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NEW USE FOR CATS.
sIore Il y Man Who Extracts Their Elec.
triclty to Run a Factory.

II had q large cork and bung factory
In Grand avenue, and l needed power
to run my machinery, writes a Mill
waukeean in Harpcr's Weekly. You
know, of course, that there is an i'm
mense amount of stored-up electricity
in n cat. The problem for inventors
has been to invent n way to extract i.
probably. In the rear of my factory
CONSTRUCTED a one-story circular build
ing, some sixty feet in diameter. On
the floor of this | coiled a glass pipe
six inches in diameter. The first coil
ran around the outside of the room,
the coils gradually growing smaller,
till at last, in the center, was no larger
than this table. 1t gave me some.
thing like a mile of pipe. The top and
sides of this Pipe were lined with
rather stiff h~air-brushes, the bristles
being u little more than nn inch in
length.
AT that time Milwaukee was over
Il with cats. 1t was impossible to
sleep nights. 1 put a notice in the pa
per chat l would pay 10 cents a dozen
for prime cats, delivered at my fact
DRY. / got sixty dozen the first day,
and stored them in the basement Of
the power-house. The motor operated
thus: Placing in the outer ond of the
glass pipe an imitation rat, made OF
rubber and propelled by a small in
terror storage battery, 1 would then
adjust a cat Immediately behind it.
The rubber rat would start off at a
terrific rate-it was made to 20 through
the mile of tubing in from two to three
mirutes-and the cat OF course. fol.
lowed furiously, thinking to catch tho
supposed animal throughout the entire
distance. Gentlemen. it was exciting
to watch a healthy, active cat whip
about those spirals, with the mechan-
ical rat about a foot ahead, and going
like a c%annon-ball. Tho cats back
and sides rubbed against the brushes,
and her electricity was thus extracted.
With a storage battery, and by sending
a cat through every five minutes Igen,
Grated enough electricity to operate
my entire plant. light my factory, and
sell power to Il ncighbortng passen-
ger elevators and small machinery.
It also took the yowl out of the cats,
and gradually the city became quiet.
AT the end Of week a cat could be
caught and used again,
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practical demonstration Of the work.
inrs OF the Fitch creche will inspire
the founding in other large cities !
similar charitable establishments that
this exhibit Mt jackson park is made. q
On the ground floor admission to the
nursery is gained from the office at the
north entrance where the matron's as
sistant sits with her register to receive
the children. Babies of two years and
under are retained in the large nursery
adjoining the office, where numerous
pretty white and gold cribs are ar
Gagged around the walls. In the enter
of the room is an oblong %inclosure
known as the "poundh where the good,
wide wake babies sit upon a soft mat
tvcss, furnished with a white coverlet,
and smile and crow Mt the maids who
are nursing the more refractory young
sters. Baby Jumpers, dolls and rubber
balls are in evidence to amuse the tiny
tots and the trim appearance OF tho
competent maids lends additional at
tractiveness to the scene.
In addition to taking care otthe very
young children.th Fitch creche is also
a training school for nursery maids
and in kindergarten work. Young
women from 16 to 81 years old are en-
tered for one month on trial. They re-
ccive theoretical teaching twice a week
by attending a course of lectures, and
are further taught by daily practice
among the little folks. Those that
evince an aptitude for the work arc re-
tanned at the end of the trial month
and given Il full course Of instruction,
which includes seventeen lectures, OK
tending'over four months. At the end
of the term the Young novices must pass
regular examinations, and if successful
they receive diplomas, which prove open
sesames to the best families at excel
lent wages.
This, then, is the work of the Fitch
creche, and that the institution may be
duplicated in every populous ward of
all large cities is the desire of the
philanthropic people of Buffalo. So,
while the creche nj the worlds fair is 4
mean of public comfort, primarily, it
also represents u great pi'inciple-the
care of the children of widows who are
enabled to work and become self-sup'
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of the little ones clothing. A round,
brass, numbered check is then handed
the parents or whoever brings the
child, and a correspondingly numbered
check is attached to the dress of the
youngster, generally at the back under
the collar, where it cannot easily be
detached. A third check is placed
with the child's outer clothing. It is
almost impossible to mix the babies
up,and no mother need feel any timidity
about leaving her baby on this ac-
count.
1t is almost unnecessary to state that
the % cents fee charged for the care of
q child by no means reimburses tho
management for the expense incurred
in maintaining its obligations. Nor is
such return contemplated. The creche
at the fair is not a money-making ven
ture; it is, as stated at the outset, an
object lesson for the careful study of
thinking people. The hope is enter
tanned that its teachings will so impress
the many thousands who become inter-
ested in the creche that on returning to
their widely scattered homes the desire
to establish like institutions will be SO
firmly inculcated that great results
may follow.
The creche at the worlds fair is real
ly an exhibit of the Buffalo Charities
organization. Miss Maria NJ. Love,
chairman of the advisory board, is in
executive charge, with Miss Fanny E.
Harris as matron. Miss Harris is also
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CHECK YOUR BABIES.
SUCCESS OF THE cHlLpRENs HOME
AT THE FAIR.
The Great Principle Represented by This.
Exhibit and What Philanthroplsts
Hope to Accomplish.

