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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02

James ". Marshall went across the
plains TO Oregon in 1874. and thence came
10 California the next year. He was
a wheelvright by trade, but being very
ingenious he could turn his hand TO
almost anything So he acted a. carpen-
ter for Suffer and did many other things.
among which | may mention making
wheels for spinning wool, and looms, reeds
and shuttles for weaving yarn into coarse
blankets for the Indians. who did the card
ing, spinning weaving and all other labor.
In 1916 Marshall went through the war
20 its close ss private, Besides his in
genuity as a mechanic. be had most singu-
lar traits. Almost every one pronounced
him half crazy or harcbrained. He was
certainly eccentric, and perhaps somewhat
Eighty. His insanity. however, II he had
any, was Of a harmless kind he was
neither vicious nor qusrrelsome He had
great. almost overweening, confidence in
his ability % do anything as q mechanic
! wrote the contract between Suffer and
him 10 build the mill Suffer was 70 fur
nish the means; Marshall was 10 build and
run the mill, and have a share Of the lum-
Der for his compensation.
His idea was 20 haul the lumber part
way and raft il down the American river
70 Sacramento. and thence. his part Of ir.
down the Sacramento river and through
Suisun and san Pablo bays 70 san Fran
Ssao far \ market Narshali's mind. n
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02

4 retired shoe dealer. whom rnsrcsnAry
considerations no longer deter from giving
advice a. 20 the proper care Of shoes. says.
a pair Of shoes made 81 good leather will
lat much longer II properly cared for than
when neglected. When she's are only
BACKED the leather sooa boconnss hard ri
dry, the best htting pair will b. uneomfort-
able. and here and there iittle cracks <iii
appear. which will sDou become ebasrns
Every week or two the blaoEirz should ~
wiped or with a damp cloth. he ssos
should - allowed % dry. and th~n b.
rubbed with The test harness OH
Every part. including The cole and the
SEAMS. sso1d b. oiled. and the on gives a
chance % soak ia. Thc toughest leather
can b. made sofs "a this way. AID good
leather viii. after tbs treafrnsat. feel ike
kid The sb0e viii w~sr three tinses A.
long ard b. mueh mo-a rlr1fortabls - New
vo-E C----.~rs ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02
THE p.cxsocKET,s ART.
A Devotee Dilates Upon the Beauties and
Intricacies of the Eaniness

A Devotee Dilates Upon the Beauties and
| Intricaeies of the freshness.
There is no class Of artists. said a re-
novned thief, who in their calling are rs
| tsxterous as pickpockets. This Is due 20 a
donb,e incentive. Not only does your
| Piokpocket fad bait for EFFORT and exer-
tiSn il suseesS. but has the added spur OF
fear Ct failure. Success means ~ mach
n pickpO:Set as TO any man, and failure
means q great deal more. A vocation in
which the slightest slip means loss q lib
srty, and perhaps OF life, win ever be apt
to have a degree Of experiences in its fol-
lowers not present in more reputable and
safer avenues OF trade
Pickpockets, like poets, are born. not
made. Their nerves must be iron. and vet
as sensitive as instinct. Their hands must
be as complete in make up aud accomplish
ment as Herrmann's, and strong a. steel
while light as down. Out OF the vast army
OF humanity who are soldiers Of the shad-
orvs only One-fourth Of per cent can or
DO become pickpOckcts. These form the
nobility OF thieves. and are reverenced by
the burglar, the fOotpad. the sneak aud
the con" man aS Of a higher class than
they. The practice OF pickpOcket while
not really az work Is rs constant as that OF
some famed professor % the viol or harm.
lie keeps pace with the procession. No
sooner does some jeweler invent "a new fas-
tening for diamond pins or studs than
these men OF finest touch devise the mo
ton which evades It's purpose.
The chief object Of lckpocket, after
certainty. Is speed. lie cannot daily with
his victim by The hour What he does Is
u be over in a flash Speaking OF pins
and studs, there has never been a fasten-
ing so complex but the expert thieves
could defeat 10 in motion. They DO in
their bushes As fine work a. any Houdin.
aud the thief himself Colld not analyEe or
explain Us de;aH tits powers OF execution
have gone far beyond his power Of percep-
ton or relation
A pick pocket cousults his own nervous
condition constantly. No fine lady ever
has such "A time Win her nerves a. this
aristocrat OF the outlaws. II he does not
feel right be won't work When be does
I've known one on the impulse 20 take
ear on some well dressed aud wealthy
street, and, seating himself side To the win
dow, survey the shirt front ~ every would
De Passenger rs the car came M. The mo-
nent one showed diamond in bis linen or
arayat the thief would hurry 20 the plat
'orm TO get on lie would time his ma
neuvers 50 - TO meet his man on che step
OF the car. They would collide
The thiefs hat--a stin elk or Derby-is
IN bis left hand and covers his dexterous
right, which is put forward % protect is
owner in the collision 10 touches the new
comer right where ,ho diamond sparkleS,
and 10 il still covered by the hat In the
other fand. With an apology the thief
ateps cut u the way. The whois affair is
me tenth part Of a second, but "a he bows
bis regrets be has the diamond in that
mysterious hand OF his, and, As have said.
he could not detail the moves by which be
attained it. even X he should try.--Kansas
City Star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02

