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Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-02-27

The greatest fuel and the cleanest range i'll the
world. Used and endorsed by the Boston and New York
cooking schools See references We have hundred
Ranges of other makes taken in exchange for from FIVE
fifteen dollars Our block is finished The work of life
time Our testhe story.
The record-union., 1892-03-31

thereon shall then cease, and the amount due
p5 SCI aside for the payment of the same
whenever presented. All redenptions OF
ooIids shall be made according to priority in
number ~
Pc. 109. The Board Of Trustees. by a vote
OF not less than seven members thereof, may,
Whenever they deem ii for the public interest,
refund any outstanding bonded Indebtedness
OF the city by the issue of other bonds, in such
IoTIn ana under such conditions as may be
prescribed by general laws of the State OF Cali
lorna ID force at the time of such issue; pro-
VlGeo, however, that such new bonds shall
not bear greater rate OF interest than five per
cent. per annum
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25

s.63s miles over and S,63s miles back
1916 miles these modern magicians send
q thought in less time than it takes to
walk block.
Yes; and they send another message
In the other direction over the same
wire at the same time, the witches. 1t
is easy enough to tell how they do it
They merely attach wire to a riga
majig on the table, run it over TO doc
funny on the wall, and carry it over TO
q thingabob in the corner. If you want
q more scientific explanation of it, you
can find 1t in half dozen pages Of the
encyclopaedia, which / haven't time to
copy, and which, like enough, you
wouldn't understand any better than l
do II did copy it. The important fact,
however, is that the electric current is
divided at each terminal station so that
one-haf of it passes out into the true
cable while the other half enters false
cable Ia system of coils and platesl
having precisely the same resistance as
the true cable The result is that when
New York, tor instance, is sending sig
mails those signals are not indicated on
the New York receiving instrument, but
pass as IL were around il. and are indi-
Gated on the receiving instrument at the
other end OF the true cable
Another Continuance for saving time
minutes are mnnAF To nahlA anrrananul
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25
Nj1l!llsllEa9le
THE FATE OF A LEARNED PIG.
How Tanti, the Clown, Succumbed to
Temptation.


How Tanti. the Clown, succumbed to
Temptation.
About eleven years ago famous hog
of almost superporcine intelligence was
attached to the Imperial circus at ST.
Petersburg, where it basked in the sum
shine of fashionable favor throughout
two gay winter seasons, remarks the
London Daily Telegraph This saga
clous creature, at once ready reckoner,
fortune teller and def cxecutioner of
card tricks, was the property Of one
Tanti, famous Italian clown, who had
brought it up from infancy and taught
it all its varied accomplishments.
One night he and his pig were hidden
to a gathering of young officers of the
Russian guard, supping together after
the performance, and were called upon
to repeat the programme of the evening
of course, on payment of a handsome
fee At the conclusion of the show one
of the officers offered Tanti one thou
sand rubles for his pig. The clown de-
clined to sell, pointing out that the do
Gle and clever animal constituted his
chief source of income, and that, more
over, he was far too fond of it to part
from it. Upon this the officers proceed
ed to tempt him by outbidding one an
other until they ran the price of the
learned pig up to six thousand rubles.
This sum, the equivalent of over seven
hundred pounds, and the reflection that
he could probably train another pig to
replace the one thus exorbitantly val
ued, finally induced Tanti to accept
the offer, little thinking to what a dis
NAL fate he thereby consigned his pet.
Next day the luckless animal was
slaughtered by order of its purchaser
and sent to the clowns lodging with
message to the effect that mo doubt
Signor Tanti would like to taste a
porker which had been so profitable to
him in life and death alike"
The whole grim story, equally dis
creditable to all concerned in it, got
wind in St. Petersburg and made a
painful impression upon Russian
society. A severe reprimand was ad-
ministered to the officer whose cruel
freak had caused the death of public
favorite, and Tanti's popularity sensi-
Wy OCS1AICu. Ou4Iy SLIOUSu, lew
weeks later he was fired at while cut
ting capers in the ring by an eccentric
Polish nobleman, whose bullet just
missed the clown, burying itself in the
sawdust at his feet, and causing him
such alright that he fed from the cir
Gus like one demented.
When, Intercepted es to the motive
of his extraordinary conduct, the Sar-
matian magnate-a well-known sports
man and patron of the circus-calmly
replied that, having been much di-
verted by the clowns feats, he
had felt himself bound to fire a sa-
Lutte in Tanti's honor" Shortly after
ward the recipient Of this strange COM
pliment quilted Russia for "other
climes."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25
AN IMPUDENT FRENCHMAN.
Clever Trick by Which He Fooled Some
Elderly Females.


