ready for
sale. The cover, as an examination Of a
baseball will show you, is stamped out
of the leather in but two curiously
shaped pieces, which, sewn on the ball,
together exactly cover it. This device
was not invented until 1865.
The cheaper grades of baseballs are
made of poorer yarn and rubber scraps,
the latter pressed into pulp by power
full machinery. The less expensive the
ball, the less yarn and more scraps will be
used in its manufacture until, when you
get to the 'Small Boys Own" price five
cents, there is nothing to be found inside
the fimsy cover but melted remnants ot
rubber shoes.-Picayune.
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TESTED RECIPES.

Vegetable Soup-One pint of vegeta-
bles, including turnip, carrot, onion and
celery; cut into small pieces and boil one
hour in water enough to cover. Add one
quart of clear stock, little more salt;
boil few minutes and serve.
Shad Baked in Milk-Fix the shad
ready to bake, open, lay fiat in pan. Sea-
son pepper, salt and butter. Ready to
bake, cover with milk. Bake slow. If
a large, thick fish, bake one hour and a
half. 1t will be brown and delicious.
Butter gravy.
Almond Jumbles One pound of sugar,
one-half pound of butter, one pound Of
almonds blanched and chopped fine, two
eggs, flour enough to mix stiff. Roll thin
moisten the top of each one with the
white of egg, and sprinkle with sugar;
bake quickly.
Corn Gems-One-half pint of finely
bolted corn meal, one-half pint of -four,
one tablespoonful white sugar, half tea
spoonful of salt and two heaping tea
spoonfuls of baking powder; mix together
thoroughly while dry; then add two we'll
beaten eggs and cold sweet milk, or milk
and water to make a moderately thin bat
ter; bake in gem PANS or muffin rings.
Caramel Cream-Have on the fire in a
pan one pound of maple sugar; let it boil
two or three times, sufficient to brown
but not to burn it. Beat six eggs and
one pound of white sugar very light; stir
this into two quarts of boiling milk, and
stir constantly until it comes to boil :;
then pour in the boiling sugar, and mix
thoroughly. When perfectly cold, add
one quart of cream, sweetencd with a
cupful Of white sugar. Put it in a
freezer and freeze the same as ice cream.
Egg Snow-Put into saucepan pint
of milk, adding two dessertspoonfuls of
orange water and two ounces of sugar
and let it boil. Take six eggs, separate
the yolks from the whites, beat the latter
to froth or snow hence the name), and
put into the boiling milk by spoonfuls; {;
stir the whole about with a SKINNER
When done take the eggs out and dress
them on the dish for serving. Thicken
the milk over the fire with the beaten
yolks, and pour this over the frothed
eggs; let the whole cool before serving it.
-A8ericu7a RurqL Home.
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Real ROguefOrt Cheese.

Lovers of Roquefort cheese will not be
pleased to hear that they often do not get
the real article, thanks to the quantity of
illegal limitations. Real Roquefort cheese
has been made since the middle ages at
Rodez, in Southern France, where the
natives in olden times paid heavy trib-
ute of cheese yearly to the abbey of
Conques. The industry occupies IN i'm
mense number of persons in this district,
and is worth $4,000, 900 yearly, most of
the cheese being exported to England and
America. But SO many rival manufac-
turers have sprung up in the neighbor-
ing departments rs to seriously injure the
original industry, so Rodez and its manu-
facturers are going to prosecute their
imitators. London Standard.
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| or straw. As the straw or hay is put on

or straw. As the straw or hay is put on
the wagon, let it be wet down with the
garden hose; it can then be put on top of
the seed clover stack much better. The
clover haulm and chaff may be used for
feed or as an absorbent in the stables; but
it is so dirty and disagreeable to handle
that it is as we'll to use it at once as q
fertilizer. The barracks or stacks may be
put in the center of the field to be man
urcd. and the stuff be spread as the seed
is hulled.
1t is the opinion of many that If the
hulling is deferred until cold weather moro
seed will be obtained; but if the clover
is perfectly dry, hulling need not be de-
layed. have known seed clover to be
hullcd clean right from the field, but the
weather is so uncertain that this is usually
too risky. Some think, also, that it is
better to let the seed clover rot some:
what. This makes the hull remove easilyi
bat quite as much seed can be got with
out, and rotting is risky. The better
plan is to let it lie as mown until we'll
cured. When it is we'll cured, rake it up
and put in barracks or stacks at once
american Aqricu7turist.
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Human Features That DEFY Disguise.

"There is one part cf mans face that
he can never change" said G. s. Bliss, a
Pinkerton detective, in talking with me
about disguises of criminals Ind the uses
of photography in their Identification.
"Draw circle over the face, taking in
the eyes, eyebrows, lower part Of the
forehead, the nose and that part of the
cheeks on each side of the nasal organ and
just beneath the eyes. This portion of
the face always remains the same. A
man can shave long beard off, clip his
hair and leave or shave his mustache, but
that portion of the face within the circle
described above will remain the same.
Dissipation and consumption will some
times make decided hollow appearance
of the eyes, and the cheeks will become
sunkcn, but an experienced detective will
identify the man nine times out of ten,
nevertheless. The manner in which a
detective fixes an impression of the fea-
lures of a criminal in his mind is very
simple. A small magnifying glass the
size of half dollar is held over that por-
tion of the photo described in the circle,
which enlarges the expression of the
eyes and other marks of Identification
until the detective very easily gets clear
conception of that portion of the crimi-
nails face. This conception he carries in
his mind, and it, of course, aided by full
description which attends, of course, the
photo of every criminal in rogues' gal
lery, and any marks on the body or any
peculiar twitch of muscles or gait of
walking and, in fact, all peculiarities
noticeable are mentioned, and when these
full mental notes of a criminal are before
the detectives minds eye, it is not so
strange that he can pick his man out of a
large crowd and rarely make mistake. "
NcU York Graphic.
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Courtesy Started Stephen A. Douglass.

