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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

county, Ills, which was the arena Of
many startling scenes during the Nor
mon occupancy from 1889 to 1916, and
even later, there runs stream called
Crooked creek. Along this creek are
located many sugar camps of the old
stamp.
At any one Of these may be found q
log hut or 'lean-to," which during the
season serves as a means of shelter for
those who watch the camp by night or
day. The trees are selected and good
sized hole is bored into each with an
sugur. Spiles Of sumach or alder are
firmly driven therein, so that a heavy
wind cannot !dislodge them. The sap
passes through these spiles and runs
into rough hewn wooden troughs. Mean
while furnace has been made at the
camp by digging trench in the earth
three feet deep, two feet wide and ten
feet long. In this trench the iron ket-
ties, generally three or four, are firmly
placed. The top Of the trench is covered
over with a mixture Of mud and mortar,
and which is firmly packed around the
kettles. A tall chimney is erected at
one end of the furnace, and an aperture
is left at the other end whereby the fire
may be replenisfied.
Twice day the sap is gathered. An
Ok team. in later years team of farm
horses drawing a sled upon which tubs,
barrels or small vessels are placed,
goes from tree TO tree and the gath
cred sweets are collected. A roaring
fire is then made in the furnace, and
as rapidly as the sap can be gathered it
is poured into the kettles. A separate
kettle is hung from tree convenient to
the furnace, which Is used for 'ssugaring
down" the molssses after it has been
boiled a sufficient length of time. The
furnace is generally so arranged that sap
in one of the vessels will begin to boil
sooner than in the others. This kettle,
the first one IN the row, is termed 1.-The
heater" From this kettle the sap IS
taken after it has boiled given length
of time, and is strained through fan
mel cloth into barrel, where it is al
lowed to cool and settle, apd it is then
drawn off and poured into the naxt ket-
tie, which is termed the syrup kettle"
In the meantime "the heater" is being
constantly replenished with sap from
the trees. Thus the sap passes through
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
AhuoiN0 A CALLER.
The Society Leader Concluded After All
That She Wouldn't Wait.


That She WeuIdn't Wait.
Little Miss DAvnoc-Mamma viii be
down soon. ala she said ! might come in an
muse you if I'd promise not to ask any
pertinent questions. What do you wear
nose glasses forf
Society LEADER am nearsighted, my
dear
Little Miss D'Avnoo-I know, but mann
ma is nearsighted, too, and she carries a
lorgnette. Mamma likes lorgnette be-
cause it shows of her pretty hands. Nam
ma has awful pretty hands. Some folks
hasn't. Is your house as nice as ourss
Society Leader-Oar house is an older
style, much Older Ny father built it,
Little Miss D'Avneo-Our second maid )
father used to build houses too. He fell
off a scaifoid and got killed. Wasn't it
awfuls That happened in Europe. We
didn't go to Europe last year. Mamma
said it had got so common she'd stay here.
cause she didn't want 10 get mixed up
with the nobodies We went 10 Saratoga
and Newport and such places. Did your
Society LeaGer-N-o We went to EI-
rope. That IS lovely picture above your
head
Little Mss D'Avnoo-YeS. We haven't
many pictures, but every one IS pretty.
Papa says some folks buy pictures just on
spec lation. an get a whole lot, ever 50
many, an then when the artists is all dead,
they make u2oneY cut Of the graveyard
mold. 'caase the pictures go up. He says
some houses look ike junkshOPs. an the
families sits around hsFiag the artists viii
die Hsw nlanT pictures have your
Little Miss D 'Avaos-We haven't but
few. cause ours * only % look a. IS tina.
your carriage out there'
Society Lesder-Yes, It i waiting.
Latte Miss D'Avnoo-I didn't know but
i was one q oars We hAve 50 man
can't keep tack Of 'em- Papa IS awfaliy
to1d OF horses. aud has different horses for
every carriage. He SAYS people who keep
only enc pair do il cat Ct eco8omy-to save
livery bills and street csr fare, yea know
Have you many h0rsess
Society Lezder-Just now we have bet
two That Is Al we neea-
Little Miss d Avnoo-Mam-a Is taking
a good while but she coaldn hep Il. sc
was having a new reception dress fitted.
cause she tore her iasx u-yT o2s Eae first
tame she wore Il She went 20 reception
az soEe ones named Perkins-S'sgzas bat
ier'> -Issss-aB SIZE caught her drcSs n
splinter 81 az cd chair. She s2ia he char
lad BEEN nlssnsied. and she S4s awful glgs}
She SAD folks shat had broken chaIrs
around sg. re@ gpees.lisle. ie1s>s Is ~aosTssl
taey >g7as ~ nach for tbs chars = t1e
first l.ta1- raey c91.s.n't Afford - aslE seS
ONES. AMI f1sgla z-s53 There wa>s god ssea3
of ~-yle ia sa5s es-g ta4g sgosls.sa ke@sssl1 sos
sllazA Is il N.ssa for tl-- lss-se4.4azs 4l.egr
-sssss perk as Perkins i agir bszsleF psk
k.ss~ ISIS 3 MS RAJ sEafae. ssg se cali AZ osss
bs1llesS Isrssas - y1us
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
HARVARD wasdou.

