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The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14

atmosphere from the earth-s surrace 70
the upper and cooler atmosphere. thus
producing the initial action necessary
to the production Of rainstorm. In
carrying out my invention do not limit
or eonine myself to any special form
or apparatus, but employ any ma
chinery capable OF setting In motion
large volumes of air, and / arrange .
conduit for conveying the air to the up
per atmosphere in any convenient and
desirable way, the details of carrying
ont the invention being controlled to
large extent by the natural advantages
Of the locality In which the apparatus
is placed
In the present cases-here the
young plutocrat called attention to his
sketch given above-''I have shown an
air tower erected upon an eminence.
such as cliff or a mountain, and I
place in the valley blower of large ca
pacitv, which communicates with the
air tower by means of an air trunk OF
suitable size, and I drive the blower
with any convenient power. In the
present case have represented an en-
gine house which incioses the blower
and an engine for driving the same. In
lieu of such an arrangement may PRO
vide tower of sufficient height to con-
vey the air directly from the lower to
the higher level, and l may arrange the
blower and the driving mechanism in
the base of the tower, or may arrange
the blower upon the eminence and ex-
tend the suction pipe to the lower level,
and connect the discharge pipe OF the
blower into the air tower. The capaci-
ty of the apparatus need not be greater
than is required to produce the initial
disturbance or the nucleus Of the storm,
as. when the precipitation OF rain be-
gins, the storm will increase from nat
ural causes. To augment the amount
of moisture in the air trunk1 direct the
exhaust pipe of the blower engine into
the trunk, thereby surcharging the air
In the trunk with the exhaust steam of
the engine"
Mr.. Astor's pneumatic road cleaning
machine that viii be exhibited at the
Chicago Columbian exposition has been
In practical operation for some time at
hiscountry residence on the banks of the
Hudson at Rhinebeck, and where he is
also engaged in breeding haclneys, Or
in less horsey parlance-carriage
horses
When Mr.. Astor, after leaving
Harvard university, resided in the
Orient his principal occupation was
making pedestrian tours through
Turkey and Greece, with Athens as his
headquarters. Upon his return TO
America he became an ardent wheeler
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
CAPTURED BY eAROONS.
The strange Fate OF . Womsa On South
Sea Island

w
Sea Island.
One Jasper Higgins, = mariner, ha.
told to reporter strange story of
Mrs. David Parks, the wife of IN Amer
lean captain, who went ashore with her
husband on On uninhabited island in
the East Indian seas, fingered behind
and disappeared A long search was
made, and il was decided that she
had been drowned But Capt Parks
was not satisfied, and year lister Wis
tied the island and made another
search.
Here Is tho testimony Of Higgins,
who was q member of the searching
party:
There were numerous large trees IN
the vicinity, and we saw the same old
apes eyeing Us. Suddenly I saw q
strange form, and called the captains
attention TO it Directly IN front Of Us
was grea. hollow tree, and by the
cavity stood Mrs. Parks The captain
gave shout of joy and started toward
her. As he did so huge baboon swift
ly swung from the limbs and grappled
the poor woman. The captain raised
his carbi1e and fred as the brute
clutched We were not over twenty
feet away. but before we could over
come our surprise and reach poor
Mrs. Parks tho powerful baboon had
stranGled her TO death She never spoke
word from the moment we caught
sight Of her.
Cant Parks was clean daft He
grabbed the corpse and cried and kissed
II Then the wounded baboon stirred
but my sheathknife soon ended it. The
chattering IN the trees was awful. and /
fred M earbine at the apes and mon-
keys, while the captain cried and kissed
his long lost bride
''our firing attracted the remainder Of
the crew and soon they joined Us We
sent 20 the vessel for a shovel and dug .
grave By the side Of the tree where
the poor woman was crushed by her SIM
ian captor~
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
CoLMoLTN.

