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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02

A well known lawyer seated in his Office
yesterday afternoon talked entartainingly
of a bright young man who had once been
his partner years ago. Il have been in the
habit" said the lawyer, ''of CRYING legal
advice TO lots Of my country acquaintance
for nothing. This grew to be sslch a bore
that / determined to get out of tie habit.
/ appealed to my young partner, who up
to that time could have been properly des-
ignated as 'briefess barTister.' and be
promised to help NE. The next day we
were notified that certain rich old farmer
was waiting outside to see me. Now this
old farmer mad obtained hundreds of legal
opinions from me and had never given me
a cent. went into another room and left
my partner TO deal with him. The follow
ing conversation occurred:
"Howdyl Is Mr.. Blank in?'
g NO sir; he's out of town
""Wa2l, that's bad: he allus ust to give
me legal advice fer nuthin.
=" perhaps I can give it to you. What do
you want to know
"'It's Jest like this. A Teller had a mort
gage on my old mare and she died the other
day. Now TIE feler claims the mortgage
holds good on the colt. Naow, how's
thS@
"'Well, sir, the mortgage does hold good
on the colt
"'Well, by hockey that don't seem to
me 10 be very good law
"'W ell, by hockey, it isn't good law, but
what 90 you expect for nothing?
THE next time the old man came in to
see me he handed me ten dollar bill be-
fore he asked a question. "-Philadelphia
Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
Boys with Business" Heads,

An enterprising street vender has been
gathering i'll the nickels with fair degree
of CELEBRITY in the vicinity of Union square
during the past few days by selling small
packages OF blotting paper Each piece of
blotting paper contains an advertisement
of one kind or another and was evidently
designed for free distribution. The cues
ton of how they came into the possession
OF the street vender could probably be an
swered by either himself or the boys who
were hired to distribute them gratuitously.
New York Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02

The maximum speed of the fastest pas
senSer elevators which have ever been
built is l,5eo feet minute. rate of one
mile in three minutes and a fraction. Be
fore the ire ia jhe Western Union New
York building occurred that company had
a machine which could run 1.5O0 feet a
minute. 1t was the only one of its kind in
the east. Mr.. Thomas T. Brown. ,Jr.. a
consulting engineer of this city. thinks it
possible there are few OF equal speed in
the west.
These machines are of the water balance
type-that Of the original hydraulic ele-
rator. the invention of Cyrus Baldwin.
Owing to its eXpensiveneSs, and the fact
that IL could not be controlled automatic
ally, it went out OF use The speed WAS
regulated by the engineer. and it went fast
or slow. a. he pleased.-Chicago Journal
OF Commerce
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
The Gallery Line.

It was the matinee day of a Third avenue
popular price tbeater.
Five minutes had to elapse before the
gallery doors would be opened, and line
of boys stretched from the barred portals
clear around the nearest corner. They ran
rather small-a fact noticed by big, hulk
ing fellow who paused to scan the bill
boards and after moment Of deliberation
he pushed himself into the line within a
dozen or so Of the head.
There was a rumble Of Indignation from
the entire column.
"Cum OFF"
"Cheese it. !"
"Chase yerself"
The intruder calmly ignored these re-
quests, and putting his hands in his pock-
cts leaned cacelessly against the wall.
There was a rustic of preparatory action
along the line.
''SlCg him, felleys!" shrieked grimy
faced bootblack.
And they slugged him.
1t was like swarm Of vasps attacking
young black bear, and in a remarkably
short space of time the enemy was knocked
into cooked hat.
This business being adjusted the waiting
column rearUiculated itself
The right of properly acquired prece-
dence upon the gallery lIre is sacred in the
unwritten code of the small boy about
town, and he will protect it even though
the heavens fall-New York Commercial
Advertiser
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
THE MYSTERY OF OMslETS.
Il Consists In Neatness, Attention to De-
tails and a Little Practice.