While walking through the Museum az
Natural History Mt Central park recently
| saw in one Of the glass cases part Of "A
cedar telegraph poll thickiy perforated
with holes. On inquiry j learned that
these holes bad becn dug in the. pole by the
California woodpecker, for tho purpose Of
storing acorns for It's winter food Some
OF ;he acorns may still be seen In the pole
although most Of them bad been extracted
before IL was cut down.
u has long been known that these busy
workers store acorns in the bark 81 stand
ing trees, but the use 81 "a telegraph pole
foV this purpose Is an entirely new seiec-
ton, and while perhaps tho feat hered gcr-
try find IL very convenient storehouss,
their method OF taking possession is de-
cidedly damaging % the telegraph pole
There Is a cousin Of this sIxrne bird Ia
Mexico who has discovered that the stalk
Of the aloe makesa much bettar stOrehouse
than trees or telegraph poles, besides say
Ing him a great deal u labor. The aloe
after Towering dies. bat the hollow stalk
remains standing The finty texture u
the stalk T. easily pierced through Ia the
central cavity by che woOdpsCkcr. who then
thrusts IN an acorn, then another and au.
other. until the hollow space il iillso % the
level OF the hole.
He then makes second opening higher
mp and thrusts IN more ac0rns until the
level Of that hole Is rsad. 50 be proceeds
all the way up the stalk until 50 IL com
pleteiy filed with aoorns Often aloes
thirty mile distant from the D~.-~st oaE
tree have been found stored In this wzy.
involving journey for the birds % sixty
miles FOR each acorn stored
All this good work 10 turned ~ use in
times Of famine, when not only the wood
peckers but other birds and even animals
live on tbs preserved foOd.-.,t. Nicholas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02
Women ON Anotbcr Star

In Camille tlammariOn' last romance
of the stars some quaint and interesting
fancies are given regarding the planet
Mars. The poet-astronomer imagines
that in our next starry neighbor the
density is 50 slight that material sub
stances are very light, and that thus
the living beings corresponding TO our
selves are vastly more ethereal, delicate
and sensitive than the inhabitants o.
earth. Dwelling farther from the sun
than we, their optic nerve is more pow
erful, and that fact, together with SUI
perior magnetic and electric influences,
creates senses unknown to us and IN
imaginable by us. Everything is SO
much less ponderable, so much more I'M
substantial than with US, he goes on to
fancy, that the people there might be
called thinking and living winged flow
ers, for in the tenuous atmosphere wings
had the first chance at development,
rather than a more terrestrial method OK
getting about, evolution having taken
place in a series Of winged species, and
the people living as much on the air and
on aerial plants as on the ground.
Here also the density Of the body and
its weight being so slight, all organisms
are very light and delicate, no other
food being taken than that drawn from
the atmosphere; thus the female sex is
the lpredominating one, living on the
lirsI of spring and the perfume of flowers,
the absence Of gross food preventing
grok ideas and clarlfyls-s the intellect
to a b immense power, while an unspeak-
ableLcharm is exercised by these women
in De huttering on their wings and in
the Kiss of a mouth that never has eaten.
-HArpers BaZar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02
L Perf-,t Climate.

