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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06

peculiar way. That darby could shrek
like a sweeping cyclone, or blow like the
breath of a summer breeze as it watts
across the slowly shifting sands of Wam-
scossett. A substitute for the darky can
be made by running fine, hard cord over
two wheels. as band is run over thepullies
of a machine. When the wheels are
whirled wall like that of the wind will
be produced, which will raise or lower in
pitch according as the vince are turned
slowly or fast.
The putting of a locomotive may be coun-
terfeited by rubbing stiff wire brushes to-
| gether.
An iron crowbar suspended behind the
scenes makes a good substitute for toll
ing bell or striking clock, when struck
with another piece of metal
A rising or setting moon may be initiated
| by putting a bright light "a kerosene lamp
with good @eflector will do) behind disk
Of yellow paper in a slide arranged with
pulleys, as shown in Fig. 4, behind gauze
back cloth.
| For a moonlight scene blush light
should be thrown over the whole stage. II
the club can afford to hire calcium or
lime light man to take charge of lighting
their stage during their performances the
whole matter can be safely left in his care,
but the average amateurs don't care to go
to so much expense. Any careful member
of the club can light IA small stage well
enough by using powerful kerosene lamp
with a reflector. Slides made of frames
| covered with oiled tissue paper of various
colors are reasonably good substitutes for
the gelatine slides of the professional stage.
If only one light is used it should be placed
as high above the floor as can be arranged,
so as to shorten the shadows but the best
plan is to have light on each side of the
stage in the second entrances ii. e. behind
the second wings). Each light will then
nullify the others shadow.
Shadows on the stage should be carefully
avoided. Strong light should never be
thrown from in front of the stage when an
outdoor scene with back cloth in perspec-
tive is in use, as such light would throw
black shadows of the actors across what is
supposed to be acres of territory extend
ing back of the scene of action. The regu-
lation light for fairy scenes is rose colored,
for coy, firelit interiors, warm yellow
tinged with red, for bright sunlight, white
tinged with yellow, and for moonlight
scenes, cold white slightly tinted with
blue. Green lights should be avoided
Their effect is always CHASTITY and unpleas-
ant.
The effect which colored lights will have
on the costumes of the players should al
ways be considered. A strong blue light,
for instance, will change red costume to
purple and yellow dress to green. In
fact, the mixing of colored costumes and
colored lights on the stage will have prac-
tically the same effect as the mixing of
paints of corresponding colors would have
on a palette.
1t is attention to these little details that
gives performance finish and elegance.
EDWARD MARSHALL.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
The Trouble with Him.

The young man twirled his hat nervously
and cleared his throat.
'If l understand you rightly" he said,
you decide that the further continuance
Of our acquaintance with a view to closer
and more intimate relations in the future
Is inexpedient and not likely to be pro-
FUGITIVE of such result. Am l correct,
Miss Jiboom"
you are, Mr.. De Ennis" answered the
young woman.
If that is your decision" he rejoined,
twirling his hat the other way, Il pre-
sumo there is nothing for me to do but
submit. had hoped for different result.
The reason for the i'll success that has at
tended my effort to place our acquaintance
Oh a more confidential basis" he went on,
'.is, | apprehend, that l have failed in some
way to bring myself into full and complete
sympathy with the IDEA and purposes that
animate and sustain you. / have not sue
Ieeded in becoming en- rapport, if may so
express myself, with you rs regards the
things that so TO make up what we call
congeniality, affinity, coordination. To
change the iigur atty, / have been IN
able to place mys n the plane where
your sympathies, nets, in short, Y
Inner self abdes, TO establish that %
lowship of soul that grows out of harmoni-
bus views, preferences and habits of
thought. Am | right, Miss Jiboom?"
Yes" she answered softly, while tears
Of pity for the wretched young man stood
In her lovely eyes; you don't seem to
have caught on to my style little bit" -
Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06

