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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
Why the Leaves Tnrn.

Probably not one person in a thousand
knows why leaves change their color in
the fall. The common idea is that the red
and golden glory of the autumn is caused
by frost, but little reflection will con-
vince any one that the common idea is
wrong Sumach and many trees change
in September, long before frost comes; SO
we must look elsewhere for the cause.
Divested of scientific terms the cause has
been explained thus: The green matter in
the tissue of leaf is composed of two
colors, red and blue. When the sap ceases
to flow in the fall, and the natural growth
of the tree ceases. oxidation of the tissue
takes place. Under certain conditions the
green of the leaf changes to red; under
different conditions it takes on yellow or
brown tint This difference in color is due
to the difference in combination of the
original constituents of the green tissue,
and to the varying conditions of climate,
exposure and soil. A dry, cold climate
produces more brilliant foliage than one
that is damp and warm.
There are several things about leaves
that even science cannot explain. For in
stance. why one of two trees growing side
by side, of the same age and having the
same exposure, should take on brilliant
red in the fall and the other should turn
yellow, or why one branch of tree should
be highly colored and the rest of the tree
have only yellow tint, are questions that
are as impossible to answer as why one
member Of a family should he perfectly
healthy and another sickly Naples and
Aaks have the brightest colors.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
Porcelain Finish. -

The Painters Gazette gives the mos: sp-
proved method Of producing the porcelain
finish. which is the lates. craze for finish
ing dining rooms in pure white II u IL
new work the wood mus have a coat OF
shellac 20 prevent pitch from coming
through: Il hard pine il sho1l1 receive tvvo
coats n over old paint i must - sand-
pap-red down 80 perfectly moth SUI
face and al i'm reflections isisi With putty
Give The work foBr c0sss q Freuch zinc.
mixed Nf-h raar ~. and enough t.Fae1tiuc
70 make / drv vita o1l a. s,y She! g!oss
Give en5lzh time het'Fe~o eacH c1at %
dry perfecsi Is . ard beforssnpsy saotk
Wien dr. aud hard sn1Gp17-- &C : smooth
surface win No paper, then q i ready
'fs- ths fnssh. which uso@ists q two coat
Of French zinc grgEna ga and tAiEued with
De-nar vaTnlSh- Ilsere should y DO oil in
THE finishing coat, A. is would tend %
l4~sen ,hs gloss ard tuna TIE I~liat yellow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
rnerecsiv. Drugs.

1T is great pity that physicians %
rarely keep their own supplies Of staple
drugs" remarked venerable disciple Of
Hippocrates "Some country physicians
do. but in the city the practice Is fast
dying out. Yet the great majority Of
the vegetable extracts on the shelves Of
apothecaries' shops are unreliable In
their quality. The herbs used are not
collected at the right season Of the year.
and are not properly cured. the strength
varying according TO the differences Of
the soil and climate where the plants
grow.
Vegetable remedies are easily adnl-
terated, and they are usually prepared
by men who lack the knowledge re-
quired for proper selection. manipula-
ton and manufacture. Light, heat and
atmosphere ali bring about chemical
changes. and in the course OF time the
druggists preparations. even il originally
good, become inert and worthless Let
the pharmacist be ever so capable. he
cannot PROFOUND good prescription II
he uses worthless crude drugs.
The druggist and pharmacist make
their preparations 10 sell. while the ply
stefan who makes his own medicines ex-
ercises the care required 70 produce the
proper effects Il is to the impurity and
inertness Of the materials furnished for
prescriptions that much of-ths disap-
pointment Of physicians in the results Of
the treatment IS attributable" Fall
River Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20