At the capitol in Baton Rouge is a
portrait Of Zachary Taylor with which
is connected an amusing reqiniscence
While Gen. Howard, the author of Tay-
1or's recent Life" was looking at the
picture, an old resident said to him:
why. sir, that's Zachary Taylor's
head and shoulders with another mans
legsr'
How IS that. my friend?"
''Oh. the old gentleman would not sit
as model When he little thought
what was being done the artist sketched
his head and body, but as the general
declared he could no. afford the time
for further operations tAe painter was
obliged to finish with another man"
The result is said TO be fairly good.
It is well-executed picture, though
the face is neither so firm nor so strong
as that Of other portraits, and the fig
ure is that OF q man somewhat taller
than the general Youth's Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14

and swearing horribly the while both
at his theme and at the managing editor
for having assigned it 70 him. 1t
was an article about some church move
nent, to be treated in . quietly lauda-
tory. sympathetic vein- Yesterday the
editorial writer handed me letter from
q clergyman thanking the paper In emo
tional terms for It's stand and expressing
JOY At such evidence of profound Chris
tian feeling. 80 grsndly and reverently
voiced, ia a secular journal 1t really
was well wrftten-grsve, earnest, SIM
pie and graceful
I wonder said its authcr, smoking
his pipe and grinMng, I wonder what
that parson would think Of me and the
paper If he had heard my language while
I was brewing that small beer?'
Nevertheless, q few minutes after
ward, he was bending over flc reading
his own article over again. and his In
telligent countenance wore an express
sion of approval
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
AIR SHIELDS US FROM DANGER.

Protecting tho Earth from Being Injured
~ Err.fte Iasessteil>r Missiles.
Tho sensational statements which
were widely published during the recent
appearance OF strange comet in An
dromeda, and the attention which was
drawn to tho Rela swarm of rneteors
at about the same time, served to re-
mind every one OF singular and, in
some respects, important Office of the
atmosphere that we seldom think Of
The at1losphcrc Il not only a cover for
the earth serving TO keep it warm by
retaining the heat derived from the sun,
but it Is also shield, which effectually
protects the earth against missiles from
space The service which the soft,
transparent air thus renders is, indeed,
wonderful one according to the
Youths Companion Many thousands
Of meteors every day run into the at
n,osphere with velocity averaging
sixty times that OF cannon ball, and
yet we are perfectly safe, because they
cannot reach the ground except In the
form OF microscopic particles OF dust.
But tor the resistance interposed by the
atnosphere the mortality from meteors
might form an interesting list in the
general statistics Of mankind. It is the
excessive velocity Of the meeeors which
Leads 30 their destruction. Maling due
allowance for the comparative rarity Of
the air at TIE great height at which me-
teo-s become luminous, the heat de-
veloped BY their rush Of twenty-five or
thirty miles ia . second must be ssfti-
cient 20 dissipate them almost Instant
y. IN the case OF the Biela nsteors,
Il is pretty definitely known thai the
particles which enter the atmosphere,
when the earth In its orbit meets the
meteorio swarm. onoe formed part of
the mass OF q comet, known as Bfela's
comet which split into two parts in
1916, and was Last seen IN the form of a
comet-theu double conetin 1853.
But every Year in the month OF Novem-
Der. wnoa the earth approaches very
cear to the path in which the missing
comet formerly Travelled and which is
followed by the meseore that now ap-
parently represent all that is Left Of the
comet, greater or less NUN Der of these
nsteors plunge into the air and are con-
sL1aei
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14

far more interest 20 him than his pala-
tial country home Of Ferncliff at Rhine
beck on the Hudson and the whole Of
at his stock farm there His patent i'm
proved bicycle brake Is of greater i'm
portarce ITO him mentally than all the
pleasure he can get out Of his steam
yacht Nournahal or out of his member
ship IN the riding, racquet and tennis,
country, Tuxedo. New York Yacht and
Vaudeville clubs combined And his
greater delight TO him than almost
even the addition Of millions upon mil
lions of dollars and hundreds of other
houses to those that he has inherited
from his great-grandfather grandfather
and father included
Perhaps young John Jacob Astor may
change IN this particular as he grows
now IN his twenty-ninth year-there is
10 question of his burning enthusiasm
for natural philosophy and mechanics.
n mr. talk with him at his residence,
374 Fifth avenue, after Strengthening
out his six feet three inches OF anatomy
and comma ndiag my attention with a
winning glance from his large blue
eyes, he said:
Although my road cleaner and BIZ
cycle brake are inventions of which I
am very proud, l am far more interest
ed in my rain inducing method. Let
me explain in my own way what 1t is
by the aid of this perspective view. il
lustrating the application of my i'm
proved method"
Here Mr.. Astor handed The writer
.he accompanying drawing made by
himself, and which he afterward loaned
for this interview. Then he proceeded
with the following description:
THE volume of a given weight Of air
depends upon the pressure to which it
is subjected. The smaller the pressure
the greater viii be its volume. The
pressure of the atmosphere at the
earth's surface is about fourteen and
pounds per square inch.
This pressure dininishes with the alti-
tude. When mass of air is trans
ferre9 from the lower to the upper at
it expands by virtue of the
oiIEinution OF Tie pressure and becomes
cooler. The rate at which this cooling
takes place is about one degree for
every one hundred and eighsythree feet
Of ascent. if the air be dry. and some
what less than one degree for the same
distance if the air be moist. Clouds are
generally produced by the rising of the
heated moist air from the earth's sur
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
SWIMMING ON HORSEBACK.