A famous Brooklyn Clergyman was onc~
addressing a Sunday school on the lesson
of the day, which happened TO be jacobs
Ladder" He got along swimmingly until
a little urchin in one of the back seats
squeaked out, why did the angels have
to have ladder when they had wingsf'
After the inevitable laugh had subsided
the clergyman said, We'll, that Is fair
question; who can answer itF' There was
a pause, and then up went pudgy fist
"Well, my little man." asked the clergy
man, why was it,"
81 guess mebbe they was a-moltin, waf
the astonishing reply. and the address wa
concluded right there.-New York Trib-
QQe.
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FIG. III-THE SNOW BAG.

on big piece of tin suspended few inches
above the floor A half pound stone or
chunk Of metal of like weight should at
irregular intervals be dropped with the
shot to initiate the heavier claps. This
plan, believe, was the first one invented
A much simpler ane equally effective
scheme is 60 have a sheet of tin as large as
possible suspended from the ceiling behind
the scenes. By grasping its lower edge
and shaking it-slightly for the distant
sound and violently for the heavy roll--a
splendid imitation of thunder is obtained
This plan is in use in dozens of first class
theaters today.
But the best arrangement that has come
under my notice was brought to America
by the Duke of SaXe-Meiningen's COM
pany of German actors. The cut Gig. y
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
4 SOrroMful Answer.

Scene at a Registrars (enter peasant
with his daughter). Peasant have come
to publish the banns between my daughter
Margaret and Michel Obernik."
Registrar-Very good; but where is the
bridegroom?
Peasant-Well, sir, you see the case is
rather peculiar. Michel doesn't care to
have her, and so thought as how, if you
wouldn't mind posting his name up here
for three weeks, he would somehow feel
compelled like to marry her.
Registrar (sorrowfullyt-Ah my good
friend, if matters could be arranged in that
fashion, do you think / should have five
marriageable daughters on my hands now'
-Humoristische Batter
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His TItiInatum,

Madeline, will you marry me'7
His voice had husky, appealing sound.
his heart thumped audibly and his knees
had got beyond his control.
mo. Horace / Will not"
'This-this IS your final answer, is it,
Madeline"
1T Is. Horace. am sorry I cannot
This is the end OF all my fond hopes, the
waking from the dream have been dream
ing, and the winding up of the FOOLS para
disc in which | have dwelt FOR the last
three months is its'
II suppose il is, Horace. but do not be
utterly cast down" said the young woman
soothingly Time softens all our Criefs
ana turns sorrow into JOY. In the future,
Horace, when the pain Of this refusal shall
have
''5iiSs Shuckers." he exclaimed. rising
with dignity. as became d man who had
received a temporary hackset but had re
covered himself, talk not 10 me Of the fu-
ture II may have its consultations, its
joys and its repoSe. but it cannot reawaken
old delusions Henceforth, Miss Shuck-
ers, he added, reaching for his cane and
hat and moving with unruffied self pos
session toward the door. Il can never be
anything more 10 you than brother -
Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
Catcher Kid Baldwin.

C. J. Baldwin, better known as Kid
Baldwin, a great catcher, whose name is a
household word in all parts of the country,
is well seasoned player. He began his
baseball career with the St. Louis kids, a
semiprofessional organization, little over
ten years ago. In 1884 he signed with
Quincy, Ills, of the Northwestern league,
as catcher.
Baldwin's work was ably seconded by
Pitcher J. Black, late Of the Western asso-
citation, and the pair were known all over
the northwest as the pony battery. Bald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06

win signed with Cincinnati in 1886 and
played with that club for six successive
seasons, always doing the bulk of the
catching. In 1887 he caught III games,
no less than fifty of them being in success
sion. In 1891 he was member of the St.
Paul club of the Western association, and
played winning ball for that team till they
were disbanded about the middle of the
season. Baldwin is a good man in any
position, an accurate thrower and an excel
lent coach for young players.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06

ming. She acted FIG. u-MAKING STAGE
her part very well LIGHTNING.
indeed, but the thunder was so poorly imi-
tated that the audience failed to compre
bend at first why she acted as if she were
scared, and there wasn't any lightning at
all
1t would have been a very easy matter to
make good stage thunder by spending a
dollar, if the amateurs had only known it,
and ten cents would have furnished stage
lightning enough for a whole summers
storms.
There are many, ways of producing stage
thunder, but the ones here outlined are the
simplest and as good as any. Buckshot
may be dfibbled through the fingers and
dropped from as great height as possible
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sSSIY. n 1sm 4
Wlgt l9)Ezsf5Ble