He had come from the west 70 see Bos-
ton. One evening. a moment or two
after leaving bis lodgings, he was seen
to take a knife from his pocket. cut a
deep cash in tree and walk on. He re-
peatsd this at intervals along the street.
Cautious as be seemed 10 think him
self his mutilations had not escaped the
notice of several citizens. who felt n sort
of ''woOdInan. spare that tree venera-
tion for the tall naples.
Say. mister. said burly citizen, APP
preaching the stranger. don't You think
you had better let those trees alone2 Too
early for sap. you know"
II don't care for sap" was the reply.
"Then what in the deuce aro you
driving at with that toad stickerT'
We'll. what do yer supposed Here
I've been in this ere town three days.
and haven't been able 10 find my way
home once. walked around the COM
mon three times last night, and then I
had ter hire a cab Why don't You
straighten your streets? But / don't
mean TO get left tonight; I'll know this
street when strike il. III feel my way
by those hicks in the trees"
An humble apology for the streets on
the part Of the Bostouians followed.
Finally map Of Boston was presented
to the stranger on condition that he
would spare the trees. -Pittsburg Dis
natch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
Th aaiehta pau hnrsaaY zorius ouember 20 1880
THEla FIRST russ.
A Squatter's Pathethic Story OF the Time
He and lIis wife Quarrefed.

A squatter's Pathethic story OF the Time
He and His wife 9uarrehed.
The squatter's cabin had grown to
pretentious proportions during the forty
years he had occupied It. The old man
remained unchanged except for the eff
fects Of passing years. The crowd of
young people that had collected at his
house to spend the afternoon pressed
him to tell them q story Of his early life
In that region.
After little hesitation he began:
"Lemme see, hits jist forty-to' year ergo
at me an mer wife wuz maird an
moved ter this country fur ter set up fer
ourse'fS We had er log cabin with only
one room. an er shed fur Their stawk- /
worked powerful hard er clearin' Nv
Ian an er maxim er crap at Their same
time. Wife alters fetched mer dinner
ter me, an she staid in Their ieP with
me mon half her time. We wuz happy.
ez happy ez eff we wuz rich.
Zone mawnin' we had er fuss. / dis
remember whit hit wuz erbout, but
went erwsy mad an lef her cryin'. At
dinner time she nuver come. lowed
ter myself at she wuz mad, an S i, Let
her stay mad eff she wants ter. Bimeby
/ gifts so hungry at l started fur ther
house list er bilin'. Wen / got thar
ever thing wuz thar 'ceptin' mer wife.
Thar wuz mer dinner ready fur ter
take ter me, but wife wuzn' thar nur
thererbouts. / gifts skeered an calls
her, but no answer.
Finely seed Their dawg er comm.
He axed me fur ter foller him plain ez
talk an / done hit. he sot of fur ther
creek an me er follerin'. Purity soon we
coined ter ther creek an he ruined down
ther bank an me arter him. Mex /
heared him bark, were she is jist ex
plain. ruined whar he wuz an thar
wuz wife er layin' ON Their groun' pale
an white ez er ghos'. She smiled when
she seed me an say. I'm so glad yer
come
Then she p'inted ter er grapevine full
er grapes whut wuz on er dead tree. an
she say, s she, 4 wuz er tryin' fur ter git
yer them grapes fur yer dinner fur ter
git yer in er good humor with me. Err
linn broke an fell Yer amt mad at
me now, air We? l felt like KILN mer
fool self fur ever bein' mad at her.
"Hit don't matter whut toF her then.
l toted her ter ther house, an nussed her
twell she got well. wouldn' let nobody
do nuthin' fur her but me, an she 'peared
like she nuver wanted no one to. Well,
arter er while she got well. an we wuz
happy ergin. That wuz Their on'y fuss
we ever had. Sence then eff one shows
signs er gittin' mad Their yether says
grapes an hit stops thar. Chicago
Special Press Bureau.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
Mean Practical Joking.

Near Roosevelt street ferry is retail
Yankee notion stand II is on the side
walk, and Is conducted By an Italian he
can speak but not read English. Among
his wares are almost everything. from
articles indispensable 70 'loncshOremen
down TO peanuts and chewing gum Near
ly everything has price Plseard attach
ed 70 IL
This was observed by practical ioker,
and while the Italians attention was di--
trscted he quickly transposed several "
the little signs on sons articles and re-
treated In a little time the swarthy mer-
chant became almost frantic IL trying TO
explain that Cape Ann rubber boots were
$3.50 a pair, instead Of five cents a
bundle" as marked Over pile Of sus-
pendsrs WAS this legend, Hot roasted,
only i've cents a quart" while protrading
from a box Of collar buttons was tie anAx-
ing announcement that they were 20 a
pair
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
A SPIDERS PERSEVERANCE.
He Rebuilds His Web Many Times In
Spite of Repeated Failures