He had been a member of the Harvard
Glee club and after five years in the west
had returned to Boston with western
friend One evening he had been invited
to sing, and after several songs the west
ern friend spoke to the lady next 10 him
II didn't know Harvey could do that"
ne said, almost With a sigh
why" she asked in surprise, didn't he
ever sing in the vest
lie may have before he struck our
place. / reckon be did, but he never did
there"
That was strange, he remarked Il
wonder why he didn't"
Il don't know" and Harvey began an
other song, unless it was that we bad =
very active vigilance committee that knew
lis business. Detroit Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

and D street on the north, G street On
the south, Eleventh street on the east
and Twelfth street on the west. The
building will have a frontage OF 200 feet
on Pennsylvania avenue and viii run
back about 800 feet to c street
One of the features of the new post
Office, which certainly viii attract at
tention, is the massive clock tower, the
top Of which will. be about 800 feet from
the sidewalk The tower VIII be forty
feet wide, and the diameter of the clock
faces twenty feet each. The clock Will
be plainly visible from nearly every
portion CT the city.
The main entBance of the new post
Office win be on Pennsylvania avenue,
and the recessing of the central portion
of each facade above the second story
will be particularly conspicuous on the
Pennsylvania avenue side.
The G street entrance viii be used
entirely by the postohiee department
for receiving and dispatching the mails.
The Eleventh and Twelfth street en-
frances will be employed principally by
persons on official business and those
who wish to reach the offices in the
upper stories by means of the elevators.
With the exception Of the first floor,
which VITA be entirely covered over and
all the space utilized, the general plan
of the building is hollow square upon
which the Offices open, thus admitting
ample light and air Balconies on each
floor viii render communication be-
tween the occupants of the offices con-
venient in the extreme. The open space
or court will be rooted over with glass
skyhghts, supported by iron trusses of
ornate design. Phe interior of the
building viii be made bright by the use
OF glass thing for the flooring of the cor
ridors.
It is expected that the entire exterior
of the building viii be of granite, which
win be embeilishea with the coat Of
arms of the United States and various
allegorical designs In bas-relief. Mod
ern Romanesque Is the style OF architec-
ture which has been decided upon. The
new postofice building Will be symmet-
rical, though somewhat massive, In aP-
pearance. and it is certain to be regarded
when finished as one of the sights OF
Washington. 1t will cost an enormous
sum of money.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

She Worked Around to 1t.

"What fortunate thing it is" she
said, ''that I do net have to earn my
own living like some girls"
Il should hate to see those little hands
soiled by labor" said he.
Il don't mind that so much" she said,
as she looked dreamily at the fire, but if
! had to earn my own living should be
obliged to get up early in the morning"
True, he said, shuddering. pray
do not mention such thing"
and if had to get up early in the
morning" she continued, with a glance
at the clock. Il wouldn't get half of my
natural sleep"
Then he arose and took his hat and
went forth into the night and meandered
slowly home under the silent stars
New York Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

miles long, connecting the city of st.
Paul with the village of St Anthony,
now Minneapolis. Mr. Drake was large
" interested in Wisconsin numbering.
owned and operated stone quarries IN
Minnesota, South Dakota and Wiscon
sin, and took especial pride in ble
stock farm in southwest i Minnesota,
where he bred blooded horses, cattle
and swine In 1851 he W speaker
of the Minnesota house of esenta-
tives. and tive years later served as state
senator
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

several grades of boiling down" until
it is .'sugaIed off, in the separate kettle
Much of the sap Is merely boiled TO a
delicious strip. Some of It Is allowed
to cool into coarse sugar, but most Of it
is nodded into squares or other shapes
of tempting maple sugar. Then 1t has 5
dark brown or dirtlike appearance, and
the taste is peculiarly pleasant and deli
cious.
Great care and patience must be exer-
cised IN boiling the sap. Fires must
needs be kept going day and night. and
The kettle must not be allowed to boil
over
The season begins as soon as the sap
runs Often the camps are opened the
latter part of February and continue In
operation during April.
GAY DAVIDSON.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

IN THE SUGAR BUSH.
WHERE FUN AND BUSINESS MlNGlE
DURING EARLY SPRlNGTiME.