The hypophosphites of
lime and soda combined with
cod-liver oil in SCOTS Emul-
sion improve the appetite,
promote digestion, and in
crease the weight.
They are thought by some
to be food; but this is not
proved. They are tones;
this is admitted by all.
Cod-liver oil is mainly a
food, but also a tonic.
In SCOTS Emulsion the
cod-liver oil and hyPophos-
phites are so combined as to
get the full advantage of both.
Let us send you a book on
CAREFUL LIVING; free.
scorr & BowSz, Chemists. r,s South sth Avenue,
New York.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
A New Explosive.

A new explosive, the principal ingredient
of which Is nitroglycerin, has been named
Americanite. 1t is insensibIe 10 shock and
can be exploded at will 1t withstands
friction, aud ifiguited with match is said
TO simply burn like a candle General
Howard Is credited with saying of it, The
advantage of being able use an explo-
sive of force equal to nj ycerin with
safety, fired from any W IN exist
snce and with terrific 49, at extreme
range, is evident
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
Ara All Men NInrdnrer.a

Says student Of human nature: Halt
the men you meet have homicidal tenden-
cies at times IL Is The nature Of man.
Nothing but civilization and the self con
troll that comes Of il prevents our killing
each other on slight pretcxts. The so called
crime waves are probably the result Of
general conditions that tend 20 throw men
Off their mental guard and reduce them 70
natural savagery. New York Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06

FOX. and the sooner
amateurs learn it the sooner will they give
creditable performances.
OF course it is not possible or expected
that amateurs can vie with professionals
in this line, because of the expense; but
there are many little details which may be
attended to at small cost.
A little while ago | was present at an
amateur performance in Massachusetts,
town. 1t was given under the auspices of
a school, The actors had been carefully
trained in their parts and played them sur
prisingly well. But the strongest comedy
scene in the play was ruined by lack of at
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
The Rapid Moxfnr FIr.

The rapidity with which insects travel Is
astonishing. The common houseiy makes
600 strokes per second when IL the &C. Of
ordinary fight, that number az strokes
causing an advance movement OF twenty
nve feet. Our best nEtursIists say tina,
this can be increased severfold st. Louis
lenuhlic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06

CeSSOTIeS UT prOp-
critics. " This is
largely due no
doubt to lack of
knowledge, but Is
also often attrib-
utable to neglect
"a feeling that
such minor mat
tiers are not worth
bothering wit b.
No mistake could
be greater. This
is fully recognized
on the professional
stage (as is shown
by the growth of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
TIC. y-TBF MOON 30,

ZIG. Iv-THE MOON BOX lea. the boxes
reached from cellar TO garnet, thus giving
prolonged and graduated peal; but when
few nights ago | saw a similar arrange
ment used by amateurs in a private house,
box long enough to extend from one
upper corner of the room diagonally down
TO the opposite lower corner was sufficient
to make very realistic stage thunder. Any
carpenter would build rough box of this
kind for four or five dollars.
a very effective fash OF stage lightning
may be produced by putting a pinch of
magnesium powder in a penny blowpipe
and putting it through the fame of a gas
Jet or candle in the wings (See Fig. -
After thunder and lightning, snow
storms are the natural phenomena most
likely 70 be called for in plays. They are
easily initiated. Make bags like the one
pictured in the cut Gig. 81, and six or
eight feet long. They have large Sits in
their bottoms. One Of these should be
hung in the flies behind each border
excep. that nearest the audience These
bags should he filed with small pieces Of
white paper cut IN Irregular shapes. Lines
should rub from the bags to convenient
point behind the sce.lea When. by mean,
OF these lines, the bags are shaken the
clipped paper VIII fan through the Sits
and float gracefully downward precisely as
snowllakes do IL an actor is supposed TO
make an entry into an interior after Eav
ing been out in a snowstor1n, table salt
sprinkled on his hat and shoulders will
make a very good substitute for snow.
The whlStling Of the wind may be coun-
forfeited in any one OF a dozen WAYS. The
most admirable arrangement / ever ran
across consisted Of darky. who stood In
the wings Of a Rochester N. " theater
whenever they wanted the wind TO whistle
and forSsd rhe air through bis teeth IN q
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
An Appropriate Epitaph.