Spite of Repeated Failures.
The writer spent full hour few days
ago watching a spider managing his snares
and trap victims. He was so deliberate,
calculating, cold blooded and merciless,
that one could scarcely keep from shiver-
ing at the hideous creatures lack of
mercy. And yet his persistence and I'M
tagging energy fascinated one No matter
how often his net broke, he set TO work in
dustriously TO repair it again. No matter
how long it took him 10 secure captive,
be patiently wound and wound his fragile
thread until the victim was bound fast and
hard.
His meshes were stretched in corner,
and almost at the same moment fly and
a miller became entancled in them In
stantly the bandit insec: lowered himself
toward the miller When the miller saw
her enemy approaching she revolved furi-
ously, beating the air wildly with her
light wings. The spider was whirled in
his web with lightning like rapidity, but
he chung there stubbornly until the miller
stopped her struggles for rest. Then eau
tiously the black villain approached
nearer. Again the shadowy wings whiried
and again the spider few in small circles,
but he did not retire And SO inch By inch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
A Chemical Lung.

A chemical lung" is the latest thing
proposed for the ventilation Of tunnels
1t was lately tested in London by four
teen scientists. A room 10 by 18 was
kept for an hour at temperature Of 50
degs., and the air was loaded with
impurities. The men Of science were
now called upon to enter. and the air
was made still more impure by burning
sulphur and carbonic acid gas. Then
the chemical lung" or punkah, so
called. measuring 4 by &c. was set in
motion.
The temperature was soon reduced to
s. dogs, and the air freed from all
impurities. Then fat was burned, to
test the machine for organic substances,
and the Jung was started up just in
time 10 prevent the examining gentle
men from running out for fresh air. II
is proposed 70 use the invention during
the construction Of the channel tunnel
Philadelphia Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
THE WOUNDED PIGEON.

TO shoot a rabbit, but the evening was dry
and windy, and the grass not toothsome
enough to suit b1nny's dainty palate So
looking around espied flock of pigeons
blue rocks. One was pied, having white
feathers in its wing. Getting fairly within
gunshot / fired, and the rest of the flock
few away. The pigeon lay motionless
while / reloaded and walked toward it to
pick it up.
Judge of my surprise when two pigeons
swept past me, touched it on either wing,
and it flew rapidly away in company with
its preservers, settling on the roof of a
barn a quarter of a mile distant. The ex-
PLANTATION was probably this: The poor
birds legs were doubtless broken, so that
it could not rise without assistance. The
companions must have seen this by side
long glance as they few away, and swept
round again on their errand Of mercy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20

spI0er went UaCK u Hls corner 10 wait for
another prisoner
The writer swept away the web entirely
and went away Half an hour later when
he returned the untiring spider was re-
building his snare His will and deter
mination this time conquered, for who does
not admire logged resolution that viii not
down;-Hartford Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20

Joe Howard says that Gen. Sherman
was largely responsible for the feeling
that obtained for long while in the
army against newspaper correspondents
Gen. Mcclellan always welcomed them
Burnside was as gallant and courtly a
man in his tent as in his home in Wash
ington. Meade, although a strict dis
ciplinarian, understood and recognized
70 the limit the duties Of other men IN
der discipline. Grant for long time
was averse 70 entertaining eorrespond-
ents. but his rare common sense came %
bis relief, and under proper. legitimate
and absolutely welcome restrictions cor
respondents found themselves always a.
home where Grant was In command
Ben Butler was very prince 0. hosts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20

Inc IouEsnoreTuen almost moDoeo the
unhappy Italian in thee efforts 20 buy
Cape Ann boots at such an unheard o.
price, and he was only saved from 4 stroke
Of spoplexy By policeman who discovered
the trick and replaced the plseards.-Nsw
York Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
A beautiful Story by a Little Girl.