so1zl. aorses SINK sluch Deeper In the
Wsser Than Others
Swimming horses across a flooded
creek or river Is common ard on some
stations almost daily occurrence IN
Australia during the rainy season. As
rule l have remained seated In the
saddle while swimming my horse across
a flooded river, and have found the
buoyaacy of the horse TO vary quite as
much as that Of human being, SAYS .
writer in the London Field. I have had
some horses which would swim with
the seat of the saddle clear above the
water, while others on the contrary
swim SO deeply that only the ears. eyes.
and nose were visible. In the latter
case the sooner the rider slips over the
tail the better. II you are not in the
saddle do not think it matters much
wheta-~ voU swim at the horses head
or his tail, or on your back. breast or
siaie. Of course, the nearer YOU are to
his head the better chance you have %
guiding Kim if necessary, but as a rule
horses viii swim as fast and Is straight
as they can to the nearest landing
point. In the whole course Of nv ex-
perlence / have never seen but one
horse unable or unwilling to swim. and
on this occasion the hor=e turned on his
side Immediately it found itself in deep
water. and. refusing TO make the slight
est effort, 1t was drowned. In nv
opinon the mos. important thing to do
when swimming any horse across a
stream IS to unbuckle your snafle rein.
and. if riding with a double-reined
bride, cut the stitches of the curb
rein Practically the only danger there
is lies in the risk of the horse getting
his fore legs entaagled in the bride,
which can easily be avoided.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
JOHN JACOB ASTOR.
A Clever Inventor and q Credit to
His Famous Family.
Description Of His Inventbons-MAny Use
full Contrivances the Product Of His
Genius-His Woaderfnl system
for Producing Rain.


tcoPYAIGRT, 1888
There have been four John Jacob As
tors who have demanded the attention
of Americans either on account of their
wealth, their philanthropy or other cir
cunstances OF an unusual character.
John Jacob Astor fourth, the great
grandson of the first of the name, is not
only noticeable as the inheritor of tens
Of millions of the Astor accumulations.
but for another reason, which ne re-
vealed to the writer of this article .
few days ago, and which is that he
lives. moves and has his being in discov-
cry and invention A pneumatic road
cleaning machine that be has invented
and which will be one of the features
OF the Chicago worlds fair, where it
will be seen IN practical operation. is of
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
NEWSPAPER ExIGENCIES
Many = Man Writes One Thiae aa<
Thinks Anosher.


here are few things more interest
ing and eniightening taan the talk Of a
newspaper office. IN coutrsdistinction
TO the rtteranees of the journal issued
frcm IL The men, says the Virginia
(Nev.l Chronicle. during q political
campaign, for illustration know most
OF the candidates Of their party SO
well that they become incenxed a. the
printed view Of them Il Is quite usual
10 End tas. the entire staff Of repub-
Ecan Journal has voted the 6euocra.ie
ticket or vice versa Ii Is the4- revenge
for the complimentary i-1nz they have
had - do with their pens
A fsw evenings ago IN editorial
writer was scratching cat lines from
Ai6 UArrx-lcs &nd urf:ns oshAzs n
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
Eh Bosy DSy.

Ouarrvnar-Biddy.
His Vife-Phwat 60 re want now.
sure?
Ouarrynaa-Po1r some kerosene OF
tn foir, an make il hot, 30 Oh can thaw
out me dynanita-N. Y. Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
Making Hfns Happy.

Taflor-T am glad you called in. sir.
called the other day when YOU were out
Travers Yes I heard that you
called. so I thought would come in
and order another sui.-Brpokly1 Life
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
Cor,hortses.

Miss SniIax-Mr. Bulfuch has been
conplinenting ne very highly: he said
/ was the pretriest girl IN the room
Charlie Serinrer-I know H. / never
saw such looking sGt-JEry.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
6Cb's Wish.

