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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-21
Eat Dark Meat on Hot Days.

Dark meat Of cold roast chicken is the
coolest lunch on hot day, says a New
York epicure, and gravely adds word
of commentator for the drum-sticks, in
order to quoth the comment of an irate
restaurant cook who had just received
an order for three chicken legs: 81 can't
help that" snapped the cook. "Ican't
cut more than two legs off one chicken.
Ask them do they want the earthf Do
they think fowls is centipedesi"-Chi-
ca0o Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-21
A Substitute for eunpOwdsI

A Paris newspaper, the Pax - 5
that a French scientist has maas 80
covery which is likely to re S.sa-5 =
the art of war. NJ Paul JIM y. i
found out a liauid gas, when ~ Il &
used to propel bullets, cannon 1.- ~ 4
she'll. The Chamber OF Ool... sssi n
St. Etienne hak been 50 imP1;, 3
the value Of Me discovery tns ~ 81 >
conferred upah him a gold nl Soo irsss
more sustan.iIsl reward Of y, uOs ~
A small steel receptacle Is Pl. -;u;ne 81
the barrel III the riie eol.o' - II
drops of this liquid gas 4 n. mo u
Of the trigaser one drop lsi' - BrIIst
breech Of the barrel behinu ' - =
and contact with the a1l'Vse n.isiss
causes it to vIolatilize ins'an''',.;;iirc ~
u o's ,-,, ! ,o, md drives the b.li ~
fore it With equal OF eles'., Sr.oEss
than gunpoRder No SCUM 4
produced. II London s'-Ho~
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-21
Using Pawpaw Leaves for Soap.

The leaves of the pawrsw tree are en-
ployed by the colored people in washing
linen as q substitute for soap. They
have also the property of rendering neat
wrapped in them tender, owing to the
alkaloid papain which they contain and
which acts as a solvent.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-21

and the Joy and glory OF Christ and turn
them before your soul with such speed and
such strength that you would be enchanted
with the revolving splendors OF that name
which is above every name-the name writ
ten once with tears Of exile and in blood of
lnartyrdom- but written now in FURNISHED
crown, and lifted sceptre, and transangelic
throne
There Is another characteristic about
bread, and that is, you never get tired of it,
There are people here seventy years of age
who find it just as appropriate for their APP
petite as they did when, in boyhood, their
mother cut slice OF it clear around the loaf.
You have not got tired OF bread. and that is
a characteristic Of the Gospel Old Christian
man, are you tired Of Jesuss II so, let us
take His name out of our Bible and let us
with pen and ink erase that name wherever
we see it. Let us cast it out of our hymno-
logy, and let There is a Fountain and
Rock OF Ages" 60 into forgetfulness. Let
us tear down the communion table where we
celebrate His love. Let us dash down the
bapdsmal bowl where we were consecrated TO
Him. Let US huri Jesus from our heart and
ask some other hero to come in. Let us say,
Go away, Jesus l want another companion,
another friend, than Thou art" Could you
do it, The Fears Of your past life, aged man.
graves Of your Christian dead would charge
you with being an migrate, and your little
grandchildren would say: Grandfather,
don't do that. Jesus is the one to whom we
say our prayers at night, and who is to open
heaven when we die. Grandfather, don't do
that Tired of Jesusi The Burgundy rose
you pluck from the garden is not 50 fresh and
fair and beautiful Tired of Jesusg As well
get weary Of the spring morning aud the
voices OF the mountain runnel, and the quiet
OF your own home and the gladness Of your
own children Jesus IS bread. and the APP
petite for that is never obliterated
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-21

Nearly one thousand heads OF families
in the Province of Quebec alone have
made application for the state bounty of
100 acres of land voted TO Canadians
who are the fathers of twelve children or
more
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
FIRES and the Open Window.