There are no sudden changes OF season
81 southern California. Spring comes
gradually day by day, perceptible hourly
waking 10 life and color; ami this glides
into a summer which never ceases, but
only becomes tired and fades into the re-
pose Of "A short autumn, when the sere and
brown and red and yellow hills and the
purple mountains are waiting for the rain
clouds. This Is according 10 the process Of
nature. bUc wherever irrigation brings
moisture 10 the fertile soil the green and
bloom are perpetual the year round, only
the green Is powdered with dust, and the
cultivated flowers have their periods Of ex-
haustion,
/ should think il well worth while 70
watch the procession OF nature from late
November or December TO April Il j.
land OF delicate ana brilliant wild flowers,
Of blooming shrubs. strange in form and
wonderful in color. Before the annual
rains the land lies IN n sort of swoon in
golden haze, the slopes and plains are hare,
the hills yellow with ripe wild oats or ashy
gray with sage; the SEA breeze is weak. the
air grows drier. the sun not, the shade
cool. Then one day light clouds stream up
from the southwest. and there Is 4 gentle
rain. When the sun comes out again its
rays are milder. the land is refreshed and
frightened, and almost Immediately a
greenish tinge appears on plain and hill
side.
At intervals the rain continues. daily the
landscape Is greener in infinite variety Of
shades, which seem TO sweep over the hills
IN waves OF color. Upon this carpet 81
green by February nature begins 70 weave
an embroidery OF wild flowers. white, Law
ender, golden, pink, indigo. scarlet. chang
ing day by day, and every day more brill
liant and spreading from patches into great
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02
Value OF the Metals.

The jewelers. Circular tells its readers
that in 1887 the value of the metals mined
in the United States was estimated at
s2JO, coo 600, and that Of the minerals Of
every kind. including the natural gas and
mineral waters, at S2Ss, 900 900, as against
SOC, 900, 900 in 1886. Although precious
metals are also found in the Alleghsnies.
the principal states where gold Is found
are California, Colorado and Dakota, while
Colorado. Nevada, Utah and Montana are
richest in silver The proportion in the
yield Of gold and silver has changed en-
tirely since 1880; for the decade from 1850
to 1889, S555, OOO. 600 gold and $3.50, OOO. go
silver were mined. The two decades from
1860 to 1879 showed a decided change:
tS50,OOO,OO0 gold and $40, 900 90 silver;
from 1880 70 1851 only s264 OOO, 900 gold and
S375 OO0. 600 silver In the year 1851 the
mines furnished SO, 10000 gold aud 49,
1QJ, 900 silver
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02
Within Eagle
FOUND DESERTED ON A STONE.
A Touching Story OF tie Child of the Au-
thor of "JOhn HALIFAX, Gentleman"

A Touching Story OF tie Child OF the Au-
thor of John Halifax, Gentleman"
Every woman in the land has bowed
down before "John Halifax, Gentle
man" but how many know much OF the
life Of the woman whose brain child ne
was? There is in it little romance that
am sure many viii ike to hear. Mar
ried to a gentleman who was a cripple,
Mrs. MULCH Craik lived an idylilc life
at beautiful country home few miles
from county town. t5he beard one day,
quite incidentally, that baby had been
found on stone at tie cross roads, that
it had been taken to the town hall, and
that all the gentry about were gong to
look at it because 1t was such a sweet
little child. So, following the example
Of her aaghbors, she went too. Looking
up into the sweet, sympathetic face OF
the famed adthOress, the little baby
smiled and put out its wee hands.
Dinah Muloch Craik could not resist
this, and so she determined to take the
child for her very own. Quickly it was
wrapped up, and it became her baby.
lsr 'oted to it, she was yet determined as
it grew older it should never have its
heart hurt by being told the story OF Its
birth and adoption; 80 as soon as the lit
tie girl was able to understand, it was
lovingly whispered to her that she had
been found on the large stone which
stood IN the center Of the hau, and
which always was decorated with flow
ers, and that God had put her there that
her mother might find her. As soon as
she grew old enc,.Sh it became her
daily duty to cut the flowers and ar
range them to make beautiful this great
rock that had been dug up from the
cross roads and brought there.
To her it represented the place where
the hands Of the angels had rested when
they laid her down. Curiously enough,
the child became very proud Of the way
in which she had reached the dear
mother who cared for her as lovingly and
as tenderly as if she were really her own
flesh and blood. Her birthday was the
day on which she was found, and when
the tenth one came around and child's
party was given her she was heard ask
ing enc little girl, "HCw old are your
The other one answered, Il was born
nine years ago" "Ohr' answered the
baby, "you were born like other chill
dren, but am better than that; was
found just where God had placed me-"
The childish pride was as amusing as it
was pathetic.
The years have gone by, the eyes Of
the good mother are closed forever to the
sights Of this world, but the child she
cared for lives in tho great town of Lon
don and remembers. and when the
mother of John Halifax, Gentleman"
and Of this girl stands before Almighty
God, don't you think that he will say,
"As ye have done it unto the least Of
these, so / viii unto you. Ladies'
Home Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02

