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The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-01
A Stationary Conversation.

"You have so much address I can
hardly be expected to compete with
you," said the letter to the envelope.
Nov, don't get excited" replied the
envelope, "because you know you cant
contain yourself."-Jury.
The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-01
Important Revision.

De Art understand that Ward Nc.
Allister intends to revise his book
make some additions to it.
De Science-Ah! indeed! New dishes
or new drinks?-N. Y. Weekly.
The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-01
Distances Lend, Etc.

Don't you like to hear some onA
singing on the water far away?" she
asked.
"Yes," he murmured, "far away
Life
The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-01

n a large mining
town in the far
west there lives
& c orge Ran.
dolf, a mining
king, who by
n a t ure is as
stern and ar
bitrar.y as men
The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-01
"A Sedalia china store exhibits "a

"A OeudI1a CIII1H SCOTC cXItIUICS as q
sign 575 plates, 16 pitchers, 8 jars, Q
wash-bowls and 15-gallon jug. The
PLACES have hole in the center and are
screwed on boards and frame work ex-
tending to the top of three-story win
dow.
The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-01

succession, killing one animal and bao-
ly wounding the other, which the dogs
attacked at once.
When the sharp, short fight was over
one dog limped back to receive the
praise of his master. while the other
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24
Longevity of Tradesmen.

The average ages to which men of diff
ferent occupations live are shown by stats
tics to be as follows; Agate polishers, rs
10 4s years; blacksmiths, 55.1 years; brass
founders, GOA years; brass workers, s.. 2
years; brewers, 500 years; britannia work
ers, 42.2 years; butchers, 565 years; cabinet
makers, 49.S years; carpenters, 55.7 years;
cloth weavers, 57.5 TO SO years; workers
IN coal, 55.l years; confectioners, 81 years;
COppersmiths, 48.6 years; cotton operatives,
a 10 so years; dyers, 63.7 years; engravers,
a. o years; fertilizer makers, 81 years; gas
men, e. to Is years; gilders, 53.s years; glass
cutters, 42.S years; glass makers, 81. 3 years;
goldsmiths, a years; hatters, 5l6 years;
laborers in bleaching works, 81 to So years;
copper forgers, COS years; day laborers,
52.4 years; lead miners, Al wears; laborers in
distilleries, % years; locksmiths, ~. years;
machinlSts and stOkers on railroads, 81
years; machinists and stokers on steam
ships, 81 years; mssons, $50 years; millers,
al years; workers in oil, "a years; paint
srs, 81 years; paper makers, $40 years;
potters, 81 years; printers, 54.3 years;
railroad employees, 39.7 years; saddlers,
535 years; salt boilers, O. years; scaVen-
gers, IS 10 60 years; stonecutters, 81. 3 years;
tanners, 6l.2 years; workers in tobacco,
5S.3 years; varnishers, 10 years; watch
makers, $50 years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24

Mme GeoETn married. AZ The sze o.
fourteen. " GeoFrlr, wealthy glzss
manufacturer and lieutenant colonel O
the National Guard HIS dgty a. h1s-
band seems 20 aave been % provide tns
funds for her socla4 czupss gns and =
watch ever tire details ~ ire Uaenazs. i
IL related q n,ra sEs- some pe-Sol CAV
lin history r. read. and wa>u he ssze,
for Tire successive volumes. regularly
paImed CT upoz ktra tas 1-st ~ 8. 8,
were new. ~ Lass - was heard 70 - s.
that hs thought tz= zuraor '-Tsp-ats3
hirrss1f a little
4 book p-lnted II double columns n
Rad straight across ire Page. ren&rklnE
that ~ seemed % r. very good. oGt 1Tsf
rather abstract one DAY 3 x1s5ror -
CURED zfrer TIE Se1.. waite szlT~d 9.5
gentienAa who VA g. tAs laz4.t - so
ting a. tie head c.. TIE r4o.e. Goa ~
was nv husband reY.isa Mue. (I-o.5
IN. .befo-e re die4- san Franelsoc
ArgonEut.
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way. At length he formed partnership
with one Sydney Bel, a more daring Grim
inal, and on the night Of Aux. l.. 1890, this
Bell murdered Mr. Samuel Jacobson and
the trial made Schmidt famous
He testified for the prosecution. but re-
tracted his testimony when he found II
would not help his own case. There vas
about him not one redeeming trait-not
even that of honor among thieyes-yet the
thought viii arise. If that poor and de-
spised thief could now return and tell all
he knows what character he would be.
The renowu Of all the heroes and ssges. all
the scholars ana philosophers would sink
into insignificance beside that Of this man
who could tell Us the actual facts OF that
state into which be plunged.
From this ba>ebor thief and self con-
fessed perJurer : a positive relief 70 turn
70 the grave &C Heloisc Leroux, the honest
French girl wra killed herself IN New
York IN the ortborCiox French way By
asphyXiation, for the old standard reason
of unreQuited love She was no longer
very young-someJhiEg over thirty-Hnd
was well 20 do a. regards money, beIRg &
skillfUl dreSsuaker, yet she died 10y her
own act, leaving only 1his line for Nile
Emma Eptaux. her roommate, ''Je ne
items plus 4 yivre''-'.I no longer desire .
live
Years ago II her native Normandy she
loved and was beloved by a French officer
He died. aud she removed TO New York
Nile. Felicie, the m23d OF Sarah BerR-
hzrdc had been her nlaxmatA IA Franco
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24