1t is needless TO point out the good that a
fire doin keeping room free from damp
and all unwhOlesome moisture, and in many
climates frequently saving valuable furni-
ture-pianos in particular-from decay
nay, often ruin. But it must be clearly I'M
derstood that it is not the air which is puri-
fled. but that new, fresh and wholesome
atmosphere has replaced the one that has
been used up. In short, the infected air
has been rarefed by the heat. and proper
ventilation being provided it expels itself
from the apartment. Fire and combus
ton in general, SO far from purifying pol
luted air, actually deteriorate a prodigious
quantity of it in u short time.
Therefore not only common fire, but
even a lighted candle Ito say nothing OF
lamps or gas, when kept in well closed
for, more properly speaking, an i'll closed)
room, wherein the external air has not
free access, renders the air of that room
noxious in an incredibly short space of
time. The remedy is in our own hands
1t is for US mothers and housewives not
only to give instructions, but TO personally
see that the upper sash of at least one win
dow in each living room is opened all day
long, and then gradually to accustom our
selves, our children, and all over whom we
have control, to sleep with them in that
position. We should quickly find our own
restless nights become peaceful, while our
little ones would have the proper proper
ton of oxygen so essential to their young
hves.-London Queen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
History Of = beautiful Flower.

The large and beautiful chrysanthemum
known as the Mrs. Alpheus Hardy"
which has recently become such favorite,
has an interesting history. Several years
ago there came TO Boston a young Japan
csc boy, Joseph Neesima, who was very
anxious TO obtain an education that would
fit him for missionary work in his own
country. He attracted the notice of the
late Alpheus Hardy, whose philanthropy
was well known, and by his kindness the
poor boy received thorough collegiate
and theological education. He returned
home, where he lsbored with great accept
ance until his death. few months ago.
Soon after his return to Japan. wishing TO
make some expression of his gratitude,
young Neesima sent to Mrs Hardy a col
lection of thirty chrysanthemum plants
which he had gathered in his native coun-
try.
Mrs Hardy placed these with an expe-
rienced florist, who gave the apparently
worthless plants excellent care, and was
rewarded by rich collection OF blossoms.
Among these was the queenly flower which
has attracted so much attention, and is
said to he unrivaled ia the list of chrysan-
themums throughout the world. To this
Mrs. Hardy's name has been given. IL is
of pure white color, very large, and has
incurving petals. On the outer ones are
found small but distinct spines. Great
pains have been taken by florists 20 dis
cover its origin. and photographs Of the
blossoms have been sent TO Japan, but at
last accounts no plant producing such
flowers had been found in that country
New York Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
"Our Little Dot. +"

One night as came out of theatre in
St. Louis | saw a number of hoodlums
hustling an old gray haired woman, whose
garments showed poverty, who hung
tightly to package Of some sort she had
under her arm. The boys were jeering,
and she was pleading To be let alone. l
followed after, thinking to say something
at the right time, and by aud by she sat
down on a doorstep Then the young
arabs gathered about her and shouted:
Give us a song, old womanp'
eff you'll dance US Jig We'll let you
OFF,
"Open the bundle and let's see what
you've gotw
When an interval of silence came she re-
piled:
"Boys. come closer around me. I've got
something here TO show you"
They crowded around her. and she re-
moved the newspaper which concealed the
object she was carrying and then held it
up before them. Had bombshell dropped
among them it would not have scattered
them more quickly. What do you suppose
it wasl A bit of board about feet long by
1 foot wide, painted white, and on it in
black letters the epitaph: Our Little Dot.
Died Oct. II, 1886"
1t was the headstone for childs grave
such headstone as only the poor and low
ly erect over the head of loved one. Pity
ing her poverty and her sorrow, the paint
er may have done his work for nothing
The boys could read, and as each one read
for himself he turned away and vanished
in the darkness. The last to go took of
his ragged cap to that headboard and kind
ly said:
I'VE didn't know it, aunty; please for
give us. New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
ADJUSTMENTS.