One of the object lessons to be studied
at the world s fair is that found in the
children's building and more particular
ly in the crcche or nursery, opened for
the reception of babies and young chill
dren, whose parents are thus enabled
to view the fair without being ncum
bered by their little mes
twenty-five cents is the very modest
fee charged by the managers of the
creche for the care of a child daily and
in addition the little one is fed bounti-
fully in the nursery dining room, morn
ing and afternoon. Sterilized milk is
the diet for babies in arms while the
older children are given plain, whole
some food that includes all the staple
necessaries of life. The meals are nice
ly served on low tables, at which tho
little ones sit screnely happy and feel
ing far more comfortable than if they
were being dragged about in the hot
sun to look at II lot of buildings and ex-
hibits in which they take not the
slightest interest.
The greatest attention is paid to tho
reception Of children. The secretary
| of the creche enters on her register,
first the child's name, permanent
residence OF parents, temporary home
while in Chicago, occupation OF profess
sion of the father and brief description
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sos pierc. Street, sioux cr1y. 'oGs
SOME BODY TYPE.

We have 500 pounds of 8 point
(brevier) type second harar in well
sorted cases containing about sopounds
each. This type was used IN this
office for about thirteen months and is
in good condition for second hand nasr
teriul. This advertisement is set out
OF one of the cases, and as it shows
here is q specimen of the whole aml
what it will do.
1t is offered for sale at 1sc. q pound.
AS it is n bargain those needing body
type should order ut once. This is an
extra hard type and will last for years
on a weekly newspaper. Orders will
be filled in the order of their receipt
| ut this office. Do not delay writing if
a case or two of this brewer will add
to the equipment Of your Office. Fifty
pounds will only cost You $500. ADJ
dress
THE Sioux CITY PRINTING Co.
Sioux City Iowa
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Points on Turkey Raising.

A reporter recently visited the
turkey ranch of A. Ferguson at Liver
pool. The first object that appeared
strange was an old turkey gobbler
strutting about alone. There were no
hen turkeys in sight, and tho visitor in.
quired about them. Mr.. Ferguson re-
piled that he had lots OF females, but
they were away setting.
"Let us 60 and see them" wo sug-
gested:
"By all means" replied Mr.. Fergu-
Son, "if you will show me where they
arc"
do you mean to say you don't
know where the turkeys are setting?"
asked the visitor, in establishment.
II know they are somewhere in the
hack part of the swamp" replied MI.
Ferguson. "but Wouldn't be able to
mise n bird if visited their breeding
grounds. Turkeys prefer to breed in
the same localities as sandhill cranes.
j have reared young turkeys that had
to swim from the place they were
Matched at. The old hen never moves
after the chicks are Matched for four
days, and there is not a particle Of
cSSSuClt lcll WucH tue Gu Oue SuaTCS
off. | have made q study of turkeys
and their habits, and what l So, is
correct. North America is tho nriurai
home Of the turkey. If left to them.
selves the males and females separate
during the summer months. 1t is y
peculiar fact that after the beginning
of July the gobbler can't gobblo any
more until he has moulted and got a
brand-new suit of clothes. The hens
have deserted the gobbler already, but
will return to him in the autumn,
bringing back their offspring. Then l
will know how many turkeys | will
have. The great mistake people make
Is in trying to rear turkeys. They
kill them by feeding. Make a note Of
this: Fed chicks die of indigestion.
Leave them alone and they will grow
up strong."-New Westminster Colunl
vidn.
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THE DAAOMEY BOAT boats is scraped
IAN down until it is not
much thicker than p%asteboard. 1t then
weighs about twenty-five pounds.
Toward each tapering end cross-pieces
are put in to give some strength to the
frail craft.
When the visiting heather reached
the lagoon he waded in until the
water was above his knees and then
set the canoe afoat. He clambered
In carefully, for it wabbled at each
movement. Squatting in the center,
he picked up the paddle, which was
b%roadened at each end, tapcring to a
sharp point.
Whatever may be said of the savage
people from Africa, they IRE good
canoeists. He started q mighty splash-
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Curiosities of Misnamine.