Student-You say that when he died
Jonson's work was not thought to be well
done.
Professor-There were some critics who
said so.
Student-Probably that IS why they
wrote above his grave, Rare Ben JON
son. Boston Post.
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tentlOn to mechan-
ical details. A
thEnd erstorm
was supposed to
be in progress at
night, and the
heroine alternate
ly refused to mar
~ the hero and
chung to him in a
d peration Of
fright over the
shocks and light
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
At the Wrong Cell

Visitor (at the jaii-Poor. poor mani
Nav offer YOU this bunch Of iowerst
Man Behind the BzS-You've made a
mistake. miss. The Teller that killed us
wife and children Is IN the next cell. I'm
yere fG< stealth cow.-ChicaSo Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06

Mrs. Bingo--My dear, | have grown 50
thin lately that shall have to get some
new gowns.
Bipgo-Great heavens. You know how
poor | am. Isn't there any way you car
get fat again,
Mrs Binuo-You might send me 70
Florida -f'i,.-' 'F.--i.--
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Ehea she was Child. she cried for Castoria-
when she became Miss, she chung 70 CSsto-is-
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tor. The young people have known each
other something more than year, their
acquaintance beginning when they were
obliged to play the parts of lovers on the
stage. This counterfeit affection soon
blossomed into real life attachment. Mrs.
Boucicault is only eighteen years old and
is Rochester On. " girl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06

shows what it is.
They called it a
thunder box. In
the upper COM
partment are con-
fined a number of
metal balls of
varying size-the
more the better.
BY pulling the
catch at the side
these balls are re-
leased, a few at a
time, and allowed
to roll down the
box. striking each
inclined proiec-
ton in turn. The
imitation of thun-
der thus obtained
is startlingly per-
feet. At the Thalia
theater, in New
York. where this
contrivance was
first used in Amer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
AMATEUR THEATRICALS
How to Make Stage Properties
at Small Cost.
THUNDER. LIGHTNING AND SNOW.

All May Be Easily Counterfeited in Par
lor Thesters-The Ethics of Lighting
Putting Engines and Tolling Bells.
One reason why amateur theatricals
sften lack effectiveness is that too little
attention is given to the details of stage &C
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
His Name.

wentman-Why do you cali your horse
independence Days
Weeks-Because in every race enter
him he always comes in glorious fourth
Rider and Driver.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06
A Notable Stage Weddinp,

The recent marriage of Audrey Bouci
cault to Amy Corinne Busby has at
tracted attention outside of theatrical cir
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06

An Awkward Mistake.
Cent must say. madam, that you carry
age remarkably well; you look almost as
young as your daughter.
Lady-Nhy, | am the dsughterl-Flie-
gende Blatter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06

But he took himself n wife
In The very prime of life
And she sent him out for ribbons and
some things that he might fetch her;
And he started on a hop
To the very nearest shop;
But just fifty minutes later he was
brought home on a stretcher.
Tom Mason in Cloak Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-06

o Or and yard ou NosIey are lie
" cen Doug - ave andIlfst ~
: y ranch yards AZ I nieu GlSy Ok safo
ma city. - Reno. ard Mao ok&,
homA TERRITORY
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MET HIS MATCH

lie had fought the polar bear
And the lion in his lair,
lie had monEeyed with gorillas on the
shores of Benguela;
With a boa constructor big
He had often danced jig,
And he kept a petted monster Of the
dreaded name of ella.
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A. BOUCICACLT.
that the young
man is the son
of the late Dion
Boucicault, the
famous play
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Scorr & BowEz, Chemists, I,s South 9Th Avenue.
New York.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-04-19