tt Consists In Neatness. Attention to De
tails and a Little Practice.
An idea obtains with a good many people
that there Is some occult mystery in the
preparation of oInelets. AS fact, nothing
is necessary beyond neatness and attention
to detail. To begin with, the pan in which
the omelet is to be cooked must be delicate
ly clean, and above all perfectly dry. Some
good cooks even go so far as to declare that
If it is busted out before using with damp
buster the omelet will be spoiled; certain it
is that most cordons bleux will not allow
their omelet pan to be washed, but empty
it out directly the omelet is made and rub
the pan clean with kitchen paper. Granted
that the pan is clean, bright and dry ire
member that pan that has once been al
lowed to 'catch" is no longer fit to use for
this purpose, the next point to study is the
FIXTURE. For this butter is the best, and IL
should be used as follows: First put the
pan on the fire to get thoroughly hot, then
lay in the butter and begin TO shake the
pan steadily, to facilitate the spreading CT
the butter all over its surface rs the FIXTURE
melts, and also to avoid any chance Of the
latter's catching Directly the butter Il
boiling, which you will know by its becom-
ing perfectly still, and having an almost
invisible vspor rising from il, pour in the
omelet mixture and cook it till the eggs
are almost set; then tilt the pan toward
you, and with broad knife-a pallet knife
is best-fold the half nearest you over the
fartheSt one and slip the whole thing well
down TO the front of the pan (Which, partly
from the tilt, will bring the omelet into n
crescent shape). When colored a pretty
golden brown slip it on to a very hot dish
and serve at once The fire for this purpose
must be a moderate one; and remember, an
omelet does not stop cooking the moment
it leaves the fire; so, TO allow for this, always
lift it off the fire wee bit underdone.
Some cooks aver that good tablespoon
full of milk to every two eggs. added 10 the
omelet mixture. will keep il in condition II
1t has to wait. For an average small omelet
add a tablespoonful of finely chopped pars-
ley and pepper to taste TO the eggs beaten
till light, and mix thoroughly. Melt ons
ounce of butter, as already directed, and
cook the mixture. Do not add any salt To
it, but sprinkle the amount required on
the omelet when dishing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
A Ship Under Sail.

A ship under full sail is a truly magnih-
cent spectacle, and there is an exhiIara-
ton in the wind that sweeps across her
decks which can be appreciated only bv
those who have breathed it. But if voI
Were tween decks when she is fying along
In such grand style you would hear a
cfeahing and groaning with every motion.
A ship Is built OF perpendicular frames
and horizontal planking. and as the waves
snlt Their pressure the ship works"
Ihls wears out the calking in the seams
irSt' and later on the frames themselves
begin to weaken. Providence Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
The Chr prirer,s RenIr-

1t was a driver on the Eighth avenue
street car line, who ran bali block past r
thin visaged, elderly female cssticulatinC
violently at tie corner Of Thirty->eventh
street some time ago.
"I-y-you idlot," she painted through
the front door at the driver when she had
gained the car Why didn't You stop
You saw me waving my hand. 4"
Beg yer pardon. ma am, - said the driver
eontritely. Il thought you was a-tryin TO
6irt with me-"
The woman was TOO indignant to say an
other word, but she looked mad enough 10
bite nails.-New York Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02

Mr.. and Mrs B. died while their son. IN
only child, was quite . young boy. The
young fellow. as was natural, felt his in
dependent position not little. and both at
Eton and afterwava FOR year or two q:
Oxford was more or less distinguished Tor
being proollaeat an everything eaat WAS
reckless and extrassgaaI. leading Lille Of
the sayest description SS,1den4J how
ever. lac experienced complete caauSe ii
sNn5lalent- An ln-uenSe disgust 10 what
he previously Insgine5 was desirable filed
his mind, srd reilouncl1C entirely his for
ms associates aud pursuits he threw him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
Sunflower Ashes as a Fertilizer.