Elderly Females.
A willy Frenchman, whose rogueries
gave him an pnsavory reputation
throughout the town in which he lived,
at one time claimed to have discovered
n specific for the rejuvenescence of
women, and, by means of sensational
advertising, he succeeded in gathering
a clientele of forty or fifty old danes,
who were assembled, on a certain day,
IN a room triclled out with astrological
symbols, crucibles, alembics, and all
the paraphernalia of charlatanry.
The conjuror presented himself be-
fore the ladies and addressed them in
famboyant language, ending as fol-
lows:
And now, senoras of my soul, it is
needful that the mystic ceremonies be-
fore us be opened by the eldest one
among you" Then addressing her
whose appearance seemed TO incicate
priority, he asked her age.
'Thirty-seven years, senor," simpered
the beldame, who was, at least, IN the
seventh decade.
And you, senorai"
''Thirty-six.
And so on, until he had them down
to declared age of twenty years, with
q maximum of thirty-seven.
We'll, ladies, all, You perceive that,
without further proceeding, the miracle
is accomplished, said otavito, ''for the
least gallant of men could not call her
aught but young whose years are but
thirty-seven-and you see for yourselves
that is the age of the oldest among
YOU"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25
AT GREAT DEPTHS IN THE SEA.
Frequent "reminiscences of Early Geologic
Periods.

Frequent "reminiscences OF Early deotoSiC
Periods.
For century or more naturalists
have known a great deal concerning
the marine organisms which dwell in
the shallow water next TO the shore
They long ago learned the amazing
richness of these Httoral forms. The
census of species amounts now to more
than one hundred thousand distinct
forms 1t is, however, of late that they
have ascertained that the deeper parts
OF the ocean floors have also an album
dant and varied peopling. The greater
part of these shore jewellers are exceed
ingly imolcrant of the enormous pres
sure of the deeper waters, as well as Of
the low temperature and total darkness
which exists there. Certain forms have,
however, acquired the ability to with
stand these peculiar conditions, as gen.
GRAFTON by generation through the
geologic ages they have crept away
from the realms of fierce combat next
the shores, to the less contested fields
Of the open and deeper seas Through
all the geologic ages this selection of
N9DNNAoAAN tAC RaANd @CA SA4I Sill
gular stations or habits Of the ocean
depths has been going on, with the re-
sult that those dark and pressure bur-
dened regions are now tenanted by
eminently peculiar animals, By species
which ever surprise the student who is
accustomed alone 10 the forms which
dwell near the shore.
(fr7a ~ 4fo e.rfl-i,,r- Zoo 49,
nected with the animals OF the deep
seas is the frequency with which we
find there living specimens which re-
mind US of kinds which in former geo.
logic periods dweit in the coastal dis
tricts OF the oceans It seems that
many OF these ancient creatures, when
they could no longer hold their own
against the more highly organized and
developed animals which inhabited the
favored stations next the shores, shrunk
away into the deep water, and IN that
undesired part of the world found an
asylum, where, amid the chaugeless en-
vironment. they have dwelt for ages
unaltered Thus the vast profounds OF
the deep have become sort OF aims
house, whereunto Anticipated forms
have retired before the overwhelming
pressure which the newer and higher
life ever imposes on its ancestors From
the results Of the relatively trifiBg ex-
plorations which have as yet been
made, there seems good reason 70 hope
that in time we mey win from The deep
the nearest living representations Of
many creatures which once occupied
large place in the seas. but now have
abandoned the fields of more active COM
bat, which are usually the sea: Of tae
greatest sdvannA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25
DANCE OF BIRDS IN FLORIDA.