At Kelly's Front Street Theatre this
week the young Indian actres, Miss Go
Won-Go Mohawk. will appear in her new
drama, entitled THE Indian Mail Car
rier," depicting scenes from frontier life
The play was produced here early in the
season aud scored big success. 1t is
not oyerdrawn, but natural in plot and
free from many of the improbable eli
makes of most dramas of this kind. In
Miss Mohawk, who is the only real In
dian actress on the stage, and was edu-
Gated in a university in Ohio, the char
acter of the mail carrier receives an in
telligent and conscientious impersona
ton. The young lady has studied hard
to perfect herself in her profession, and
she has succeeded. She introduces song
in the second act, which is sung with a
great deal of expression. The support
Ing company is also very good. The
usual matiness will be given this week -
Baltimore american.
The above named company will appear
at the Opera House on to- morrow, WED
nesday) night Prices, 25, 80 and 90
esnts. Seats on sale at the Central Drug
store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-04-19

On Severn River, in Anne Arundel
county, from one to two miles out of
the city of Annapolis, is the large and
handsome old tract known as Melvin's
Truck Farms. These consist of some
of the best farming lands in the state.
The soil is good and the situation high
and healthy. Good water, markets
convenient. Severn river at this point
is quite salt and affords good oyster
grounds and fine fish. Vegetables of
all kinds are readily raised here, and
fruits such as strawberries, raspber-
ries, blackberries, grapes, peaches,
pears, apricots and apples are produce
ed of the finest quality and in great
abundance. 1t Is just the soil and To-
cation to conduct the business of
truck farming successfully. The fin
est melons are raised here too and Of
ten at great profit. These farms are
within a mile of railroad station which
is only about % miles from Baltimore.
These truck farms range in size from
u acres to 10 acres. Prices, 800 to
$1,000, payable So to $40 per month.
You can thus pay for your farm with
the money you now pay away Cor rent
You will own 1T. You can provide a
home for your wife and children by
just saving little every month. 1t is
better than a sayings bank. 1t is a
healthy place for the little ones to
play and grow strong. Everything
you plant will be on your own land.
You can have your horse, your COW,
your chickens, your vegetables, and
yonr fish and oysters-all you need
some to sell. Buy truck farm and
prosper.
Work upon the new bridge over
Weems Creek, connecting these farms
with West Annapolis is being rapidly
pushed forward by contractor Glow.
The cap stills are now being placed; in
few days the sleepers and flooring
Will be laid. Walk out and take look
at the improvement.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-04-19
wouId-be Actors in Trouble.

Quite an exciting scene took place yes
terday evening late at private board
ing house, in Annapolis, by which the
sheriff and constable were called to put
the parties under arrest. Mrs Squires.
who figured in the habeas corpus in Bal
timore some months ago. which furnish
ed considerable sensational news for
Baltimore's press for some time, the
girls mother, (Mrs. Williams), being
charged with keeping Squires wife from
him, were the parties charged with yes
terday's occurrence. Mrs. Squires ar
rived in Annapolis last Thursday in
company with a young man, who gave
his name as Vernon Thomas, and an.
nounced their intention of organizing a
show. The couple registered at the
Chesapeake House as man and wife Mrs
Williams, mother of Mrs. Squires, whom
she says is not Is years old, came to An
napolis Yesterday on the afternoon train
for the purpose Of taking her daughter
home, when she was attacked and fore
ed out of her daughters room
Mrs. Williams ran to the window Of the
boarding house and screamed "murder."
This attracted large crowd of passers-
by who seemed to enjoy the scene. The
sheriff was called in and put the woman
out, after which she had warrants issued
for the arrest of her daughter. as being
incorrigible.