Arabic figures were not invented by
the Arabs, but by the early scholars OF
India. Cleopatra's needles were not
erected by that queen, neither do they
commemorate any event in her his
tory. They were set up by Rameses
the Great. The Jerusalem artichoke
has no connection whatever with the
holy city of the Jews. 1t is n species
of %sunfiower, and gets its name from
"%girasole," IL of the scientific names
Of that genus of plants. The word
"pen" means a feather, and is from the
Latin 3penna,"a wing. Surely the
expression "a steel pen" could be inn
proved upon. Galvanized iron is not
galvanized at all. but is coated with
zinc by being plunged into n bath of
that metal and muriatic acid. POM
pey's Pillar at Alexandria was neither
erected by Pompey nor to his mem.
DRY. Common table salt is not q salt,
and has long since been excluded from
the class of bodies denominated salts"
Rice paper is not made from either
rice or rice straw, but from a pitliy
plant called tung-tsua, found in Chinn.
Corea and Japan. Brazil grass neither
comes from nor grows in Brazil. 1t 10
strips from a species Of Cuban PALM
81. Louis Republic.
90
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-05

II THING IN MINIUTURE.
a is apt to be too tall for her
habit at the end of a year it is not as q
rule fashioned of such heavy and ex.
pensive cloths as older people use. This
cheaper cheviots and other soft
worsteds are ordered for such trim lit.
tie costumes, as accurate in fit and
finish as if the %correctest habit cloth.
The Norfolk jacket is loose and SO
lined that it can be quickly drawn off
in a hot summer ride. The blouse I'M
derneath may be of silk or fine fan
mel, but at the moment shirt waists of
Inexpensive cotton stutfs are in the
highest fashion and for children have
a fresh and simple look especially suit
able.
Habits Of duck, brown linen, pique,
or otherswashable stuffs are in fashion
for genuine country wear and look
cool and pretty for midsummer.
In the matter of hats the juvenile
rider enjoys great Independence. For
either city or country the velvet jockey
cap is fashionably worn, and in the
country any soft little cap is supposed
TO do. And as to the arrangement OF
her hair the schoolgirl riders do not APP
preciate their blessings. Their locks
are left to fall as they will, and no tor
turing hairpin or agony of a back-comb
spoils n long gallon.
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A Tremsndous shaknr up.

A Tremendous Shaking Up.
This is what every system afflicted will,
chills nd fever, bilious remittent, o any
other form of malarial disease, undergoes
periodically. Not only is malaria terri
BILE in itsclf-it is the breeder of an in
fnity of bodily ailments. Specifies used
for its prevention and removal prove, in
the vast majority of cases, useless
for every other purpose than to
mitigate the disease and staye of
average treatment, to return after a
while. The sufferer may change his loca-
ton to a healthier one, but the complaint,
which is in his blood, is not thus lightly
got rid of, and returns after the wontcd
interval. Organic affections of the
nerves, heart trouble, general debility of
the system, are the offspring of malaria.
Cure the originating cause and avert flu
ture physical injury with Hostctter's
Stomach Bitters, efficacious also in liver
complaint, inactivity of the Kidneys.
rheumatism and indigestion.
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Trial Coins.