Poetic Description of a Beautiful Scene
Witnessed on a Tropical Lake.
The sky was an unbroken sea of pale
pinl1-such pink, says a writer in Kate
Fields Washington, as is found only in
climes that are famed by breath
from the tropics. The tall, grim, south
ern pines surrounded the lake-some
long since dead, but time had turned
them to silvery whiteness, while the
gray moss hung in long festoons from
their grotesque limbs, making the
scenes weird in spite of the roseate sky.
As we stood for moment to drink in
the soft, silent beauty, a flock of thir-
teen curlew flew over our heads, light
ing here and there among the pines.
Some were blue and some pure white.
After sitting for awhile-as if to
smooth each ruffied feather-one flew
to the center of the lake, and after
slowly fving hither and thither as if
keeping time to some stately melody
another joined the dancer. Back and
forth they hew-round and round the
lake, flying side by side, then in dreamy
movements parting to meet again and
float, wing to wing, above the bosom of
the water' Soon others joined them,
but the soft, sweeping movements were
never broken No fiuttering haste of
motion, just dipping, swaying en-
bodiment of grace, and now and then a
wild cry from the treetops as if some
voice was urging them on or sending
forth a shout of exultation. At last
from all sides they gathered and formed
a circle, two by two, like happy lovers,
save the one curlew who, like white
winged chief, led all the rest. Round
and round the lake they flew, then
mounting higher, soaring above the
tallest pines, southwark they FASTENED
on their joyous fight, and the forest
soon hid them from our gaze.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25
a CAST IRON MATCH.
How an Impetnoss Dcde With . Nanii
for Matching his Dog Came 20 Grief

How an Impetnoss Dcde with q Mania
for Matching his Dog Came 20 Grief
He hadn't been In the village very
long-about ten days-csrse up from
New York 70 spend his two weeks Va
cation-and had brought his dog with
him an ugly, savage, vicious brute,
that had already terrorized the canine
contingent. while be and the dog we're
the center Of circle Of wide circun-
ference whenever they walked abroad
II was Saturday afternoon, and he
strolled down elm shaded Main street
radiant N a black and yellow blazer.
broad sash and--s cigsrette-dog
following. He was cot Of matches. 10
ne pulled up q, TIE grocery store and
post Office" 70 purchase some he didn't
inspire much ave among the congre-
gated villagers, as they had already
sized him up so that when tia; CO
Blossom 6rzw.e6 oct Ere comes that
striped dude from Muilenses bosruin'
house. u cidn'i cause any great excite
meut. bat when CT added with that
dorg OF hlsa' there was . shifting
OF legs and q Sudden graSpinx If
canes, umbrellas and easir oaexs
Speaking OF matches said he. "a
re passed two ceats oTcr the counter.
took ene cut % the box and Il: la
cigarette, are ,aere any OF you gen
fIeu3sn aooEt here tssat has DOG Ia
would Ike 70 match azsizs, thIs dog %
Eire-zress Sox zsns-sskEss A-sss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25
r. p. MARTIy,


on slight provocation, who digest fooE.
slowly and assimilate il with difficulty,
who are nervous and who carry large
mental burdens should avoid early
morning bathing. For all such the
bath at MONDAY or before retiring at
night is far more desirable, and Il should
be followed by rest of body and brain
till eauable conditions Of circulation
are re-esta blished-
Some individuals who are weak ia
nervous power have such excita bic
peripheral nerves that they get at once
a perfect reaction from cool bathing,
but lose in after effects more than the
value of the bath This class of per-
sons should not battle too often, and
should always use tep!d water. choos-
ing the time preferably before retiring.
j enness Miller.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25
eree-he,. a trained fighter. and b