\ sunkeu eyed old man whom I meet
every night that I stroll up Fifth avenEe
somewhere between Washington square
and Twenty-third street l must have
known good fifteen years. He lives in
a garnet within stones throw OF the
square, and Is the owner Of much val-
liable property. In the early days Of
our acquainyanceship fused 10 encounter
him strolling n the park munching q
French roll, cramo by crumb. This was
els breakfast. Il ne eats another meal
II Is probably Of the same order. His
dress i that Of a vagranc. bat his con
versation Is that of an educated nan.
He Is especially happy IN recounting
"reminiscences OF the New YORK CO Two
generations age. and has Travelled =
coupe II mics ar time WITH me %
point ont vanished landmarks N which
| happened 70 De Interested. / wen as
regard rsrir hy giving hIm ear fare
aft-r each of Eh=ss Iauuis- de pom ned
the money and waIled bGck This m4a
Is rrae miser. bur net = beggar. though
ne does lot scrupls 10 lnISapproprlate
my car far.-New YORK Coz PltrSbzrg
Na--ls---~-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24
HUMAN REsEMeLANcEs TO ANIMALS.

Some Are Positively Fascinating, While
Others Leave Much to Be Desired.
The French, who are famous for their
keen observation, have a saying TO the eff
feet that every one bears a resemblance,
more or less exact, to some animal There
are many persons outside of the French
nation who claim that lines of likeness to
horses, dogs, monkeys, birds, fishes, snakes
and tigers, as well as to those of sheep,
goats, pigs, cows, etc, can be traced in
men and women who yet are really hui
man and without any moral likeness to
their prototypes. Some OF these reSem-
blances make pretty faces enough. If the
horse and COW leave much TO be desired on
the score of beauty the dog gives several
fascinating types Of beauty. We have
known spaniels and settlers and skyes and
Blenheims and funny little japanese non
descripts, in frocks and hats, walking
erect on two legs-with human voices to
match their human minds-who were as
delightful in their womanhood as they
were pretty in their personality. And vet
their faces with only few strokes of the
pencil could be made an exact likeness of
the creatures we have mentioned. We
have known monkey faces as pleasant
may we say as kisssble?-as those sweet,
round kitten faces which irresistibly sug-
Eest the princess who had been the White
Cat-as those blunt nosed kid faces which
recall Damon and Galates-as those sharp
chinned mouse faces which are spoiled
when they run into the ferret type-as
those faces like to fawns where the dis
proportionate length is redeemed by the
lovely liquid eyes and the graceful neck.
We have known tiger face that had its
fascination, If also ii suggested cruelty and
treachery. But the snake, and the lizard.
and the pig, and the fish we have not known
in any way beautiful, nor is the sheep a
type for idealization. The bird, albeit
bony and beaky, may pass as pretty kind
Of creature when young and not too jerky
IN It's movements, nor too perky in its ca
resses. Do we not all know the women
who peck like birds when they make a
show OF kissing? They cannot kiss even
their babies like true humans, but dab and
dash and peck at the soft flower face like
bird picking up grain; and their pointed
lips seem as if they must hurt as much as
the bony beak they simulate
And are not hands very often like clawsa
And did not Dickens hken the working
sinews Of an old woman's shriveled neck
TO the scratching legs of poultry? And are
not certain men like eagles? and certain
Others like secretary birds2 and others
again Ike heronsi And, yet again, others
like geese? And do we not all know the
dove among women, and the little brown
wren, and the angry little hedge sparrow,
all fuss and buster and fight and feathers,
with body no bigger than a walnut I'M
dernesth those apparently quite fornid-
able quillsi Surely! In fact, birds have
nearly as large following as dogs, and we
might multiply the instances of likeness
till we had included all the species given
by White Of Selborne or even by Audubon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24
Tn. Lai- of Indiana Horse Thieves.