The ashes of the sunfower contain a high
percentage of potassium. The experiments
OF Hermbstedt have proved that 1000
pounds of dried stalk yield 572 pounds of
ash, and from 1000 pounds of ash are OBJ
tanned $40 pounds of the best potassium.
An entire ripe suniower plant without the
root contains about p grams of mineral
substances, whereof about u grams aA
potassium. The farmers in Russia sell
their ashes to the soap works for very
low price instead OF using them for the
field.-Exchange.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
Travelled Twenty-eight Miles for Shave.


at is wonderful what simple things GER
tain men seem 90 find it impossible to do.
and the awkward results which follow
from a want Of knowledge of these things,
simple as they be-" said Mr. A j. O'Leary,
Of New York. Il was in Ireland with a
young man friend one summer, and as
wished to see the scenery in and around
Bray and Wicklow l made the latter
small seaport town my headquarters My
young friend had never learned how to
shave, and on the second morning after ar
irving in the town he went searching for
the barber shop in his hotel The hotel
officials laughed at the idea of devoting
any portion Of the premises to the process
of shaving. Then the young man went
through the town searching for barber,
but one could not be found. In vain he at
tempted to shave himself. Here and there
on one side of the face one spot would bs
scraped, but this only drew more attention
to his unshorn condition. At length he
had to go to Dublin, a distance of twenty
eight miles, in order to have the needful
duty performed. Since that time he has
allowed his whiskers to grow, notwith-
standing the fact that they make him ap-
pear ten years older than he is, and give
him an appearance more solemn than that
of minister preaching his own funeral
Grafton. st. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
MR.. FosDICK's SUCCESS.

Mr.. Fosdick's completion of the panels
Justified MIR. Adams faith in the fire
etcher's art. When set in place they be-
came objects of general admiration.
TO the eye Of the prophet it was clear
that an old art was about to assume new
beauty. 1t was clear, too, that in the
hands of the young American it had at
tanned character and was capable of a
scope that Ball Hughes had never mag
ined. The English sculptor had raised it
to dignity infinitely above the clever
trick OF the mountebank
Although Mr.. Fosdick was convinced
after he had finished Mr.. Adams work
that fire etching was entitled TO the high
est rank as an art, he could not bring him
self to believe that it was his duty to de-
vote his time and strength to it exclusively.
In 1883 he gave his first exhibition of fire
etchings in Paris. Among those present
were his teachers, Boulanger and Moillon,
who were delighted with the work. Thev
thought that it was something entirely
new. Successful as Mr. Fosdick was as a
painter, they advised him to drop the brush
and give himself up to this art of etching
with fire
Somewhat reluctantly, but with no fall
upon their advice
The admiration bestowed upon his work
at exhibitions in this city and elsewhere.
and the presence of that work in many of
the first houses in the country, are pleas
ing justification of his faith and devotion,
HOW THE WORK IS DONE.
AS the finest brush and canvas cannot
make a Diaz or a Rousseau, so the most
improved cautery or the most desirable
wood will not insure a beautiful product
OF the fire etcher's art. Nevertheless, there
Is choice OF medium, soft and dry woods
being preferable to hard and sappy. Well
seasoned poplar is the best Then comes
holly and bass. The surface is made per-
fectly smooth TO receive the drawing. Then
the etcher takes his cautery or branding
irons and burns the design into the wood.
After Mr.. ECsdick has been over panel
Tor the first time, say the panel of his
ury' 1t looks like the charred SUI face of
a half burned board. No picture is visible.
Then with an emery cloth he goes over it
again smoothing the surface and removing
the unsightly crUdities of line that have
been produced by the platinum point as it
piowed through the open and close pores
OF the wood. lie never removes all OF
them, for they are the accidental qualities
already mentioned that give picturesque
hess to the work. II greater accenruation
Is required. the cautery Is used again; if
less. the surface Is sInoothed with the
emery cloth. Their use alterna5es until
the required effect i produced.
When the etching is done, several coats
of varnish are applied. ana fine dull fin
ish Is finally obtained with pnnlce stone
Then appears IN ali IL beauty the head Of
the Fury, fear and ferocity depicted II q
face framed on every side by heavy waves |
Of rich brown hair that I'll the rest Of tbs !
panel Thus IS created IN lines alone Of /
more or less strength 4 work that neither I
dust no. smoke. neither neat nor cold. /
Deither rain nor shine can 1ade or mar /
New YORK TINES.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
UnshaVed for Thirty Years

