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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11
How Matches Are Made.

Sweden is the great matchmaker of the
world, but the industry is conducted on an
enormous scale in the United States and
other countries. The wood used chiefly
pine, white or yellow. Timber for lie pur-
pose is cut out in blocks fifteen inches long
long enough to make seven matches.
After being freed from the bark the ocks
are put into a machine resembling a 1 m
ing lathe, with a fixed cutting tool by
which a continuous strip of veneer is
turned of precisely the thickness of a
match. While this is being done small
knives separate the sheet of veneer into
seven bands so that seven long ribbons are
produced. the width of each just the length
of the match that is 10 be.
Next these ribbons are fed more than
100 OF them az n time into another ma
chine, though at first they are cut into
6-foot lengths, and the kuotty parts are re-
moved. This latter contrivance chops
them into match sticks at the rate of thou
sands minute. which are Rtterward dried
Ga heated drums that revolve. The sticks
thus prepared are then sifted TO remove all
splinters, and the same apparatus that ac-
complishes this purpose srranges them
parallel. so as TO be conveniently bundled.
Finally they are dipped in combustible
mixtures. and although this performance
is so elaborate as 10 render detailed de-
scription undesirable it is performed with
as much quickneSs as the process which
went before. From the felled tree to the
finished lucifers all is done by machinery,
the boxing only being executed by hand
Washington Star.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11

Lawyer-Now. Mr.. Costello, viii you
have the goodness to answer me, directly
and eategoricsliy, a few plain qnestionsi
Witness-Yes, sir.
Lawyer-Is there female az present liv-
ing with you who is known in the neigh
borhood as Mrs. Costeiloi
Witness-Yes, cir.
LAwyer-Haye you ever been married 20
herr
Witness-No, sir.
Hsrs several jurors soovled glooEiiy ss
the witness.)
Lawyer-That e all, Mr.. Costello; you
may 20 down.
Opposite LAwyer--One moment, Mr.. Cos
tsllo. Is the lady in question your grand
motherf
Witness-Yes, sir.~Chicago Legal Ad-
wiser.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11
THE BEST OF TRAMPS.
Old JOHNNY APPLESEEC, WHO
PLANTED MANY ORCHARDS.

He Cooked His Meals in His Tin Pot Hat
and Went About Barefooted. Sowing
Apple Seeds and Tracts-He Was Com
siderate Toward Everything Alive.
One of the quaintest, queerest and most
original characters that ever trod the
trackless wastes of the western wilderness
was Jonathan Chapman, known as old
Johnny Appleseed. Pioneer, philosopher,
philanthropist and pomologist was he, tax
ing no thought of himself and living for
others only. He would not, could he pre-
vent it, suffer the slightest harm to be
done TO the meanest of living creatures
In the great western solitudes he led the
life of the primitive Christian, taking a
thought only of the hour and letting q
wise Providence look out for the future
He thought hunting morally wrong, and
he would let a mosquito sit on him and
suck his blood until the insect was satiated
TO bursting.
This odd old man was the pioneer or
ehard planter Of the west. For over TWEEN
ty years he wandered over the states OF
Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri, plant
ing apple seeds and selling and giving
away IuE ttGQllUkSs &4ADl Vi tHt kEEaS
apple orchards Of the west owe their origin
to Johnny Appleseed. Old Johnny was
born in Boston in 1775. In 1901 be ap-
peared in the territory OF Ohio with load
of apple seeds, which be planted in various
places in and about Licking Creek The
first orchard originated by old Johnny was
on the farm of Isaac Stodden, in what is
now Licking county, o.
Il have often wondered why there was
such widespread ignorance Of old Johnny
Appleseed in the west observed a friend
of the writer recently. Even among hor-
ticulturists his name IS scarcely known
There certainly was no character any more
fully identified with the west than be In
his day"
Thus it IS with all who have ever heard
anything OF the quaint old man. The won
der is that his name is not q byword and
his history 8 part Of the common school
curriculum Of the day.
HIS TIN POT HAT.
The early western pioneers who knew
him but slightly considered old Johuny =
vagabond From cursory observation it
would appear that their Views were pretty
well founded 4 more uncouth individual
&c would have been diEicult 20 find. His
garments were 8 bundle Of rags. His shoes.
when he wore any, could scarcely Be hsld
on his feet by bits Of twine, 30 dilspidased
and worn were they. His pInched and
zrizzIed features were covered by growth
Of very shaggy beard His hair was quite
long and very much faded By constant ex-
posure 70 wind and weather
But old Johnny's crowuiug glory was an
old tin mHsh pot that bad long handle.
This battered old culinary utens1 he wore
for bat When be was trAmping through
TIA wssssrn forests the ald mAl AiHAys
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11