How Old Fashioned Methods Are Pre-
served by the Maple Tree Owners of
Hancock County, Ills.-Some Interest
ing Details.
When the early pioneers of Illinois
came to fashion their rude log cabins on
the edges of the timhered country, they
discovered that the Indians could make
maple sugar. Old Black Hawk and his
bands roamed over the boundless prai-
ries. They found plenty of game, yet
the sweets of the sugar tree were also to
their liking
However, the Indians did not mako
very much maple sugar. It was too
great task, and their utensils were
rude. They drew the sap from the trees
and drank it greedily, and if the squaws
boiled the fluid into delicious cakes the
bucks. grunted with pleasure and ate the
sugar. But they preferred to chase the
deer or to war with the white men. Oc-
caslonally old Chief Keokuk, for whom
the thriving city at the foot of the Des
MONIES rapids On the Mississippi river
is named. would cross from Iowa into
Illinois with his band of braves, and the
two tribes would indulge in a grand
powwow, in which gluttonizing cut an
important figure.
The pioneers were not slow to estab-
lsh sugar camps In historic Hancock
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15


young New JsrssT bieyciist more than ever
before the pablic eye Zimmerman Wi
reuaIn abroad about SIX rscT.tks and nest
al the crack riders - GTeas Britain "a
the pripcipal meets. lie sxgscts 70 have
better success abrczf tam Rg~e. DAVIS
and ether wei known American wheel
yEsn. r. iae rraszs that ae svill ref.saa Ia
Ecziapd loaz enough 20 Sse tAor5rs Ely
AL mated
Cot szsrisorss ar pops lsrlT tNlieved % D.
o34g1s. BIS y.i1h fas posg BIZ 9Si3a y
Til5e Wlz5le. Zsso-1erusa - prebsl}y
the sw!i~~s Asa-rzn knszs>.F @lssi-
E.aa, re RS cgsgssd hzf . aslis ia t1s
rsnsaEkssle tine n Ira SIS ar3 -
c140-Ts.a-1 ~ &rsegs~z for t8set eissss1e
T. k4s ba-tea mile "a cgnsst t.fe. ~.
tE@ weight q hsners ih@s ar b~t1sn
tAeEn rzss Ugoa Y E1.e L - I.as-
rvsr1.sa carng.sg--e1 &-ss 1sysgas ~ - = ksssa
wast. xud EEsge esesTte4az is-ioTe A4ss,
Winning @Esoss 3 80 - : fsJ aFET-a Z
rrlzes. = - SAD rs st-aE wssa o.
ns9a0 tss EaglIs5 -aseTs vac 5ss covered
bail . nile in IN ,ls Wal he satessss
w4sh interest by wsee3z2e8 as ossz tee
49,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
WITH a Moral.

A Weak Man going down hill INST q
Strong Nan going up, and SAID
II take this direction because IL requires
less exerticn, not from caoiee pray you,
sir, assist ne to regain the summit.
''G.s.liT." said the Strong dan, his face
Hlnmined With the glory Ct MS thought
II have always considered my strength .
sacred gift in trust for nv fsllos nen-
Hill take vo1 along VITA me just get
behind Ele zad pzssa- '--Szn Francisco TX
.-rsvrar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

Two nssn ases ..h3 A. fsIrsase 70 . Estsgs-
b5rsssg aa5asss 10 fa-A ass 10 ses sss8st'
asz il aazsTr- ~ lzs5.4lgsszs - - sac s-ss
serrat use-.stssrs x ats :4@4ty. as usz@
Ms egse--s zss Elssrssss fs@ g-z@s
k@t es
-syss- sAuhsGs tsss aszss1ss~Tsi =
slSst yazg @stef
--S-s al.aas.@ - s-O<zszAs Pres Press,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
No Trouble.