Sir Frederick Abel, president of the Brit
ish association, in recent address said
that nine companies were now or would
soon be at work supplying from central
stations districts of London comprising al
most the entire western and northwestern
portions OF the metropolis. In other parts
Of England there were already twenty
seven lighting stations actually at work in
different towns. English recent progress,
however, was Insignificant as compared
with the strides made in the application Of
electric lighting in the United States.
While in America the number of arc lamps
in use in April this year was 235, 600, and OF
glow lamps about 5000, 900, there were only
about one-tenth the number Of the latter
and one-hundredth the number Of the for
mer in operation in England. England,
however, might claim TO rank foremost in
the application of electrical illumination
to passenger ships and war ships. With
reference 10 the progress of telephone
communication be pointed out that the
number Of instruments now at work
throughout the world was estimated as
exceeding a million.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02
An AIurn FIr. rrtinrui.hsr.

The theory Of all FIRE extingu!shers IS 20
cut OF the burning object from the sur
rounding atmosphere. This can be done
by either a liquid or 4 solid substance, but
water IS the simplest and mot natural
one It. efficacy a. a FIRE eXting1isEer
NAV, however. b increased By an addition
Of pulverized alum IN sufficient quantity
TO give a saturated solution. On evapo-
rating this solution vii leave on the ma
terial on which :; has fallen a thin coating.
having q high heat resisting power Pot
ash and common sslt should not be used,
a. the salts will volstslize ard afterwz-ri
precipstste themselves ia various parts q
room o. building. and tend 20 produce
5aupnezs from their affinity for moisture
New York Journal
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Special Delivery stamps.

He was a stamp fiend, young and pre-
cocious The plain American stamp had
no interest for him. He was making a
collection of foreign ones. and so when
they sent him down TO the pos,office for
a package he did not pay much atteH-
ton, but brought i, home and handed it
over, and skipped out to play tag. Next
day they showed him a new sister who
had arrived. He looked at her with
some curiosity.
Say, where did she come from
"Oh' from heaven"
From heaven! I know. That was
the package brought from the postoffice
yesterday. and never knowed anything
about it."
"Nes."
"Golly! why didn't You save me tho
stamps:'-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02
A Sacrilerinns Rohher.

A stranger entered the Church % the
Assumption, Brooklyn, one Saturday
morning, and. borrowing a rosary from
the sexton. knelt in apparent prayer.
When the sexton. who had been out. re-
turned few minutes later the stranger
had vanished So had two silver chal-
ices, two sllllen stolos and two prayer
books. Chase was given and the fellow
was caught. Upon bis person was
found the booty taken from the church,
as well as three silver coffin plates bear
ing the inscription. Rest in Peace. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
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"a. Rov.I Rrt.i.h T.At.-

TIE royal British plate. probably the
snest il the world. j. usually kept IN two
Itrong rooms az Windsor and T. valued a.
10000 o. he gold service purchased by
george " = Sufficient for 80 perzoas. and
the SILVER wine cooler, wEsch be bought
about the sane time, = eap4cious elouEA
% hold tTo raeu. who could 1t IA - CON
t1rtabiy. i. Is inclo@ed u plAte glass. AID
the splendid chasing took two vears- There
are some quaint o. pieces ia tie royal col
lection Ehics belonged 70 Qusea 2 iE2hetA
some we're tskel from he Spanish Arrnada
aud otee-s we're brought from Ida Csi8a
and BuTuzh- Tbs7s Is ore cup wnics h
longed 10 Cazy.1s XII 81 SEe6e.-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02