Bob was shedding. "oh dear." he
sighed. a. he pulled lis sled up the steep
bill. Il wish I owned q tame earth
quake 70 turn this hill upside down
for me whenever / wanted IL to."-HAr-
oer's Young People
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
Two Bsrdh

He-WIn you marT ne7
She-No.
He-Then VIII you marry Harry Saw
yer? He wanted ne to ask you for him.
too, while was about ie-Texas Sift-
mgS
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14

When Baby was sex we gave her. Csstoria
Whs1 she wss Child, she cried for Casto-ia-
When she became Miss, she ciIn- to Castor:a.
vhea sic had Children, she gave them Caseoria,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-14
MxscpIfne MoGestr,

Mabel wouldn't marry the best
man in the world
Jacoues-AIasl You have made me
he unhappiest of men.-Boston Courier.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-04-13
GOOD SANITATION WILL PREVENT A
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC.
From the Chicago Herald.

There Is not the least ground for ap-
prehension that cholera will make any
headway In the country. Precautions
far less complete were sufficient to keep
1t out Of the United states and Canada
last year. Medical science alone with
out quarantine prevented 1t from at
tacking England, althoug Oh all her ports
were open and infected ships entered
nlany Of her harbors. 1t is true that In
the past second season of cholera has
generally been little worse than the
first. But the rule was broken three
years ago, a second season not follow
Ing first in Italy and Spain, inferior
as both these countries are to more
northern ones In sanitation.
We may not absolutely escape ehol-
era. If the laws concerning examina'
tion of baggage ard passengers at in
fected or exposed European ports be
strictly applied there need not be solic-
itude on this side the water; but even
II case or two should come across IL
cannot battle the vigilance of the Amer
lean BeabOard officers.
Ye low fever is never absent from
southern portions of Mexico as cholera
is never extinct Ia India or Russia; but
quarantine aud the maintenance OF
sanitary vigilance have made the entry
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-04-13
OHIO WILL GO DEMOCRATIC IN NovsM
BeR.


Talk is cheap, especially newspaper
talk, but an election decides political
controversy, after the talk Is over;
hence 1t Is conclusive.
The spring elections in Ohio indicate
that Ohio Is Democratic today.
1t would not be conclusive, If only a
few towns and cities had shown Demo-
cratic gains, but the gains seem to be
everywhere, in burgs, hamlets, villages
and cities.
Even in Canton, where our Demo.
cratic vote was not polled, the result is
an increased Democratic majority on
nearly all the officers.
The Democrats carried ngheld,
Ohio, heretofore Republi ity.
The Democrats made q clean sweep
In youngstown, almost always a Re
publican city.
The Democrats carried Akron on the
whole ticket, an unusual victory.
The Democrats won the greatest vic
tory ever known in GAINESVILLE.
The Democrats made large gain
in Columbus, and carried the city.
The Democrats carried Dayton and
made big gain.
The Democrats made a tremendous
gain in Cincinnati, and elected the head
of the ticket.
The Democrats won a remarkable
victory in Cleveland, electing their
Mayor by over 1900 plurality.
The Democrats made over thou
sand gain in Toledo, and came within
100 of electing their Mayor, and elected
the Police Judge.
The Democrats made large gain in
Newark, and elected their ticket.
The Democrats of Sandusky made a
big gain and redeemed that city.
Large Democratic gains are noted in
Caldwell. Cambridge, Circleville, Co.
shocton, Napoleon and Fremont.
Verify it looks like picnic for No.
vember.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-04-13
A VERY BAD LOT,


And still we fail to find q kind word,
or word of commendation, in any
Ohio Republican newspaper of our
Ohio Republican legislature. 1t has
become too odious even for silence, and
the organs of the 6. o. p. have opened
on it with grape, canister and scrapnel.
The Toledo Blade, the leading Republi-
can organ of all that country west of
the Santusky river and north of Day
ton, says of this putrid body polite:
"rhe Ohio General Assembly has outs
lived its usefulness. There is no good
reason why IL should not pass the general
appropriation bill and go home, and yet
IL is now generally understood there will
be no final adjournment until late In
May, perhaps not until the first of June.
Waiting for the appi opriation bill is the
excuse made for remaining In session. L.
In deception. II IL apparent that the real
the Worlds Fair, and then visit the ex
position pit the expense OF the taxpayers
Of the state. 1t cost the state four thous.
and dollars to take the state officials and
members OF the Legislature to the dedica-
tory exercises last fall, and DOW there is a
protest against the payment OF anotherb bill.
The conduct of this General Assembly Ia
proof that IL will not hesitate to take this
trip at the expense of the state and the
appropriation bill is held back, and at the
last moment will be crowded through and
the steal with It. Let the press of Ohio
use its powerful influence In behalf of the
taxpayers by exposing the scheme"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-04-13
TOUCHING ORGANIZED LABOR.