Coin collectors especially value the
trial pieces" or experimental coins
that are made by artists connected
with the mint for submission to the
coinage committee of congress when a
change of design is contemplated. As
only ten or a dozen strokes are made
OF each pattern, they are extremely
rare. The secretary Of a late mem Der
Of the presidents cabinet saws that the
congressman who got these trial pieces
are usually ignorant of their value, for
be has seen them paid out for shoe
backing and cold tea.
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A LITTLE TEA PARTY.

A LITTLE TEA PARTY.
matron OF the Fitch creche of Buffalo,
of which institution Miss Love was
one of the founders. Miss Love is a
large, motherly looking woman, whose
kindly face is set ina frame of soft gray
hair. She is an enthusiast in the cause
she SO warmly supports and advocates,
and it is because she so thoroughly be-
lieves in the work that the many trials
and annoyances experienced in prepar-
ing the creche for the children have
not rendered her a mental aud physical
wreck.
Besides the matron, there are one
head nurse, six maids, three kinder
garten teachers, a cook and n 1aun-
dress, forming the working staff of the
creche, all of whom are from Buffalo.
All or nearly all are connected with
the Fitch creche Of that city one of the
provident schemes Of the buffalo Char
tiles organization. The Fitch creche
is maintained solely for the benefit Of
laboring people. 1t takes the children
of working mothers and for the sum Of
s cents a day washes, dresses, feeds
and cares for the little ones who might
otherwise be sadly neglected while
their poor mothers are obliged to alb
sent themselves from home.
Were it not for the good work done
by the Fitch crechc many a widowed
mother of Buffalo would be forced to
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HABITS FOR LITTLE RIDERS.
Ready for a Trot Along the Shady Lanes
and Leafy Woods.

For small cquestriennes, as for their
older sisters, the laws rs to riding
habits have been anuch relaxed of late.
The postillion basque, which custom
used to require as q part of every
habit, is often replaced by a Norfolk
jacket or a box coat over a loose blouse.
Habits for little girls are nov made
like those for grown women, except
that the skirt is usually more simply
shaped. But since the fnst-growing
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-05
VAST EXTENT OF TEXAS.
It Could Give Half an Acre 10 Every
Family of Five on EarJt.

Texas, the largest of the United
States, has an area of 1862, 900 square
miles, says the Memphis Appeal-
Avalanche. To the casual reader these
figures may seem YER little; they
show, however,t that the lone star state
Is more than iifty-four times as large
as the State of Connecticut. If it were
possible to run q railroad train from
Connecticut to Texas and back in =
day, and if the train could take the en-
tire population of the nutmeg state as
given in the last census ut every trip,
and upon its return to Connecticut
there should be rs many persons in
the state as there were before the train
left with its cargo, aud II each were
placed upon an acre of ground upon
his arrival in Texas. the train would
be obliged to make 1924 trips, or to de-
populate Connecticut 224 times, before
accomplishing its mission, and then
empty acres.
II the entire State of Texas were
planted with corn and the hills were
two feet apart and the rows were three
feet apart, and if every man, woma
and child in the State OF Connecticut
were set to work in the field to hoe the
corn and each person were able to and
did hoe two hills in five minutes, it
would take this army o. laborers seven
years 2SQ days and seven hours to hoe
every hill Of cor in the state. labsring
continuously day and night 365 days
each year. The man who fears that
he could not elbow his way around in
the crowded Vest without chatting the
nap Of his coat sleeves may gather
some solace from the statement that
the entire population of the globe.
l,400, 900, 900 Souls, divided into fami.
lies of five persons each, could be locat-
ed in Texas, each family with a house
on a hnlf-acre lot, and there would
still remain so, 200, 600 vacant family
lots.
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Boom, Chicago, Boom.
(By George Francis Train.)

