The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-27
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

A professional acrobat finds en-
| ployment at the zinc mines in Ogdens-
burg. y. J. His services are required
in getting out snarls and removing OBJ
structions from the cables and electric
wires used about the ore cars, which
are run on steep grades. He can walk
on tight rope when necessary.
-Crinoline dates from the days of
Queen Elizabet and survived until the
commonwealth. 1t appeared again in
III and was enlarged in 1t4i and con-
tinued to the end of the century 1t
was abolished by George ". From
1856 to 1866 it fiourished again in all its
glory and attained its largest dimen-
SlOnS.
Rupert Schmid. the San Francisco
sculptor, has secured the contract to
model a bronze group representing
POcahontas saving the life of Capt John
Smith. The expense will be $4,000.
The money was contributed by the
Smith family in Virginia and Nebraska.
A descendant from the original John
Smith has been the promoter of the en-
terprise.
AT the worlds fair in London,
American reapers were first introduced
to the notice Of Europeans. At the in
ternational exhibition at Paris in 1855,
American reapers were brought into
competition with others, each machine
being allowed to cut an acre of stand
ing oats near Paris. The American
reaper did its work in % minutes, the
English in 60 and an Algerian in -.
At about the time of the adoption
of the great seal of the United States
the continental congress ordered
small one for the official use of their
president for the time being. 1t was
elliptical in shape. Within a raised
border was a circlet of clouds with a
clear space within which were seen
thirteen stars. At point in the clouds
was the national motto, 'E Pluribus
Unum Many in one.
-Eariy in 177s there was an urgent
call for drafts from the militia of each
state. Gen. Narnum. of Rhode Island.
proposed the emancipation of the able
bodied slaves there, on condition of
their enlisting in the army for the war
Washington approved the scheme. and
it was adopted. Every able-bodied
slave in Rhode Island received by law
liberty to enlist. On passing muster he
became free, and was entitled to all the
wages and announcements given By
congress to any soldier. The state
made some compensation to their mas
tiers.
Astonishing to the stranger A.the
sudden development of the far northern
summer. Snow covers the ground in
the Aleutian islands until well into
June. but by that time the days last
nearly all night. and in a few weeks
rank vegetation has taken the place of
snow. The hills become carpeted with
brilliant flowers and the grass is waist
high. This vegetation. diving winter
after winter. covers the ground to a
great depth and makes it difficult to
walk. and adds especially 20 the task
of mountain climbing. It simpiifies the
descent. however, for Il person wearing
stout trousers may slide for a quarter
of mile down the mountain on this
loose deposit.
No president or eX-preSident. vice
president or eN-vice president diedselse-
where than IN the United States An
drew Jackson died at the Hermitage.
his home. in Tennessee. James X. Polk /.
travelled, and died near Nashville He /
was United States senator after having f
been president. Washington died in !
Mount Vernon, and jefferson in Month /
cello James Monroe came to New +
orll to practice law. and died there.
ra ulllin Pierce travelled extensively,
and passed his later years in retirement Z
at Concord. y. H., and John Tyler died .
IN Richmond Martin Van Buren, died
at Undertook. Three presidents only
lied in Washington Two died in New
\ ork CITY. John Adams, of NasSachu-
setts. attained the most advanced age.
II. Garfield was two months short OF F
30 when he died al Elberon
Perhaps the most difficult georraph-
cal name in the United States j.
loughiogheny. or geny. as II i some
lines spelled. the name OF a creek n
western Maryland and Pennsylvania
Few besides natives OF the region pro-
and who 50 essays Il with
he accent elsewhere finds his mouth
liled with Z meaningless confusion 81
-ovei~ and eouSonauts. The first svl-
able ! "YoUgh pronounced 'No.
With a short %. The second j. =
hort the %" following i almost. L
lot quite. unIleard in the mouth ~ tire
native. while the last two Syllables are
hose made familiar in Allegheny
hough there * even here a question OF
a long or e" short. The proanncia-
ion of Noughiogheny T.. however. a
imple matter with the modern spell
uE compared To- what it must have
eCneC 10 She stranger who met II with
he oid spelling on an ancient map
( the rrgina the name j. spelled
Yoghyyoyghgania ponbt}e~~ this
pelling came nearer shan that nogg -.
~ SO indicating aPtly the Indian prr
uBciation III tne maine