Il reads like a tale of the early days o.
pioneer life-the announcement in the In
dianapolis Journal that a secret cave, the
rendezvous Of gang of horse thieves, has
been discovered not far from Valparaiso,
Ind. The cave Is reached after a long
climb to the top of the hill. the crest Of
which is densely covered with mr. trees.
Here secret entrance admits horse and
rider 70 an underground passage which
runs into the hill nearly forty rods. il
was found that rude stalls had been con-
structed. there being space enough for
quarJering twenty or more horses. Several
little rooms, roughly furnished. were utii-
lied a. hiding places Of the thieves. The
sand, which covered all tracks Of man and
beast, has always prevented the successful
tracking of the gang, but the discovery OF
this rendezvous has probably cut short the
operations OF the most daring gang OF
thieves q northern Indiana"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24
Fooled with the Marriage Ceremony.

This getting married for fun" is good
deal like fooling with a gun that isn't
thought TO be loaded. Generally the fun
turns out to be serious and the frearm
kills somebody. a matrimonial case in
point is furnished by South Carolina. 1t
seems that Miss Nellie Sitgreaves, of Wins
bOro, spent some time last August with
her aunt at Catawba junction. Among
the young men she met was John Steele,
of Rockhill, the railroad agent. One day
Miss SitgreaveS was at the depot when a
train arrived and Reese Massey, an ac-
quaintance, got off the train. Mr.. Steele
laughingly asked him 10 marry Miss Sit
greaves and himself Mr.. Massey con-
sented, and in the presence of several wit
nesses pronounced them man and wife
About two weeks ago Mr.. Steele was mar
ried 20 Miss Williams, of Rockhill, and it
now turns out that Mr. Massey was a
notary public, and the marriage with Miss
Sitgreaves was legal. The matter viii
come up at the next term of York court,
and an effort will be made to have the
marriage between Steele and Miss Sit
greaves annulled.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24

To prepare chalk The jewelers. Circular
directs ~ follows. "Pulverize the chalk
thoroughly aud thea mix 70 with clean
rainwater. in the proportion Of two pounds
20 the gallon. SIR well and then Tee it
stand about TWO minutes In this time the
gritty matter viii have settled To the bot
tom. Pour the water into another vessel
slowly, so as not 10 stir mp the sediment.
Let stand until entirely settled and then
pour of as before. The settings IN ths
second vessel will be prepared chalk. ready
for use as soon as dried. spanish whiting.
treated In TIE same war. makes q very good
cleaning or polishing powder. Some work
men add little -rurUs. AID we think lt an
improvement. e gives tds powder a nice
color a. least. ael therefore adds - its i'm
POrtance in tae eyes of the laymeu."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24

Cochineal the dyestuff of beautiful
crimson color. is prepared from the body OF
an insect which feeds on various plants OF
the cactus family, particularly on one Of
them, which is closely allied to the prickly
pear. IL is a native of Mexico and other
warm parts Of America, and is carefully
cultivated for the sake of the insect which
finds its food in the leaves. 1t is tiny lit
tie thing, one pound weight of cochineal
being calculated ID contain 10000 of the
dried insects. 1t Is tedious work 10 gather
them. being accomplished by gently brush
ing the branches with the tail of a squirrel
The insects are killed by being placed In
ovens, and when once dried may be kept
for any length of time without injury.
One insect placed in a glass of water Will
color the whole liquid beautiful carmine.
Cochineal forms one of the most important
exports from Mexico.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24