For thirty years the beard and mustache
OF Mr. James Brown, of Bennington. w.
Va, has been untrimmed. With his arms
extended he stretches fully six feet from
tIp 10 tip OF his fingers, yet the ends of his
mustache. when held horizontally. extend
beyond his fingers He braidS his wonder
tul beard and mustache and tucks them
under his vest.-Nankee Blade
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02

Or. William A Hammond ssvs that
even Wei 10 GO Americans require more
re7St Tran any ether people in tie World
@''d se' les lie thanks . hun.aa being
s - nave succession OF iabcrs an
u ef>iSiaSs as farm has rotation 1t cr,,,s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02

There seeE4s 80 be something TIE mat
Ter with u.y 6.s al " sAi2 Aoly
Wheat. = vat.sG sgsa4l, i-e.4 Us
zsk,~i ai- ls.suia Ia-ss! DscEE
= ,sn, fisid ct,s--thst silAt ta.s -es--a
saia VAS tie matter wlsl IL Lie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
Pansr Made from plrt.

The Refuse Disposal company, limited,
IN London, Is engaged IN the nanufAct ur=
OF paper from the contents u the dust ban
Of which per cant. = least : paper and
rags, besides quite :. gaalGlgs u straw AID
other rough Material View York oy4rzl4L
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
A Guarantee.


DO you guarantee them eggs:"
Yes, ma'am. If there's one o. them
eggs IS won't Poach, provided it amt been
opened. well take it back. "-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02

There Is no country in the world in
which the raven Is not found to be native;
1t Is also the only bird known 10 ornithol-
ogists which is of such cosmopolitan char
aCter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
An Attractive Mat.

A pretty application of the now popular
crocheted ring work is represented IN the
lamp mat shown in the cut.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
Exporting Apples.
4 Spot 90 the Son.

One Of the spo;s GA the sun Is slnost
large enough 10 make good sized piAnst
Professor Upon. of Rrpvyn university. tas
taken ire tfc8bi@ t. .afe-rsre r. and ai
SAYS TIA; ses
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02

LAMP MAT EDGED WITH CRoCHETEp RINGS.
The foundation Is strawberry colored
cloth. the border being formed Of rings in
different sizes worked with the crocbet
hook In bronze. strawberry. two shades Of
grayish green cotton and double gold
thread. the whole being finished with tas-
sells IN coiors TO match the rings
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02

When Baby was sick, We gave her CastorlA.
She1 sic was Child. see cried for CAstoria
Rhen she became Miss, size eisue 10 CAs5osia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
THE OLD METHOD.

AS long as fire etching had to be done
under the disadvantages that Mr.. FoSdick
encountered, there was little danger that
the art would fall into the trif1ing hands
OF amateurs. The heat of a furnace had
no attractions for them; to them the burn
ing of fingers was not a source of comfort;
they would not find JOY in the clouds Of
smoke that imperfect tools made newt
able. But since the invention of better
appliances, since fire etching has been
raised TO the charm and dignity of an ac-
compGshment, they have rushed into this
field of art in great numbers and with rare
impetuosity.
1t is curious thing that the instrument
that called into existence the enthusiasm
OF these self denying devotees of varying
fashion was not invented for their COM
fort; it was not invented either to render
more agreeable and attractive the work
of the professional fire etcher This instru-
ment was first made by French surgeon,
VINO used 1t TO cauterize wounds.
The cautery, as it is called, consists of a
nickel or glass receptacle for a sponge sat
urated with alcohol or naphtha or some
other volatile and infammable fluid. At
tached to it are two long rubber tubes, one
connecting with small hand bellows and
the other with the instrument proper. The
latter consists Oh handle of nonconducting
material six inches long. Connected with
one end is the rubber tube, and inserted
in the other is a platinum point two OF
three inches long and somewhat fattened
at the extremity. Inside of this point is a
platinum coil fed with the gas from the
rubber tube. When the point is held in
the spirit lamp that is commonly used it
becomes hot, the gas driven into it by the
hand bellows taking fire The tempera-
ture of the point can be regulated to any
degree by the bellows: it can be made red
hot so that it will burn wood like blazing
piece OF iron from furnace, or can be al
lowed to cool so that it will barely scorch
the surface OF the wood
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02