nent, while his mother, from time rc
time, wiped away the froth that gathered
on his lips and moistened them with water
from her bottle. From first to last she
never spoke word, but sat with horror
in her eyes, and watched the flushed cheeks
of this grown mp, bearded son. And all
the devil into shreds.
said there was no cruelty on Dragons
moor that day. But at sundown the mayor
turned to his mother and said:
"We've been over hasty, mother. We
ought to ha' found out who made the devil
what he is. :"
At last the sun dropped; a shadow fell
on the brown moors and crept up the
mound where che mother and SON sat. The
brightness died out of the mayors face.
Three minutes after he flung up his
hands and cried. 'Mother-my head, my
headP'
She rose, still without a word, pulled
down his arms, slipped one within her
own and led him away to the road. The
crowd did not interfere; they were burying
the broken dragon, with shouts and rough
play.
A woman followed them to the road and
tried TO clasp the mayors knees as he
staggered.
His mother beat her away.
"Of wi you" she sried; "'tis your re-
proach he's bearin."
She helped him slowly home. In the
shadow of the cottage the inspired look
that he had worn all day returned for a
moment. Then a colVulsion took him,
casting him on the floor.
At o'clock he died with his head on her
lap.
She closed his eyes, smoothed the wrin-
kles on his tired face, and sat watching him
for some time. At length she lifted and
laid him on the deal table at full length,
bolted the door, put the heavy shutter on
the low window and began to light the fire.
For fuel she had a heap of peat turves
and some sticks. Having lit it, she set q
crock of water to warm, and undressed the
man slowly. Then, the water being ready,
she washed and laid him out, chatting his
limbs and talking to herself all the while.
Fair, straight legs" she said; 'beauti-
full body that leaped in my side. forty years
back, and thrilled mel How proud wasI
Why did God make you beautiful"
All night she sat caressing him. And
the smoke of the peat turves, finding no
exit and no draught to carry them up the
chimney, crept around and killed hen
quietly beside her son.-Q. in Argonaut.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11
A SONG.

Love Is Ike fhese-the bubble on the stream
Now seen, now gone;
The wild red nush that sets the east agleam
At stormy dawn;
A wondrous lily, blooming but to die;
Sprung from strange root,
A purple flower Of golden eye
And poison fruit:
A rare red rose that shelters in the hand,
But keeps its thorn;
A laughing mirage mocking thirsty sand
In deserts lorn:
The Drol gay Of blithesome summer birds
At winter fed;
The painful sweetness Of remembered words
From lips long dead.
And yet. and yet, while summer stars shall
shine.
Or breezes blow,
Love will be king, and rule by right divine
Der high and low.
M. williams in Harper's Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11
She Hoodooed tho House.

A Morgan street landlord some time ago
had curious experience, which illustrates
the superstition and credulity of the peo-
pie. An elderly colored woman was occu.
pying basement room in the house and
for months paid no rent. He hated to have
the old creature evicted, and SO sent the
agent to see if something could not be
collected. To his surprise the old woman
refused to pay, and when the agent threat
ened to put her out, declared that If he did
she would hoodoo the house. The state Of
fact was reported he landlord, who
ordered her to be tur out without more
ado.
So constable and one or two helpers
put her and her belongings out into the
street, while an awestricken crowd listened
to her frightful curses and predictions of
vengeance. A few days later the man of
the family living up stairs got his head
broken in fuss, and before he got well
his wife fell down stairs and broke her leg.
The family at once moved and new tenants
came in. In less than week one of their
children died and they moved out. The
house began to have a bad name. An
other tenant came, and while moving his
furniture into the house ran splinter
from plank in the floor three inches into
his foot and concluded he had enough.
In making some slight repairs about the
house to render it more attractive to ten
ants, the front steps were taken up, and
underneath one was found genuine vou-
doc bag, containing some bones, hair,
herbs, bit of snakeskin, some pebbles
and variety of other things. The bag
was destroyed. The spell was now sup
posed to be broken, but it was long time
before another tenant could be found for
the house. In fear and trembling and in
duced by low rent. one has moved in,
with what result has not yet been made
known.-Interview in st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11
aar ne naa ever naa the pIeasurv OF msev