wise king that jealousy is stronger than
death and more cruel than the grave, and
illustrations of its truth multiply daily.
Apparently this is the age OF ''murderous
love" Every day one reads Of rejected
lovers Staying women or suspecting hus-
bands staying wife or friend and Of both
Staying themselves, and John Kramer, OF
East Twelfth street, New York, is the last
most tragic instance.
His wife was pretty woman of twenty
seven years, he was a brawny and not at
all attractive German of forty-seven; he
shot her and hanged himself. Such are the
main points. But there are curious side
details. Mary link was indeed a pretty
south German girl Of twenty-three when
she landed in New York and went to work
as a domestic On Feb. 20, 1888, she was
married to Kramer, a six foot Bavarian,
weighing over 200 pounds. A few days
later he suddenly departed, going to De-
troit, as it soon appeared.
a little later Mary learned that his name
was John Koppler, not Kramer. Later
still that he had eleven years before mar
ried another woman. And, lastly, that he
had met this other woman soon after MS
second marriage, patched up a peace with
her and taken her to Detroit. Pretty soon
John returned and she forgave him. Then
he went away again. and so for three years
he vibrated between the two women. Then
Mary got desperate and went away from
New York TO work in a restaurant, after
which Kramer got wildly in love with her
aud crazy with jealousy of a man who be-
friended her.
1t seems that Mary's love for him had
worn out at last; she determined to 90 with
the other man and went to her old home
for her trunk and clothing. As she stood
over the trunk, packing it, Kramer came
up behind her and fired three shots into
her face and head. There was dreadful
struggle and the woman was dragged ont
of his grasp. Kramer then fired at his own
head, but inflicted slight hurt. He
jumped into the cisteru, but the water was
too shallow TO drown him. He then fas-
tened a rope in the dumb waiter shaft,
slipped the moose around his neck, swung
off, and there the police found him a corpse.
J, H. BEADLE.
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Daring the approach and courinusno. %
winter the earth throws CT 5y radiation
each Il gnt more neat than Z sfsorbs q the
daytime. While this 7oes on the teDpeTa-
ture of The surfacs o. "a. esrzh rsust Goa
tiuue 70 fzll. and the cod Of TIE atmosphere
must penetr4ts deeper and Gsepsr daily
into tie ground. A. spring Approaches
The condition changes, and each a git lszs
heat Il rsdi2:sd than is absorbed d1riaz
TIE day. The average temperature q ths
earth s therefore steadily rising instead .
falling. aud Opportunity u given 20 TIE
latent heat Of the earth . manifest ia tn
suence; for, next 70 Tia primal source ~
hes--t1s sz1-a very Important source -
f0und in tee heat % tEe gloD~ i1se3f. While
The sarfsoe Is stall frozeu. therefore. AMI
has not re- ABSORBED sgsicient sErplGs 81
heat 70 oTe-cozs re sfsscs q ne nightly
loz By radiation, tae grDg1d mar ysE os
tnawIrg rapidly AID psrrspt4osy from be-
low tarouEa taa asfusnce q tee eagts
ssters rEzr
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and so they became intimate friends In
New York. and il Is said both fell in love
with the same man. A struggle ensued
between friendship and love. The result
is not made known Suffice it that the
man went his way, and then Mile. Leroux
fastened her windows, turned on the gas
and died. Her father was fairly well TO
do citizen of Caen and left her an annuity
of $500 per year. To this she added largely
by her own labor, and her will disposed or
all her property IN the most bus1nessIlke
manner Her suicide was evidently the
result of long generalization.
Far mora mysterious was the recent sui
eide of Mr. William Center, of San Fran
cisco, prominent for twenty years past IN
political and commercial circles and re-
Gently confidential agent of the Spreckelses
and promoter of the HakaIau Plantation
company. This gentleman was born In
Scotland forty-seven years ago, went to
San Francisco under the patronage OF a
wealthy uncle, succeeded from the start,
was happily married and generally re-
spected.
Yet he walked home at midnight from
social gathering, went into the basement
of his house and fired bullet through his
brain. There can be but one explanation:
The machine had been overworked. Three
years ago be suffered four months with
typhoid pneumonia, after which he always
had peculiar symptoms" and acted
queer AT times" as his friends say. Yet
he kept right on working and living his
usual life The cords snapped; he went
all at once"
Crime, disappointed love and over
nh has tn sci
slaughter; but we have the word OF ths
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24
strrrtnraI Iron.

The Increase in the use Of structural frou
in the northwest is 0ne 81 the most inter
esting points 10 the marvellous development
Of the section. aud j. BY no means coEh1sd
to the two or three cities therein which lay
claim 70 metropolitan distinction. Ia pear
" all public buiigln gs aud IN private enter
prises Of the more permanent and substAn-
iial character whether they are in towns
Of 100 90 or 1000 inhabitants. more or less
architectural iron work j. used, and sx-
perierced b1ilders gay the proportion con-
summed IS quite a. heavy iu the northwest,
hccords ug 10 popGlssiou. a. it Is Ia the east,
says Northwestern Mechanic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24
Boys Clothing.