A Beautiful story by Little Girl.
A little girl, aged g. informed her mother
that she knew beautiful story about a
giant. Would you like to hear it, nam
MAJ" asked she.
well, then, she continued, "once there
was a great, big, ugly giant, and he was
very fond of eating little girls. One day
as he was walking along through the
woods he met two little girls-one very
good little girl and one very naughty one.
First he took bite out Of the good lit
tie girl, and he made up a horrible face,
and said she tasted awful nasty. Then he
took a taste of the bad little girl, and he
smacked his lips and said she tasted dread
ful nice, cause, you see, mamma, she had
eaten nuts and raisins and candy when her
mother told her not 10, and that made her
taste sweet. Then the old giant SAID: IN
never again eat a good little girl. Ill al
ways eat the bad ones.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
ALesson on the Use OF Words.

Don't say: He will he apt to catch cold,
6ut liable to catch cold. The difference in
the two words may be thus illustrated; "A
very studious boy is apt 10 learn, but liable
10 have headache now and then"
Don't say: / am not used TO those sort
OF things, but that sort of things.
Don't say: That viii prevent him going,
but that viii prevent is going.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20

wnen Baby was svk. we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for CastoriA
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them CastorlA.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20

A daisy Geld aud a sunny sky,
A little lad aal tterfiy;
a trau'lN e' q fearful face,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
Wichita Wholesale 4 Manufacturing Houses.

The tST hSF line thoroughly reliable
n
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-20
NI1lIisGasle
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING
READING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

a Short Story Showing n Wonderful In
stinct in Common Pigeons-A Wounded
Bird Rescued and Borne Safely Away
by Two Companions.
The common pigeon is not generally
thought to have a great share of intelli-
gence, but the following story related by
sportsman is an instance of a wonderful
instinct at least. Our object, he says, was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27

numbers of improbable animals instead
of concentrating the capital and labor on
small. but better, class of stock.
The first item that enters into the cost of
an animal Is Its maintenance. which ia
cludes the food necessary to keep 1t alive
without increase of weight. This cost
must always be borne. under all conditions,
and IN many cases 1t Is the source of loss
The greater the loss of providing the ami
mai with warmth BODILY and the materi-
ais for the repair of tissue, the smaller will
be the profit from the animal unless it can
give return proportionate TO the cost of
maintenance, and greater In comparison
with other ANIMALS IN the herd. This rule
applies also to the soil. for the cost of
maintenance to the soil THAT Is to avoid
loss of fertility must be estimated in the
cost of the crop. The profit derived by
the farmer Is greater In exact proportion
to the surplus over the total cost. which in
cludes not only the maintenance of the
animal but the capital and labor invested
IN its management.
While a large herd will give a larger
return, under equal conditions, than a
small one, yet the profit depends ON the
amount from each member of the herd.
1t Is, therefore, more profitable to keep a
few animals that pay than to keep large
numbers at loss. 1t is more profitable
to transfer the capital invested in large
herd that does not pay to a small herd,
thereby concentrating the efforts on few,
just as a small plot of land may be made
profitable by applying on it the whole of
the manure. The quality of the animals,
their capacity to convert food into salable
products and the lessening of the cost, and
especially of the cost of maintenance, are
to be chiefly considered, and when these
matters are fairly given the attention of
the farmer he will find that he has been
too extravagant in attempting to do that
which is sometimes considered economical.
Economy in raising stock is to use the best
animals to be had, and to properly man
age them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
How Gold Rings Are Made.

Gold rings are made from bars nine
to fifteen inches long, two inches wide
and three-siXteenths of an inch thick,
is worth $1,000 and will make 300
four heavyweight rings. A dozen
processes and twenty minutes time are
required to convert this bar into mer-
charitable rings. First pair of shears
cuts the bar into strips; then by the
turn of wheel a guillotine-like blade
attached to the machine cuts the bar
into slices, one, two, or three-sixteenths
of an inch wide. A rolling machine
next presses out the slices and makes
them either fiat or grooved. Each strip
is then put under blow pipe and an
nealed. The oxide of copper comes to
the surface, and is put into pickle of
sulphuric acid, after which the ring is
stamped '14k, "16k," or "18k," ac-
cording to quality. Next it is put
through a machine which bends it into
the shape of ring of the size desired.
The ends are then soldered with an
alloy OF inferior fneneSs to the quality
of the ring. Many people think that
rings are nodded because they can't
see where they are soldered. The ring
spins through the turning lathe, is
rounded, pared, and polished, first with
steel filings, then with tripoli and
~ouge.-St. Louis Republic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
Those Good OId-Fashioned Folks.