ing.
Those who knew the old man say that
he was in constant fear Of hurting some in
sect or animal One night be built his
camp fire in the woods and prepared TO
cook his evening meal. The mosquitoes
were very thick about the fire and soma OF
them few into it and were scorched. This
so worried old Johnny that be took his old
mush pot hat, filed it with water and
: quenched the fire.
Is - said that the strange old man to
whom the west Is Indebted for most Of It's
great apple orchards died in Allen county.
Ind, near Fort Wayne. A person who
knew him says that his death was . tri-
umphant passing into glory. He lay on
the grass with his face toward the setting
sun. His couptsnance was wreathed with
smiles OF rapture and as the last beams Of
the great luminary died out Of the west the
vital spark left its abode OF flesh and passed
iato the great uhkHown.-Chicago Herald
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11

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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11

It Is told of a Florence Qnd. young man
who drove his best girl home from party
the other night that be tied his horse 70
the back gate, and after an sffectionate
leave taking was so full of thoughts Of
love that he walked home, never thinking
about the horse until the livery man asked
him the next morning if he had lost, sold
or pawned it.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11
LOVE AND WISDOM.

One bright aAy IN vtafry weafhsr
Love and Wisdom mt toEcthsr;
All Love eaYrto4 Waa hls oaiyeF.
Yet he did not seefn % shivsrs
Wisdom. though IN fnrs. was eoi1I
Love was ysang and Widen old
Wisdom. ever seeking truth.
Asked the eomsiy. naked yogth
How his body wasn't frszeb.
A. he hRdn't any clothes ons
Love. foe ansSsr, seat 90 aTrog
Whining Into visions marrow,
And the old mau's bioed raxsd hotfari
Twill b boilinE ere he's got her.
a q. GAban IA New York sun.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11

cooked his meals IN the old mush poG The
eravings of hunger satisfied, he would give
the pot careful washing, put it on his
! head and tramp on. This was his practice
| for over two decades. The old pot was
bright enough on its inside, but its exterior
was a sight to behold, SO biackened and
battered was it.
With all his uncouthness of personality,
however, old Johnny Appleseed had an in
tellect as keen as the most polished schOl-
ars of the daF. His ideas were far in sd-
vance Of his time. Those who have re-
ceived personal impressions Of the old man
say that he was a philosopher whose puri-
ty of thought was as clear as @ perennial
spring and whose life was as simple as
that Of child.
WHY BE WAS so NAMED.
The name Johnny Appleseed was given
him by the early settlers with whom be
came in contact because he nearly always
carried bag full of apple seeds With him
These seeds by infinite toll he gathered
from the cider presses among the Dutch
farmers in Pennsylvania
When q sufficient quantity Of the seeds
had been gathered old Johnny would load
the fruit Of his labor in canoe and start
on a voyage down the Ohio river iAto the
great Wilderness Of the west. In Indiana
and Illinois, wherever there was the faint
est suspicion Of settlement, be went and
planted his apple seeds. Sometimes be
would select an open place in the forest,
his Judgment telling him that some day
the white man would be there The dis
covery Of fruit bearing apple trees in the
woods in these states has led many 20 be-
lisTe that the apples are indigenous 70 the
soil.
When Indiana and Illinois became well
settled, old Johnny extended his wander
ings west Of the Mississippi river and
planted his apple seeds on Missouri sol
In the wigwan Of the Indian aad the cabin
Of the pioneer be was known and always
welcome. He must have made twenty
such annual trips as the one above de-
scribed. When his seedlings became large
snough he gave them 70 the settlers or sold
them for food and clothes
soxz or HIs PEcuLIAErTIKS
One Of the mest peculiar characteristics
Of old Johnny Appleseed vas bis religion
He led q simple. moral and harmless life.
He was the follower Of the new church, q
swedsnborgisn, and he never lo1t an op-
portunity 70 expound his doctrines He
carried With him always . little bundle OF
tracts. These he distributed among the
early settlers On the border Of civilization
When he would make lis return trips he
s~ould take those tracts up and leave new
ones in their places. His advent IN Ohio
in the early days created sensation The
simple minded people Of the towns and VII
lages knew n0thing but the ed faith. and
their belief wzs strong IN superstition
Some thought he was crazy. and there
fore treated him with compassion. Others
thought BE was possessed of = devil and
would not allow him 20 enter their houses
At this time, however. member Of TIE
Baptist church Of Richlsnd eouaty. o. =
sckoos feacksr and fEe oest read E1an IN
the counry. invited the strange pilgrim %
his home. The Onioan sa1d af-er~aro that
be foEzG bis guest 70 be enc q tbs beat
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11