Two ways OF dressing small boys are now
in vogue. One plan adopted by many
mothers IS that OF keeping their boys in
dresses until they are tEree years old, then
having them wear kits with jackets until
they ara five or SIX years Of age. The other
plan-which k in much greater favor with
the bors-is 70 Use kits earlier, and put
little fellows OF three or four years into
trousers Tan colors are fashionable for
bOys' clothing IA the popular tweeds
Scotch cheviOts, and honespuns- Vlcuoz
cloths are also used IN stripes and checks
and there are many soft YET rough surfaced
woods Of natural coIors. entirely without
dye. BOYS o. four 20 nine years wear twc
piece suits OF checked chevios, Cashmere
and fancy mixtures.
Three piece sllts EIta separate vest are
more used Tor dress tEan school OF boys Of
four 70 1jne years and ara made OF me
creped CLOTHS. black No-stecs. brown Ct
black plain cloths. o. else q tr1eots- BOYS
q ten "a fifteen years wear school suits q
cheTloc OF hou2espan made gVi1z co-ose
breasted JACKET, with Or without vest.
and knee 5reecaes For fhe Isrg~r boyS
there zre ai~o taree battoaei c1tzwaT
coats WIKI YES 81 EEixeG E0cs:s for every
dzy wear. ard O. pssla e-otas fo- after
Moons " >csazg BOYS at twe.ve y-sss
w=4r shirts Se tha-- wo-9 oy z.en, Fo-
yoaBgrr BOYS Nao iS= 70 wear ssaads8 :
linen collars. compromise : found q a
skirt vast without = cellar. oslE Supplied
va 3 n neck band % watch Eae collar can
ne bgtEoned- Long Frcasers are pszt $50
BOYS when they are tbJrse~a or f5mFFeen
~-@r4 cd Wt.A hh--~ 1orz --z< a.azr-
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volving motion So that IL shall make a
complete turn before being caught The
centrifugal force developed by the revolu-
ton of the plate viii hold the napkin ring
in its place as firmly as K It was glued
there, and plate aud ring viii return 70 the
hands OF the experimental IN the same
relative positions with which they started.
The experiment. may be varied By placing
the ring at the edge OF the plate, outside
the axis of rotation, when it viii invsri-
ably fly OF from the plate when thrown
into the air. The first trials OF this sxpe-
riment are likely 20 be failures, but the
necessary skill is quickly obtained By q
little practice.
Another beautiful illustration OK eentrit-
ugal force can be shown By attaching .
light metallic chain 70 piece OF stri2g z
about a foot long Gig. 2, A.. On twisting
the string so as to cause the chain 70 r.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24
Wigs for Women.

Nine out Of every ten women wear more
or less false hair; sometimes it is only a
bang or fringe, again it is braid or switch
and sometimes a wig that covers the en-
tire head. The newest wig is made Of
waved hair with slight fringe on the
forehead and large coil At the back fall
ing low on the neck. II is 4 charming wig,
and would reconcile anybody TO the idea Of
growing bald. Another novelty-what they
call toupee-consists of a small fringe
mounted on a wire spring made TO fit the
forehead, with just a small portion Of
waved hair on each side. Is is intended
for those whose hair has merely grown a
little thin on the temples. Fringes are get
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24

tinctively criminal class Charles Schmidt,
last of California, is a striking instance
When he received a sentence of fifteen
years in San Quentin for burglary he de-
family stated that he would not serve a
day of it. Nevertheless he was taken to
the prison. The warden noticed that he
walked unsteadily" and told him to lie
down. He did and never rose again. The
two convicts in the cell with him notified
the officials that he was, as they thought,
dying, but little attention was paid to
them. Next morning they found their
new fellow rigid corpse.
1t soon appeared that he had taken an
eighth of an ounce of morphine-enoagh
10 kill forty men not used TO it-and Of
course there was a question as 10 how he
got it. 1t then appeared that he was a
morphine fiend, " and, after he had suf-
fered several attacks of mania for want of
the drug, the Jail authorities were quite
liberal in allowing him TO get it as he
pleased. His life had been one unbroken
tragedy. From infancy he was thief,
trained TO the business apparently, and for
many years lately burglar IN small
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-24

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