OaIee and ysTG- or Mosisy sss. BE-.
weem DouElEs e. and tlF-t - sud
Branch yarfs 81 I us"a city. Okla
horaz C3tx. - HrEa and uiueo, Okla
kom= Tes TiioFy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-02
ABOUT FIRE ETCHING
BEAUTIFUL BITS OF ART THAT ARE
BURNED INTO WOOD.

A New Art-Mr. Fosdiek's Reiuyenetion
OF Primitive Decorative Idea - Its
Adaptability to Modern Homes and
Churches-How 1t Is Done.
seventy years ago an English boy and
MS sweetheart were making a tour of a
country fair. While viewing the sights
they encountered a mountebank burning
pictures on wood with hot iron MANY
years later the boy, whose name was Bail
hughes, crossed the Atlantic and achieved
great distinction in Boston as sculptor
and Hre etcher, the remembrance of the
mountebank's work having lived long in
his memory.
1t was reserved, however, for a youpg
American named Fosdick, Of Charlestown,
Mass, to disclose the greatest possibilities
OF fire etching and to give it a permanent
place in the beautiful works OF its day.
When Edward D. Adams began to deco
rate his house in the Willard block, in
Madison avenue, he conceived the idea of
having Renaissance border burned at the
top of the Mexican mahogany panels I'M
der the leather frieze OF his dining room.
He found Mr.. Fosdick in Normandy paint
ing French peasants and laid before him
the plans.
In the summer of 1884 Mr.. Fosdick re-
turned to the United States to do Mr..
Adams work. He fitted up studio in an
old school house on a farm in Westbor-
ough, Mass. The panels were sent to him
from New York. The fine tools that the
beauty and popularity of fire etching have
since called into existence were then un-
known. Mr.. Fosdick was obliged to roast
himself over a charcoal furnace. His irons
were OF the most primitive kind. They
were pieces Of metal fastened into copper
tubes, with plaster Of paris as a noncon-
ductor of the heat.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-21

WELDON. n. C. Feb. 20-iSpecal An
oyster supper and German was gwen at scot
land Neck last nieht by the Scotland Neck
Mounted Rlheman This is the only cavalry
trooD ia the State and * the pride OF tins
couufv. lt was organized IN 1860 and went
into tie service of the Coniederacy as soon as
hostihtles began 1t was three years IN the
army of Northern Virginia and did good ser
VICE. IL was reorganizcd after the war by the
sousand other near relatives Of those VINO went
with IL o. the front Ia ls5l, and they feel a
INST pride in the record 1t made. The first
captain of the troop upOn ITS reorganization
WAS " II. Anthony. who was student under
l,euaral jackson at the Virginia Military In
sutute lie ioiued the army as a private. ana
was soon promoted to a captancy- lie re-
eianed the captnncy OF the Hlhemen TWO
years ago, upon being appointed
bri0adier-reneral OF the State Guard.
The present efficient captain IS e..
s.. White. The supper and ball were
we'll attended by the people of the commu-
mty and many from distance Wero Also
there. Alr. Luther Purrnet Il led the ger
man. which was participated ID by nearly
forty couples The dancing was Kept up
until late uOuT.
MI II. j.. lleryery a very lighly-respected
citizen II Halifax. died at his son resluehce
IN that place Yesterday IN the seyenty-nintu
year OF has age. lie had been IN iming
health for more than year and Tor several
months had been quite III.
News was received here this morning of the
death OF MIR. Duncan G. Winston. which oc-
CURED suddenly at his residence IN ferte
county Yesterday. lie was prominent law
yer of that section, q nephew of the late
Patrick III. Winston. and lineal descendant
OF The great Patrick Henry. Ho was very
popular N his county.