Clara-Here's q slot nscAins sad ]
haven't a nickel 1onder 4 = dine
Wocld do
Her Bro.hsr-S0 lea wEiZbsd On sze
q those machines not balf an souF are.
Czar1-BrE tbs ts srctoer rzac1lae--
Go1d SswA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11

CAidrsn Cry for Pasher's CssiOda.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-04
Unpreiudiced Gen H uston.

When Gen. Sam Houston vas governor of
 Texas he was very active an persistent ip causing the prosecution of a defaulting officer-so much so indeed thut the friends of the accused raised the sry of persecution. The governor, speaking of this to a company of gentlemen, hoo'ed the idea that he Was prejudiced against the defau.ter, declared that he had no other motive than the oI,. forcement of the laws, and said that l, should probably have the opportunity of convincing the public that he had no feeling of personal animosity against the man. ''Th,s evidence against him will be so overwhelming that any grand jury will find true bill ot indictment" said the general. land no petit jury in the world can fail to convict the criminal on such evidence. Thun, when found guilty and sentenced, he will change his tune and he and his sympathizing friends for hin, will appeal to me for executive clemency Then will be my time to show that have n,. prejudice. I shall pardon him, for I will never allow such an unmitigated scoundreI to contaninate the penitentiary of Texas."-. Harpers Magazine.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-04
African Prince and Gentleman.

According to the testimony of Sir Samuel Baker. Emin Pashu ana Henry M. Stan,ey, there is one chief in Central Africa who is worthy of the title of gen. Gleman. His name is Anfini and he rules over the region made famous in Rider Haggard's remarkable novel. "She." He is described as portly, well dressed man of middle age, who is pos. sessed of inborn tact, never asks fol presents and is not inquisitive about the private affairs of his guests. Since the Arabs began trading in his country. An 6ni has been able to procure many arti- cles of European manufacture.
 Dr. Emin says that Anfini is the only negro prince he has met to whom cloth. ing and whatever other civilized appli- ances have found their way to his coun- try have become indispensable. lie dresses in English flannels and is scru. pulously clean. He is the only native ir the central regions of the dark continent who habitually uses plates and metal spoons at his meals. When Dr. Emin was his guest bananas and other food were passed around on china dishes. lis people never presume to appear in public in nude condition, but all are decently wrapped in skins and bark clothlng.-. Philadelphia Times.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-04
The Decline of the Sailor.

Rather severe criticisms on our navy are appearing i:: tine English journals. The critics admit we have as good naval officers as any, but say that what ships we have are manned by Englishmen, frishmen, Germans, Scandinavians and negroes. This is true in time of peace; for first rate American sailor men can make more than $21.50a month ashore. But once the signal of war comes. and tho promise of prize money and adventure, end there would be little room for much of the poor material now manning the yards. The great fleet that Farragut let. past the Mississippi foxts was manned with Gloucester fishermen-men who, un. like the average blue jacket, combine a keen intelligence with strength and dar. mg.
 The day of the ''square rigger" is gone by, for the modern war ship has no sails, and quick hand at the gun sight and block, tackle and gearing is more in de- nand than one that can hand, reef, and steer. Indeed, it is curious study to watch how, in the war ship of today, the sailor is declining and the engineer and machinist advancing. Perhaps in the future the crew of a war ship will be com- posed of three classes only-scientists, en- sineers and coal beavers or oil feeders.- Scientific American.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-04
National Progress of Russia.