pedigree-he's trained fighter, and be
can walk away with any Deg Of ten
times his weight in this village-Pn
just bet twenty-five to one on that
Kind er think 20 can't get no bet.
on that" said Seth Hawkins, the grocer
and postmaster Of the village; there's
no dogs roun' hero that's trained ter
fight, an never hesr'd of ono that Laid
any claim TO q ped-ped-er-grss.
'HoF on, there. young feler, said .
tall raw-boned old fellow leaning up
sgainst the counter. "HeF on: whats
that ye bet, twenty-five ter one that
dorg o yourn kin walk away with any
dorg In the village ten times hls
weightP'
That's what : said"
"Wa-al, ere Is my one; plank out yer
twenty-five" HE planked il out. seth.
you kol' tho stakes Nov, young fsL-
Ter, jes' fetch your doTg along, an II he
kin walk away with him I'll give yer
ffty cents for every poun' be wsighA
Come on boys
IL made quite procession. he and his
''dorg' and about dozen villAgers-
the latter IN bunch a. a respectful
distance from the forrnsF-ths Old tel
lows leading. and they all tranYed mp
10 little ransbacI.le old house sbozf
g mile from tbs store The old fellow
pushed open the gate and they All en-
tered little enclosure that WA st-s~n
with cd lumber. barrels, risetS Of iron
and odds and ends Of al soTtA. sign
over the eoor q the shed read ''sam1el
Bodsdn--old tuHk-psEs for sale.
Now. mister. we al uDderxtsn' tast
1o-y Of yosrn Is TER walk away with
mine or I'm tsr Il. twenty-five 6oli2rA-
That's 4, lad he, tugginZ a. hls
dogs collar. Where. your pupy'
There he Is, sald tae Old f>Iioz.
pointing 20 heap Of rabbAh about
aft1 feet away We amt got DO ped
PEDESTAL y 20. b-u<s. hut ye can
walk away with h.l, perhaps. al tie
saueT
i wzs cast iron ons--eizhed two
hundred and sfty po1HGA-S L Her
sld
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25
In the profounder seas the inverte-

In the profounder seas the inverte-
brate life appears TO have larger share
than is secured by the verte brse, or back
boned animals; yet there are num-
Der of fishes known in these depths,
and it seems likely that these tenants
of the deep may be numbered by thou
sands of species. Among the filmed
tenants of the profounder parts Of the
ocean, we find the most startling de-
partures from the types with which we
are familiar in coastal waters In gen
eral shape they differ little from their
kindred which dwell in the sunlit
shadows The differences are largely
in the mechanism of the senses, espe-
cially of the eyes These organs under
go surprising variations with reference
to the enduring of the darkness of these
deeps In certain of the species the
sight not only falls, but the visual APP
paratus entirely disappears In others
the eyeball becomes very much en-
larged and the nervous apparatus in
creased. and are evidently arranged TO
catch mere glimpses of the light AS IL
is certain that no trace of sunlight can
ever penetrate through the deep which
overlies the realm where these animals
dwell, the adaptation OF these eyes TO
the needs of different vision at first ap-
peared 20 be very inexplicable matter.
Some recent discoveries provide Us with
what seems to be an adequate explana-
ton of the enigma 1t has been found
that certain of the denizens Of the deep
sea-foors have phosphoreseent parts Of
their bodies which serve 20 give light
in manner in which it is yielded by
the familiar freAies and glowwormS
The end secured by these light-giviuy
parts is probably the attraction of the
sexual mates of the creatures In the
utter darkness Of the ocean this indis-
penssble end could be attained ia no
other way
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25

Mrs McSwat-Billiger, I am going
shopping.
Mr.. McSwat absorbed In his paper)-
All right, Lobelia-
tAfter a lapse Of some moments)
"Billiger, am going shopping"
(Sdll deep in his paper Yes, Lo-
bella"
with some sharpness) 81 am going
shopping, Billiger."
- hear you, my dear"
why don't you offer me some money,
then?'
looking up) 81 thought you said you
were going shopping?"
That's what did say. And on nv
way home l expect to stop at an
auction"
why didn't you say so? Here's fifty
dollars. Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25