Mrs, Flors-But, husband, won't the PEG
pie who buy seeds vi you b disappointed
when the seeds they have planted come up
and look - different from these gorgeous
pictures IL your catalogue
Mr.. f. (set-isman@ there's no iruu bic
about that The SEEDS viii never come up.
Boston TRANSCRIPT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

Urbana, o., Dec.
81, 1913, and be-
gan life as a
printers appren-
tice. He died the
p0ssessor Of i'm
mense property
interests in Min
nesota, Wiscon-
sin, South Da-
kota and Colora-
do, In 1862 he
built Minnesota :
first railroad. the
line being ten
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

iEoe-supposlng / decide 10 let ToE
have the money. bow 10 I ksow ;has
shall set i back ~ the time y09 rneEti0ns
Blafum-I promise Is. ICY bog. Oh tie
word % a gentleman
S-esld ga~-Ah. - thai ossse NAV fnzhk
neTteT q 81 Come 4ruznd th5s evenzsg
and ts~11g ban wEta yga--f'lcE- Mel ,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

When you ask your gro
Ger for Java, he does not
offer you Maracaibo and say
it is lust as good"
When you ask your drug
gist for SCOTS Emulsion of
cod liver oil, if he is honest,
he will not try to sell you
something lust as good.
Why do you want it' The
answer is in a book on CARE
FUL LIVING: we send it free.
soorT s BosNn. C'aesasss. - So So 4v-nre,
Ma kcrk-
Ye.- sir,ssssss ss-es sess''s F- sen q eos-lss-r
81 = a. es-s.isss sSeEy~asze - s.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
All Right.

Mrs. Homebody-See here! Do YOU
call this good measure: This can isn't
half full.
Milkman-That's all right. mum. It's
condensed milk, you know, mam.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
One View of II.

Il don't think it's exactly fair for nv
teacher 10 keep me in because she can't
read my writing. said Willie. 1T ism
my fault il She doesn't know how TO
read. '-Harper's Bazaar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

Mr Feeder rs yssF w4ats 20 - liz
ssr larger a-1a4tsi sAse sysise- :~ehnessler
ssassei1eF- L.1s j. rs sou perfect assss
Mr Fse4=r-I kaes Is H. Al -4zht a.s
XII as aFzssF.gl,s gAss sat- - ssvAf a. g1sA
arrs Life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
Minnesota,s Pioneer Railroader.

Elias Franklin Drake, of St. Paul, who
died recently, was the man who took
into Minnesota the first locomotives,
cars and rails, and who built the first
railroad in the state. He was born in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
Young IN the Rusine.s.

What do you think OF your new gov
srness. Tommy"
'Oh, she's all right for beginner, bus
she'll soon learn. Boston Post.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
The Worst of IT

She-You look as though you had raised
Ned at your club last night
He-I did, and what Is worse. he raised
me back--Brooklyn Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
Club.
His Life Work

Smith-So you are a poet' And may
ssk how you make your living,
Rondo-oh. win all the fasting compe-
Gtions at the dime museums Jester.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

When Baby was sick. we gave her Cas:ori2-
Sher she was Child. she cried for Castoria-
when she became MiSs, she chung to CaStoris
ehen she had Children. sine gave tl.ez.l CastoIsA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
A hil>1nlrlo-r.T GUIDING.

Inc new PostoHfce N1fcn rhe Sity OF
Washington Is to Have.
Supervising Architect W. J. Edbroeke,
of the United States treasury depart
nent, has prepared the plans for the new
city postoffice building which viii be
erected in the national capital on the
block bounded by Pennsylvania avenue
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
Fate's Whaeks.

Twas ever thus. fate cord..r
Hath ioyed 10 get a whack at re,
Ny girls are always use feet nine,
And |, alas. but five fee; threel
New YORK Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15
Pears
Soap

Pretty boxes and odors
are used to sell such
soaps IS ~ one would
touch if re saw them IN
disguised. Bewzre Of 2
soap that depends on
something outside Of Il
Pears, tic finest soap
in me world IS scented OF
not, as you wish; and the
money IS IN the merchan-
disc, not in the box
All sorts Of stores sell
it, especially druggists;
all sorts Of peoPlc zrc
Using IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-15

Society Leader-No
Little Miss D'AvnSo--Why poti
Society Leader-Because our name is
Perkins. Tell your. mother l couldn't
wait.-New York Weekly
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-11-24
Good Templars' Campaign.