The "Black Hussar' by the McCaull
! Opera company at the opera house last
evening brought out quite large number
of the lovers of comic opera The opera is
| handsomely costumed and the generous
| applause given was well deserved. Digby
| Bell, who has lost none of that charm of
originality which has made him a prime
| favorite, appee red as Piffkow, his comedy
work keeping the audience in a continued
roar of laughter Laura Joyce Bell, as
Barbara, was all that a critical audience
could ask. Fred II. Freor also did some
splendid comedy work as Hockenboch.
Josephine Knapp and Annie Myers were
charming as Minna and Rosetta The
entire cast was good. The chorus was
particularly strong, bringing out the full
strength of the company. The perform
ance last evening closed the engagement.
JARBEAU.
He who misses seeing and hearing Yer
mona Jarbeau in Starlight" will have
matter for future regret. Starlight" is a
string of the brightest and most popular
melodies, culled from here, there and
everywhere. There is very little dialogue.
but there is plenty of the best sort of sing
ing. Jarbeau herself is generous of her
time and presence She simply bubbles
over with life and individuality. From
the crown of the head she carries so
jauntily to the tip of the slipper that some
times wrinkles in mid air in a manner
quite as bewitching as daring. the charac-
teristic shows itself She sings French
songs, English songs, a topical song,
dances with inimitable abandon. and
laughs with an infectiousness that no one
can resist. Her prettiest bit of acting is
perhaps in the little sense at the piano,
and her most Charmingly rendered song
Where are You Going Ny Pretty Maid,"
She has clever set Of people with her,
and she is not afraid to let them make the
most of their opportunities.
AT the Crawford Grand New Years day.
Two Performances-afterpoo and even
ing. Seats now on sale.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
WHY Gum Chewing Is Injurious.

Can gum chewing be regarded as to any
degree harmful?
The habit is unnatural IL meets no
normal need as does the chewing of the
cud by the COW and some other animals.
Whatever is abnormalis presumptively in
furious, even though we may not be able
to trace its effects. 1t took long time to
find out that tobacco chewing caused one
of the most fatal diseases of the heart.
Every secretion of the hody has its nat
ural limitation. Artificial stimulation
greatly beyond this point must be hurtful
This is a general law. Gum chewing
stimulates the salivary glands vastly be
yond their normal limit, and the result
must be injurious.
The constant swallowing of saliva in a
sort of churned state carries into the
stomach large amount of air, which be-
comes a source OF discomfort and often of
positive injury. 1t must be renem bered
that air swallowed in this way becomes
greatly expanded by internal heat.
Muscles are enlarged by use. Witness
the blacksmith's arm as compared with
that of the scholar Witness also the
enormous muscles of the athlete Now the
normal use of the masseter muscles tends
only to keep them in proper working con-
dition; but their overuse in gum chewing
must tend to their undue enlargement and
thus to the designation of the face
Youths Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31

The most familiar form of protective in
oculation Is ordinary vaccination, IN which
a comparatively small number of the mi
crobes are introduced into the system, there
to multiply abundantiy and 10 effect some
change, possibly to remove some necessary
food material. 50 that the system will no
longer favor the growth Of the same organ
ism If it subsequently, gain access. The
system thus becomes protected by having
supported a crop Of organisms and is in
capable of maintaining second, immunity
from the particular disease being thus ~
cured for longer or shorter period Of time
In the future.
IL has, however, been found that pro-
lection can be secured in the case of some
diseases without inoculating the living or
ganism at all, but by introducing only
certain quantity OF its products on success
sive occasions and IN increased quantities.
Ia this case the protection obviously de-
pends upon accustoming the system 70 the
particular poison, just "a persons may by
practice become accustomed 20 taking ar
senic or opium. which would prove i'm
mediately fatal 70 ordinary people Con
siderations Of this klEd have led Pagteur
TO devise the systerns Of preventive isocu-
lation for anthrax, for chicken cholera,
aud more recently for the terrible hydro
phobaa, which Is doubtless a disease pro-
duoed by microbes. although a. yet undis-
covered English illustrated Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
Cold Waves Described.