Somehow the people of to-day amt as they
used to be.
AT any rate I'm pretty sure they're not the
same TO me.
And while there are many just as good as those
/ used to know
There re scores and scores among them that
are only so and so.
We used to always take man exactly as he
said
But now it's safe to take him just the other
way instead.
1t does my heart just lots of good to meet once
in awhile
Some of those good old-fashioned folks so near
" out of style.
Wouldn't say the world in honesty is slipping
back
i wouldn't say that christians hunting grace
have lost the track,
Wouldn't say that men to-day are less the
friends OF truth
Because they seem TO differ from the ones i
knew in youth.
Those people please me quite as well as these 1
meet to-day.
Their hearts and hands were honest and their
lives held little guile,
Did those old-fashioned people now so nearly
out OF style.
We're wiser than we used to be, we may be
And good old hOmespun honesty may less our
hearts Undue.
These later days we are all bent on getting
rich so fast
We haven't time to think of things they
thought of in the past.
We're wildly striving after gold, we rush and
push and crowd,
And after while we'll each be wanting pockets
in his shrOud.
But none of rs can e'er outrank within the
Those good old-fashioned people now so nearly
out Of style.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
"Poor Richard"

Ben Franklin is to blame for the
sordid and very partial view of success
that prevails in this country. Frank
lin, though himself not parsimonious
man, dinned maxims of parsimony into
the ears of the American people SO per-
sistently. and did it in such wonder
fully forcible way, that he succeeded
in ingraining the thought of the Amer
lean people with an eminently material
philosophy. The moral of it all is
save, save, save for a rainy day. By
dint of everlasting repetition of the
vision of the rainy day that has got
to be laid up for, Ben Franklin has
succeeded in taking all the sunshine
out of the days that are not rainy for
hundreds of thousands of people.-Bos-
ton Il transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
Cruel Arab Slave Hunters.

The Arab system of raiding is unique
About fifty years ago they subdued the ex-
tenslve Mauyema country, of which Ny
angwe and Kassongo are now well-known
centres. The Manye.nas, after being thus
disbanded, gradually allied themselves
with the Arabs, and eventually have spread
their operations throughout the country to
an enormous extent. The Arabs, on their
expeditions in search of slaves and ivory
generally surround the native villages
early in the morning. At a given signal
they rush in from all points, firing right
and left and capturing ali the women If
the men offer resistance they are shot,
otherwise they are allowed to escape. The
marauders then pillage all the huts in the
village, which they afterward fire. If,
however, the plack happens to be extensive,
the Arabs adopt different tactics. They
form a stockade or zareba. Thus fortified
they establish themselves, maintaining a
strict watch at night. During the whole
of their stay they keep this attitude of de-
fence. After the lapse of several days
they release two or three of the prisoners,
who are instructed to deliver a message to
the men-hiding far away in the forest
to the effect that If they want their women
back they must come and redeem them
with tusks of ivory-each woman being
valued at the rate of one large tusk. Then
several days pass, until perhaps one morn
ing early a gruff voice is heard in the dis
lance hailing the encampment. He in
quires as to the truth of the statement
brought by the women, and then follows a
parley. During the subsequent days, the
prosecuted natives come with ivory to re-
deem their mothers, sisters or wives
eventually they make friends with their
conquerors, wh9 then use them as guides to
the next encampment. where the same
treatment is repeated upon the neighbors
of those recently piundered. Part of the
reward that the guides receive from the
Arabs is the flesh of the people who are
shot in the next attack.-From Life
Among Congo Savages, by Herbert
| Ward. In February Scribner.