Judge Kicks decision In the Ann
Arbor case has stirred up the labor Or
RaniZations all over the United States.
Yesterday Senator Voorhees, of Indi-
ana, introduced resolution in the
senate calling for definite information
On the scope of this decision, and what
additional legislation Is necessary, in
view of this decision.
Thomas W. Harper of Terre Haute,
Ind general attorney for the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, has ar
rived In Washington. In lengthy in
terview, he says:
"What do the men think of Judge
Rick's decision and Its effectP" was
asked.
"It would be hard to convince these
men, or any member of the organiza-
tions, that Judge Kicks decided accord,
ing to the law" responded Mr.. Harper
case, that his decision is without pre-
cedent, but that every new question,
when decided, was without precedent
"The same matter was brought before
Judge Gresham, in the Chicago, Bur-
lingtoy, V Quincy strike, in 1888, and be
refused an application to enjoln the
workingmen In this case, Judge Kicks
as 1 am informed, was sent for and
came from Cleveland to Toledo on a
81 ecial train, consisting of an engine
aud one car, and instead of proceeding
at once to the Federal court room, went
to the general Office of the Lake Shore
company and had q consultation with
the general officers before issuing the
citation against the men for contempt;
and after its issue he was returned to
Cleveland on the special train, and the
men cannot believe that he was unprej-
udiced in the case" -.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-04-13
HIS Is ENCOURAGING.

We get reliable information on the
coming Democratic tariff from Col. A.
l.. Conger of AKRON. Col. Conger
authorizes the following from Wash
ingten, which appears in the Cleveland
Leader:
''Colonel A. L. Conger, OF Akron, who
has been in Washington for the purpose
of learning, II possible, what the Demo
Gratis propose to do concerning the tariff,
left for New York tonight. He called to-
day on q number of Senators, saw Secre-
tary Carlisle, and had an interview with
Congressman Springer. He says that he
believes there will be radical reduction
In the duty on tin plate, but that generally
the reductions will not be large enough "a
seriously disturb the business OF the coun'
try"
This IL encouraging. Col. Conger con
cedes radical reduction on tin plate
but the reductions will not seriously
disturb business. In fact none of the
business of the country will be dis
turbed by the Democratic tariff, except
the business of organizing trusts. All
legitimate business will be helped by a
Democratic tariff.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-04-13
THE coLUMBIANA COUNTY OUTRAGE

Mr.. DIEDRIoK may have to serve term
In jail and be compelled to pay heavily,
but he will suffer no disgrace by the i'm
prisonment, nor will the Crisis be crushed
out OF existence by the fine and costs
The paper and its plucky proprietor will
gain friends, and the East Liverpool sc
brings out clearly the necessity OF res
form in the antiquated and barbsrious
libel law of the state that 10 now capable
of being used to crush tho freedom OF the
press in the interest of partisan hate and
political orruption.--Plain Dealer.
Do not charge this injustice to ouI
Ohio libel law. The law Is bad enough
but 1t is not responsible for this out
rage. The man holding the position OF
Probate Judge Of Columbiana county
is.alone responsible. He has used his
official position to crafty private
malice, and has consigned an honor
able and always upright citizen to jail
for no crime whatever.
IL is a very serious matter to deprive
an American citizen of his liberty and
consign him to jail, for no crime, and II
such acts as the sentence of Editor
Deidrick are tolerated In any commun-
ity, that community must of necessity
be lacking in the moral and manly at.
tributes that should characterize every
American community.
There is no legal way to reach judg-
es, who become vile, except by public
opinion. The way to make public
opinion forceful and virtuous Is for the
independent press to denounce vileness
and brutally wherever found, whether
In the gutter or on the bench.
And now that this outrage Is con-
summated, is there honor enough and
virtue enough in the Republican party
Of Columbiana County to fittingly
condemn this Judge?
Let uB wait and see.