A cold wave, as defined oy Professor L.
Russell, is a fall OF temperature in twenty
four hours of 20 degs. over an area Of So
600 square miles, .he temperature in some
parts of this area descending 70 80 dogs.
Between 1880 and 1890 no less than sol cold
waves were recorded in the United States.
In the great cold wave Of Jan. II. 1882, the
fall of 20 dogs. extended over an area OF
1.10l square miles, and the fall of 10 degs.
included an area of 1,029. 600 square miles.
In six cold waves Of the ten years the area
of the fall Of 20 dogs. was more than ], 600, :
600 square miles. Cold waves follow a day
after an area Of low pressure, or occur TO
the southeast Of an area OF high pressure,
attaining their greatest extent when both
conditions are present together. They oc-
cur only, however, in the presence of an
area of high or low pressure.-Nsw York
Telegram
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
A po.tomiess Abyss.

OF the many natural wonders IN the out
Of the way regions Of West Virginia none
] has more widespread fame than mystic
rious hole in the maintains near Ritenour,
known all over the South Branch country
as the He'll Hole This is rather an I'M
couth name, 10 be sure, but 70 visit the
spot justifes the title in the mind OF the
beholder This terrible abyss is on q
stream called North Fork, in Grant county,
and is at the lower Dr. left hand side of the
road which leads through the Harmer hills.
The chasm, circular in shape, is about Is
feet in diameter, almost perpendicular and
believed by the natives 20 be bettomless.
Many attempts have been made TO sound
this mysterious natural We'll; in some in
stances lines over 1000 feet in length have
been used, but as yet the other end mss not
been discovered; lanterns and torches low
cred to the depth of many hundred feet re-
veal nothing but rough, irregular walls of
solid rock.
Scientists provided with stop watches
examined the chasm in 1888. Heavy bowl
ders were rolled over the edge of the yawn-
ing gulf which failed to give forth a sound
until after the expiration of fourteen sec
ondsl From this, making due allowance
for the resistance OF the air, the transmits
sion of sound and the impediments TO the
powders caused by the uneven sides, they
calculated that the hole was 3, l52 feet
inches deep, presuming, of course, that the
first audible sound was caused by the stone
striking bottom
The people of the vicinity who have for
many years regarded this gigantic well
with something akin 10 awe tell many
stories about it and the objects, animate
and inanimate, which have been swallowed
up in its Unsuitable maw.-St. Louis Re
Dubiic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
CHANGING TELEPHONE WIRE.

The Telephone company is making ar
rangements to improve the Wellington
line. Since the electric cars have been
running on East Douglas avenue it has
been almost impossible to use the yelling.
ton wire. As result it has been decided
to make change. The wire now going
out Douglas to Hillside will run on Second
TO Hydraulic, and south from there one
mile, thence east to meet the present line.
The wire crossing the trolly wire at right
angles the electric currents do not flirt
with each other and get domestically
mixed up and forgetting to transmit the
wave sounds
This will call for a line of poles on Sec
ond east of Market and South on Hydrau-
lie. 1t is thought that the street and av-
enue is wide enough to permit the poles to
be located there without interfering seri-
ously with travel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
About Gloves at Night.

Some odd notions creep into print about
toilet treatment. One lately says that
wearing gloves at night wrinkles the
hands and makes them yellow. That de-
ponds entirely on the care taken in the
matter. Worn as sleeping gloves usually
are, as long az they will hold together,
soiled to begin, soaked with repeated dress
ings of cold cream, not too good at the
start, and rancid with the heat of wearing
them for hours longer than a woman ever
wears gloves for dress. unless at a ball, it
is no wonder they turn the skin yellow and
draw it into wrinkles.
Soaking the hands with olive oil, almond
oil or vaseline will yellow them in time, as
the skin takes the hue of oiled paper or
parchment. But choosing q pair of easy
fitting old gloves, well cleaned inside as
well as out, the hands, not the gloves, well
rubbed with any wholesome dressing, they
cannot but be very much improved by the
wearing. Ii is not easy to see why il should
be injurious to wear gloves to sleep in any
more than stockings. There is really no
way of keeping housekeeping hands in or
der without the practice.-Shirley Dare's
Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
ALWAYS FIGURING.