The Russians, says an English paper, are moving rapidly on every line that makes for national progress. Scientific exploration is being carried on in many different directions; laboratories and ob. servatories are being founded, and rail ways opened at wonderfully rapid rate There are now 18,500 miles of railwa open for traffic in Russia. Of this tl state owns about one-flfth only. 1T Russians are independent of foreign nd: tions for coal. iron, oil and mechanical skill, and the foreign element is being eliminated from Russian works, so that the progress of the empire is taking place on wide basis.-Chicago Herald.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-04
Rabbits Versus Sheep Raising

Americans have dual reason for con ,ern in the treatment of the rabbit pest iu Australia Upon the abatement of tha pest depends in a very great degree the sheep raising industry of that south sea continent which plays such an important part in the wool market of the world, and what is the pest of Australia today may threaten large agricultural area in the United States tomorrow.
 Some idea of how sheep raising in Aus. .ralia has been interrupted by the plague of English rabbits may be gained from the following facts: At one station in Victoria, which under skillful management pas. tured 11O, 900 sheep, the incursion of rab- bits reduced :he stock to 1, 200 sheep found by the visitor ''dying in paddock at the homestead" The rabbits had to account for the deficiency. All that good manage ment, backed by abundant capital. could lo had been intellectual to stay the progress Of the rabbits. They had eaten up anG destroyed all the grass and heritage; they bad parked all the edible shrubs anc bushes, and bad ''latterly themselves be gun to perish in thousands. "-Chicago News
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-04

The L,hre Kiln Club.

"In walkin' softly lt ng de path of life daf e,n sartin finys it would be well to remcn. se.'," said Brether Gardner as the meeting opened.
 "Ooan' judge of mans beauty by h;a whiskers. He may grow lem to conceal pin. pies an scars.
 "One reason why our chill'en git licked SC often is because their parents happen to be de biggest. -'- ''i
 Ut is only fool who goes around lookin, fur n'oiel man. A man widout fault ' would be too sof, to stand dis climate
 "While consistency should be respecretisit gineral way, doan' hesitate to squirm out O any sort If a loophole when argyin' wid |. lawyer
 About de time man begins to assert da. dis world owes him iibii' ar about de date vixen he sho 'i'l {, it his fust sentence to sta.s ,.rison.
 When you ha'r ,ua 5, argfying dat dsr s,n no sich thing as rucbur' punishment yvu has lighted upon an ole sinner who ar tryin' to lie to hisself.
 "You compliment some men altogether too highly to call lem hog. hev noticed dat no hog gets drunk except by accident.
 "While I admit dat George Washington was great an good man, would not, if wss runnin' a co'ner grocery, trust any odder American on dat account.
 "De man who am allus ready to fight fur his convictions will fight on de wrong side at least half de time.
 "An egotistical pusson is simply reflecE, shun in natures looking glass.
 Dignity ar de fence which sartin people build up to keep de world from gittin clns .nulf to find out how bad dey really am."- Detroit Free Press.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-04
A wor,an Named Sherman,

Shortly after the war closed the negroe. began to call esch other "lady" and 'geutle man," but in speaking of the whites they generally calle,i them that "man" and tha, ''woman." An instance occurred few years ago in which Gen. w. T. Sherman played Q part. The general was sitting in front of bi. house one pleasant evening with some friends, smoking and tslking, when fellow as black as the ace of spades sidled up, ai..,i addressing the general said: "Is de lad, hero named Johnson?" "No," said the general. Well, said the darky, II think there must be lady of that name livins here, because she is my wife. and she Is work ing for woman named Sherman. an."-Wash ington Critic