Tie age Of Steel IL authority for the fol-
lowing: Gominaliy car lo-d conti1ues %
be 1900 poaadE l. "a also - beTfe.E q
salt, ~ bGrrs-s q hEle o. sArreas o. hosr.
cords q soft wood. - ~ . Lad q c4,tie,
% CT % bead o. hozs - c. 10 bead q
sheep, z ooo feet q so..l boards. II 90 fset
q siding, L. 90 fecs o. foSr4Eg. -, 90
shingles, one half le.s Of bAs5 lurnDeT, ore
fourth less o. gresn lgusber. ossyteniA Isss
q POSTS. sczE,iisz AID Ter -zrzs ti1bera.
80 bushels Of wheat. - bzshes q harlsy.
90 b7she.s q corn, o. 5s1&Asls q oats. go
bushes q esxsesd, 30 b1shsls Ct apple,
80 bushels Of ITiSh pot&.Oes, % oe7shs1s Il
sEee. pc.Ssoss aid LOO 5zshs.s C ETsa-
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some respects at least, must nave been uu-
balanced. Il is hard TO conceive how any
sane man could have been so wide Of the
mark, or how any one could have selected
such site for a sawnill under the circum-
stances. Surely no other man than Mar
shall ever entertained 50 wild scheme as
that Of rafting sawed lumber down the
canyons THE American river, and DO other
man than Suffer would have been so con
fding and credulous as 20 patronize him.
Gen. Bidwell in Century.
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To. Enirhfs - Hou0r Reporter saTs
Az TIE late --ss % q The su2rrrns cram
cil q tie Home Circle re pr e-g4tA t4T
.y.ters O. aszg = rsTszas was asan-
co1ed. and sg-ssf-er is thzf order AZ a.
se--uarE; wlII es .-s.ss spoo a. uzss osrs
- provide tks Eeuefaa fgas 81 tlr su5rsrss
coanzL T1s 2.za - le-l4rss t14s con
ussrd q
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A Terrible pIsappointnaen,.

Mother-Why, nay dear, what's the mat
teri Something has happened a. Mrs De
husic's party, ! know. Tel me Al about
Ii, my child
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Mrs. De Music asked
me to play, and-snd when told her was
out OF practise, she said she WIS % sorry, -
and didn't ask me again. boo-hoo-hoo.-
Good News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02

SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
TOPICS SURE TO INTEREST WIDE
AWAKE MEN AND WOMEN.

The Highest Scientific Station In Europe
Erected at n Point Near the Summit
OF Mont Blanc at an Elevation of 49,
500 Feet Above the Sea
The accompanying illustration from La
Nature, gives view Of a cabin erected
aurng the past summer under the direc-
aon OF NJ. Vallot at a point near the sum-
mt OF Mont Blanc, and at an elevation OF
1880 feet above the sea
1t Is divided into two rooms, one. OF
which is for the use of parties on their way
70 the summit, while the other is a well
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uLUsTRATlogs OF ATTRACTIONS ASD EE-
PCLsIgE.

On The other hand. many fluids VIII not
adhere. Oh and water have often been
instanced. Mercury viii not stick 20 q
glass tube, nor viii tie oiled glass tube re-
tain any water. We can show the Gttrac-
ton and re1ulzion in the following man
ner; Let one glass tube he dipped into wa
ter ard another into mercury and you viii
see that toe water VI Ascend slightly a. the
side owing % ire attraction oi the glass.
while the mercury viii be q. CHER IA the
center. for % poasesees 10 attraction for De
glass Gig. l.. II small. or what are termed
capillary Cor hair. tCbe8 &c --s1 Gig. 2.
tie water will rise uD in tae che tub.
while in the 0thsT TIE mercury viii remain
lower taEn tie mercury outside tks tgbs.
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gerner they al three give the sign The
disguised fugleman and his tail dance
away in search Of other victims, and the
two sponsors lead the lad away 70 an in
closure near the woods on the outskirts Of
the village William Churchill in Popu-
lar Science
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is cohesion on the surface OF two bodies.
When a fluid adheres 20 a solid we say ,hs
solid il wet We turn this natural adhe-
sion 70 our own purposes in many ways
VIC whitewash our walls and paint oar
houses, we paste our papers together. etc.
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nelds, until uaIe anu mn ana JaDIe Lara
are overspread with a refinement and glory
of color that would be the despair Of the
carpet weavers Of Daghestan. - Charles
Dudley Warner in Harper's
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Merely 7 centric.

Vistor-Who is At crazy fool?
Hostile is not crazy fool. He Is
merely eccentric.
EiEt0r-Errr Goal Z-rs
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Care .ss'7t-F 81 rnszsurinE sid prssaar.-s
5 s-.ss b oilr@ 20 cll-s u la..ar~ wee
3 rea~ s is7Ld Eooa. e sasz1 - o..
s-e- esc