Harry Bone, of Ashland, was perambu.
lating about town yesterday trying to
catch on TO things in general He an
nounces in his soft boiled-egg style that
there are about $4,000 head of cattle in
Clark county drifted in from the Cherokee
strip, and they are getting along about as
well as the other people. especially those
who trot his class He further states that
Clark county does not propose TO get left
in anything, and accordingly has a candi-
date for the United States senate. Their
candidate can make more noise about q
small per cent of nothing than anybody,
and hence he is putting up even money
that he win succeed and come out with a
red necktie and Kilgore hat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
Religious Observances Among Japanese.

The religion of the japanese women must
appear very complicated and confused to
their little Ciddy brains when even the
most learned priests of their country lose
themselves in their cosmogonies, their
symbols, their metamorphoses of gods in
that millenary chaos upon which the
Buddhism of India has so strangely foisted
itself without destroying anything. Their
most serious cult seems to be that of their
defunct ancestors. These shades of famil-
lar gods possess in each household a per-
fumed altar, before which the living pray
long at morning and night, without,
however, believing absolutely in the i'm
mortality of the soul and in the persist
ence of the human ego as understood by
our occidental religions
To the religious contradictions which
battle us must be added superstitions as
old as the world, the strangest or the
gloomiest, and fearful TO listen to at night.
Beings half gods and half ghost haunt the
black darkness; at croSsways in the woods
stand ancient idols gifted with singular
powers; there are miraculous stones in the
depths of forests. And to have an approx
innate idea of the faith of these women
with small oblique eyes, one must reduce
to chaos all that have just said, then try
TO transpose it into giddy brains that
laughter prevents most of the time from
thinking, and that seem at moments to
have the heedlessness of the brains of
birds.-Pierre Lott in Harper's.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
Mailed His Pipe.

That the groom of one of last week
weddings was so deeply enamored OF
his fair bride as To foreshsdow the
future happiness of the couple is per-
haps augured by little incident which
he does not mind telling himself 1t
was in the early days OF their acquaint-
ance, and he was about mailing his
first note TO her. Although the missive
was comparatively unimportant one, re
lating TO some intended courtesy its writ
ing had been mingled with much absorb
ing thought Of what future notes to her
might breathe. and he walked down the
street 10 mail il. putting some very pleas
ant pictures from his meerschaum- At
the box, still absorbed, be dropped, as be
thought, the letter into the receptacle and
retraced his steps 20 his apartments As
the door was reached be found the note
still in his hand. What, then, mad he put
into the box, His pipe, OF course, and
there be found it a few minutes later, bowl
out, the long stem deep among Uncle
Sans mail.-Exchange
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
FINALLY LEARNED TO LOVE.

The court house boys attended a small
wedding yesterday. The great event oc-
Cured in the sheriff's Office. Albert Hin
son had been in Jail for some weeks; had
been captured in K. G. and brought back
to answer charge made by Jennie Wad
kins. After spending some time in the
Jail and given time to reflect, he concluded
he had better decide to take her unto
himself as his wife. The license secured
and the court house gang came in to see
the legal fight ended. Hinson did not like
so much publicity, but he could not pre-
vent it. The colored preacher had cere-
mony twenty-three minutes long, and
Hinson was thoroughly impressed with
the solemnity of the occasion when the
performance ended
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-31
FROM GALVESTON.

Mr.. c. T. Ratliffe, for long time resi-
dent of Harper county, Kansas, but whose
home is now in Galveston, arrived in the
city yesterday. He is connected with the
Galveston Land and Improvement COM
pany, of which II. B. Cullum and L. J.
Watson are managers, and is here looking
after some of the interests of that company
which is made up of number or a combi-
nation of Denver and Galveston capitalists.
This company something like a year ago
bought up the finest lands adjoining the
city On the island which they connected
with the city by rapid transit line and
which new addition is being extensively
improved. 1t fronts on the finest beach in
the world and has none of the objections of
the older portion of the city. Mr.. Ratliffe
bears letters t. some of our most promin-
ent business men. In talk with him he
said that Galveston was thoroughly in
sympathy with and was watching with the
hvliest interest, Wichitas efforts to estab-
lish grain market southwest of the Mis-
souri, river. During the day Mr.. Ratliffe
met and conversed with a number of our
leading citizens.