The Good Templars have entered upon
genera! campaign Of lecturiug and
organizing IN the State 10 continue until
The holidays, the object being to strength
en- weak Lodges, organize new ones, and
advance public sentiment upon the temper
ancr question.
Grand Secretary Bracket report. 20 new
Lodges already organized since the G. and
session i've weeks ago, aud a good many
lectures and vi-itstions. The organizers
now in the field are J. II. Hamilton in
kennebec; +. W. GOWen In Aroostook ;
Mrs J. K. Pollard in Lincoln: L. A. Game
10 Cumberland, and Mrs. H. ". { Estes in
Somerset Other sections will be covered
soon as these districts are thoroughly
visited and members Of the order snd ali
Interested in temperance. are earnestly re-
qu--ted to sid the lecturers in their work
for the good Of humanity.
The following are the new Lodges just
Organized: Welcome Home No. 100 at
Otish-ld, Gore. NJ. F Holmes. deputy Mt
win No. rs at Newry. Rev. A X. Bryant.
deputy; Star Of Hope No 1876 at Pemsqud
Falls, Albert {. Fossett. deputy; Helping
Hand No. 221 at Bethel. Rev. T. X. BEEN.
deputy Northern Light No. PIP, VIM II.
Thomas, deputy; New Sweden No 30 a,
Nt" sweden, MIS-. A A wren. depntf !;
Wide Awake No 235, al W. Mt Vernon, C.
K. Butler, deputy Perham A. T. Harris.
deputy Columbian No. 1879 at Newcastle,
Henry Pushard, deputy; Long Pond No.
Sc at Belgrade Mills J. Hersom deputy !;
Benefit No. 1853 at North Union, Henry
Layr deputy; Loyal Band No IS at \. Vas
salooro, VIM. T. Soule. deputy; Lake
View No. 232 at Vassalboro. F. W. Bal.
lari. deputy Mt. Hatchet No. 23l at Hope.
Frank A. Drake, deputy River Hill No 255
at Sydney b c. Taylor, deputy; Mt. Hope
No. 26s at SO Hope; Bingham No. II at
Bingham. A. c. Dinsmore, deputy; Stead
fas, No. 277 at Starks, VIM. c. Hatch,
deputy.
For any inform alton in regard to the
order write the Sec, at Belfast. 1t is
hoped to add 80 Lodges during the wear.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-11-24
The Toledo Weekly Blade.

The most popular and best known weekly
newspaper printed in this country is the To-
teffO Btdde. For more than twenty wears IL
has had a circulation Of 100 600 to 200, 900. 60
ing regularly into every state and territory Of
tine [ Mon. From fifteen to twenty. five tons
Of print paper is consumed in each weeks edi-
ton, and is regularly mailed to more than half
the post-office. of the United States. 1t is a
peculiar fact that the Blade is the only weekly
newspaper published that has regular subscrb.
ers in all parts of the United States 1t is ed
tied with special reference to the wants OF all
people in all sections. 1t is also made TO inter-
est every member of the family. Besides all
the news OF the world, it has serial and short
stories. wit and humor, poetry campfire, farm.
Sunday school lessons. young folks. poultry.
puzzles. household. answers to correspondents,
etc. As a special feature for 1893, Mr.. Robin
sun Locke, editor and proprietor of the Blade,
has just sailed for Japan, and will contribute
series Of illustrated letters on the manners
and customs Of that peculiar country and peo-
pie. These articles will be commenced some
time In February or March. and will be worth
to the readers OF the Blade many times the
subscription price. Every reader of this pa
per is invited to send for a specimen copy.
The publishers Of the Blade would be glad to
send specimen copy to every reader in this
country. Subscription price of the Blade,
one dollar year. Five dollars in cash will he
paid to any person sending 10 q small club of
subscribers. Write for agents. terms, giving
particulars. Address 1.-THE BLADE, Toledo,
Ohio"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-11-24


The missionary concert given in the hall
on Thursday evening. NV l.. was a great
success, and drew ouI large audience, 10
-pite of the bad travelling The program.
with some Sight variations, was the spec.
lai service for Saudsy schools. for the
centenary Of Baptist foreign missions
The greeting hv Miss Rens Stanley wa
especially worthy Of mention, and a song
by Mis-, Helen Sawyer Wa faely rendered
4 paper, prepared and read by Mrs Eva
Neal OF fremont added much - the inter
est Of the exercises Remarks by Rev
Mr. Rice who conducted the exercises
were interesting and Instructive, showing
deep aud heart felt Interest for the
grand and noble work of which he spoke.
II Is fact worthy Of mention that the
ship which carried the first Baptist mis-
sionary to India, was wrecked many wears
ago on the shores Of our island. An in
teFesting souvenir, in the sh-pe of small
piece of wood q part of the wreck, was
presented 10 Mr. Rice by Mrs Neal.
We are glad 10 learn that Rev Mr. Rice
Is 10 be with US another week. and hope
his stay may be prolonged. His meetings
are well attended. and much interest Is
manifested. NEIL
Nov 90