wand, a real, old-fashioned magical
wand. How else than by magic could
anybody in Shanghai know of his pro-
ceedings 5000 miles away?
1t was magic. His victims in San
Francisco had only to write a message
and in few moments it was in New
York. There it took a dive into the
Atlantic ocean, and in jiffy bobbed up
on the coast of Ireland, took a look and
leaped into the water again, scooted
across to France and over to the Medi-
terranean, where it ducked under once
more and was in Alexandria before you
could say Jack Robinson. Then, as dry
shod as the children of Israel, it passed
through the Red sea, shot under the
Arabian sea, and came to the surface
of Bombay. No mahatma ever crossed
India in shorter time than it took this
message to jump over to Madras and
dart into the Bay of Bengal Then it
rose at Singapore just to catch breath
for its final swim to Shanghai, and the
law, the lazy law, had ample time to
dress itself in long train of bedizzen-
ing sentences, and primp and prim be-
fore the ship came in.
Alas, poor Hongl Struck by a streak
of lightning that the Christian magi-
clans had guided almost around the
worldl
Father of these magicians was Cyrus
". Field, who willed 5000, 600 in 1889
and died the other day owning nothing
but the house his wife had given him.
Faith was the word he conjured with
patient, persevering faith. They said
the broad Atlantic would not be con-
quered by a copper wire. He tried and
failed. They shook their heads and
squeezed their pocketbooks. He tried
again and failed. They tapped their
foreheads and looked sad for him. He
tried once more and sent few electric
sparks across the awful deep. But
these went out, and so again he failed,
and then they jeered at him and put
their pocketbooks away and said:
Three times and out" Then on that
memorable day of 1855 these words
came ticking to New York:
Hearts Content July Give arrived here
at Q o'clock this morning. Al well Thank
God, the cable Is laid and is IN perfect working
order CYRUS w. FIELD"
That message came from Hearts
Content, indeed.
Three days later M. de Lesseps sent
message of congratulation from Alex
andria, Egypt. 1t came so fast the old
sun seemed lazy fellow. 1t left NJ. de
Lesseps' hand at $50 in the afternoon
and was delivered to Mr.. Field in New
foundland at 1890 on the morning Of
the same day.
That sort of thing made eyes bulge
out in SO. But now-why, not long ago
a message was sent by the Commercial
Cable Company from the stock exchange
in New York, to the royal exchange in
London, and an answer received in for
ty-five seconds. Think of that! To
London and back in three-quarters of
a minute! It went from New York to
Canso, Nova Scotia, $40 miles, by short
cable; from Canso to Waterville, Ire
land, 1850 miles, by deep sea cable;
from Waterville TO Bristol, England,
SOS miles, by short cable, and from Bris-
tol to London, 100 miles, by land line
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25

| is the Wheatstone automatic transmit
ter. This, loosely described, consists
o. perforating instrument, by means
of which written message is trans
lated into Geographic characters (dots
and dashes) cut through strip of pa
per, and another instrument through
which this perforated strip is run in
such a manner that a small me-
tallic point closes the circuit every
time it drops through hole, thus
making either dot or a dash, or in
other words, sending the message auto
matically. The advantage of this is
not, as many suppose, one of greater
accuracy, for in this respect nothing
that has yet been invented excels the
human hand. But the automatic trans
mitter saves the time of the cable, and
that is the al-important consideration.
1t not only sends the message more
rapidly, but it also saves the time con-
sumed in studying out written mes
sages, while the operator is holding the
cable idle. All this deciphering is
done by the translator who perforates
the strip, and his work may be done at
any time without keeping the cable in
idleness, or it may be done by many
persons at once, while, of course, but
one person at time can work at the
ordinary transmitting key.
Years ago, when the cable was new
thing and in itself suggestion of I'M
canniness, messages were received by
man who sat in a darkened room and
read the meaning of little lightning
flashes that filtered here and there.
Talk about your fearsome mysteries OF
the eastl Here was picture to make
Hindoo's hair stand straight on end.
1t was weird enough to have a human
thought snapped up and whisked
across 5000 miles of sea, over craggy
mountains, through yawning chasms,
along beetling precipices, all dark and
deep beneath the restless, rolling
ocean. But it was something sugges-
tive of league with the old boy him
self to have that thought interpreted
by little sizzling, dancing, winking,
blinking flashes of unearthly light 1t
is done differently now. The receiving
instrument-the recorder, it is called
is not so creepy. 1t is very delicate
piece of mechanism which words
can hardly describe to the layman.
Two monstrous magnets stand
perhaps an inch apart, one a positive,
the other negative. Between them
hangs little cake Of soft iron in tiny
helix. As the dots come, the iron core
turns to the left, and as the dashes como
it swings to the right. The movement
is hardly perceptible- To this core is
attached, by an ingeniously simple null