An auctioneer in Western city en-
gagged a youth for his clerk at two dol
lars a day. The clerks genial, polite
bearing carried the crowd on the first
day, and he was invited to teach one Of
the public schools. He accepted the posi-"
ton, studied law while teaching, and
was admitted to the bar st twenty-one.
A year later, the Legislature elected him
Attorney General of the State. Thenext
year he became member of the Legisla-
ture, then Secretary of State, then Judge
of the Supreme Court, then member of
Congress, where he served until he died.
That was Stephen A. Douglass, whose
courtesy was his leading quality. A
writer says of him: "Though he had
high talent his pleasant manners from
the beginning to the end of his career,
were what gained him the larger part of
bis popularity. ."-Tankss Blade.
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Lengtslening Life Of Humanity.

It is estimated that the life of humanity
has gained twenty-five per cent. all tho
world over in the last fifty years. The
lowest average that has been calculated is
twenty-three years, which represents the
life expectanc! of the Soudanese; but
even this is high when it is remembered
that in Geneva in>the thirteenth century
fourteen years were all that were allotted
to man. The Unied States census of
1850 shows that TAI per cent. of the per-
sons who died in tn, previous decade
were more than seventy years of age; in
1850 the percentage vas 7.54, and in
1880, it was 1875. 'he deaths of
adults have diminished il continuous
ratio, so that the proportnn Of infant
victims to the whole number II deaths is
constantly on the increase. In 1850,
1890 per cent. of the whole lumber of
deaths were of children less than one
year old; in 1860 the percentage was
2O.74; in 1880 it was 1924. These
figures in themselves show the iEreasing
triumph of medicine over dealt. since
they evidence that it is the ne5-born,
semi-lifeless infant and not the atult in.
valid that fails to respond to the shysi!
clans curative touch. - Phitae 'phsa
Record.
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SoapstOne and Its Uses.

A writer in London journal calls at
tention to the unappreciated uses and
preservative qualities of soapstone, ma
terial, he says, which possesses what may
be regarded as extraordinary qualities in
withstanding atmospheric influences, those
especially which have so much to do with
the corrosion of iron and steel, and from
experiments made it is said that no other
material is capable of taking hold of the
fiber of iron and steel so readily and
firmly as this. In China soapstone is
largely used for preserving structures built
of sandstone and other stones liable to
crumble from the effect of the atmosphere;
and the covering with powdered soap
stone in the form of paint or some obelisks
in that country, composed Of stone liable
to atmospheric deterioration, has been
the means of preserving them intact for
hundreds of years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
CONSUMPTION Of Railroad Ties.

Assuming the entire railroad system of
the United States to be 100, 900 miles, as
appears from "Poor's Manual" with the
addition of the lines in construction dur
ing the current year, and taking 264O ties
per mile of track, we have in use at least
422, 100000 ties. This estimate, large
though the total appears, is under the
mark, as no railroad uses less than 2640
ties per mile, and many of the roads with
heavy traffic have 2S16, and in a few
cases more.
The life ofthese ties varies according to
their quality and the climatic conditions;
but in the East, where only the best ties are
employed, the average life is found to be
about six years, while in the West, where
poorer quality of timber often has to be
accepted, snd where dry rot and other
disadvantages have to be contended with,
the average life is from three to five years;
so that even after allowing for few ex-
ceptional cases in which ties may last ten
years, the average life of ties all over the
country cannot be counted as more than
five years.
1t follows, therefore, that the annual
consumption must be about S4 soc, 1000,
which, with steady increase of railroad
building, must soon exceed 100, ,OOO,O
a gigantic demand to be satisfied from
our forests each yeav, when we consider
the many other calls upon them, and the
fact that at present virtually nothing Is
being done by the Government or the
people to replenish our soIrce of supply.
The certain rise in the price of wooden
ties when these facts come to Ge fully ap-
preciated by the lumbermen who control
so large part of the available timber
area, will force the railroads to seek the
best solution of the question in the adop-
tion of metal tie.-PacI7n Gun,6erm1us.
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The Census Of 1890.

The. census of 1890 will reveal many
wonderful changes. The central line of
population will be much nearer the
Mississippi River than it was ten years
ago. A series of maps like those con-
tanned in the last census, of gradations
in color, to indicate the changes in
density of population, wealth, health
and other important facts, will present a.
curious contrast with the maps that We
now have for the census of 1880, or that
of 1870. Over 100000 acres of
land were sold in the last fiscal year
under the operation of the homestead and
timber-culture law. More than 124, ,00O,-
900 of acres have been settled in the last
eight years, representing larger area
than the States of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio
and Michigan.
The greatest changes have been made in
the Northwestern group of States and
Territories, comprising Dakota, Ne
braska, Minnesota, Wyoming and Mon
tana, where nearly 60,00O,0 900 of acres
have been settled in the last eight years..
In the Southwestern group, comprising
Kansas, Colorado, Missouri and New
Mexico, nearly 30,000,000 of acres
have been occupied. On the Pacific
Coast 100000 of acres more
have been settled, and $4,000, 900
of acres must be added to the
Southern States on both sides of the
Mississippi. Along the Pacific roads
$4,000, 900 of acres have been opened
since the last census. In other words,
the Government and the Pacific rail-,
roads have opened for settlement in the
last eight years territory larger than
New England, Middle States and South
Carolina combined; larger than Ger
many or France, and about twice as
large as Great Britain and Ireland.-B0s-
ton Nagasine.