Why should not Chicago hurrah
To score aBiggest Worlds Fair or
Earth
Biggest acreage, cash and girth,
Knocking New York Hell Gates ajarP
What II they do sink every cent,
Whist other nation will beat "show,"
Colossal fair OF continent"
What bigger show than Chicago7
Two hundred square miles inside town,
Million end . half people there,
Hundred nations, visiting fair.
Out-fAiring all fairs In renownl
Three million books in libraries.
One thousand library clubs,
Out-colleglng all Harvard hubs,
Fourth billion cash In industries,
Halt million goods in factories,
Halt billion In its wholesale trade,
Billion and q half In made,
Clearing house" five billions on pagel
Six hundrsd churches to obsess,
Devils (for x sake) and "dam-phools,"
Who Moses, life In wilderness
Three hundred millions since the fire,
In buildings built! This worlds fair pace
5 %s1, to cosmos X type and w, wire
"Eig headl' big headr' say what they
Chicago keeps its "big head' still,
Holding In enterprise first place.
HOW re MAKE FAIR FINANCIAL AND EVENT
Full SUCCESS.
Let sixty thousand towns in land
Sem thirteen million scholars there
AT town expense Ito educate
Village, city, county, and state,
AT one-sixth usual railway rate),
half million eachers in command,
And cosmos will whole nation cheer!
Finance, success, school guaranteed
By sowing education seed,
Where eyes and ears boom worlds career,
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NEBUcHADNEzzAR's lMlTAToR.
A California Wild boy Who Eats Graf
and Lives Like an Animal,

The town of Livermore has a wild
boy that eats grass and lives on roots
and herbs and does all sorts of strange
things, according to an account in the
San Francisco Examiner.
For years this wild boy has lived in
bis fathers pastures and has been as
contented rs any ordinary mortal
would be in n well furnished and com.
Portable home. The unfortunate lad
has n name and a home, but he dee.
not regard either as much MS any
rational being would. He prefers te
frisk around in his fathers grain fields
and chase the frightened children o.
the neighborhood down the country
roads.
John Worth is the wild boys name
and he is about Is years old. His fa
Their is Harrison Worth, who lives on 1
little tract of ground a few miles on,
Livermore. The boy has been a ten
ror to the neigbors for a long time
Ever since his birth he has been ar
imbecile, and all attempts to teacl
him even the rudiments of understand
ing have been but dismal failures.
The wild boy knows absolutely moth
ing, and is as much at home out il
the open fields as he is at his fathers
hearthside. Recently he has been ter
rorizing the neighbors of the Worth
ranch to such an extent that he wa
arrested on complaint of Farmer
Clark. who considered him dangerou.
to be at large. His sanity was investi
gated by the lunacy commission, bu
the doctors decided that the greer
fields and the hills that surround Liy.
ermore valley were better places fol
him than an insane asylum would be
SO he was sent home in custody of hi,
father. who promised to take better
care of him in the future.
The boys father had been in the
habit of keeping his son at home by
tying him to a stake, just as the cattle
are treated, and he never makes any
attempt to escape. The rope around
his ankle has always been sufficient t,
keep him within bounds, and while th,
wild boy would tug at his rope just a
any dumb brute would do he has nevel
had the intelligence 10 unite his fasten
ing.
When united and turned out in tn,
pasture with the cattle the boy affect!
all of their traits. He jumps about il
the field like a frisky lamb, drinks wa
ter out of the creek, and eats grass
He developed his liking for grass ane
roots several years ago anu seems L
prefer such food, to a carefully pre-
pared meal in his fathers dining room
The boys parents are very poor ane
were unable to do anything to assis
the unfortunate lad, SO they have al
lowed him to grow up in the greer
fields with the live stock. By reasol
of his pcculiarities the boy has beef
called the wild boy of Livermore 70
the last len years, and the little chill
dren have the most abject fear of him
When loose be will climb fences an,
chase them down the road, but he ha
never been known to harm any o
them. When lie catches them Ii
looks them over %curiously and seem
to regard them with simple interest
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Where's i'm Rlex2

| wonder where Jim Riley Isl It's been a
month or more
Since last he said Goodbye to us, n
standin' In the door,
An peltin' him with roses that were red
der than the mouth
OF the sweetest girl that ever kissed q
sweetheart in the southf
/ wonder where Jim Riley is7 / think o,
him at night,
When the whipperwills are singin' an
the dew's a-fnllin' light
On the sweet, old-fashioned roses that arc
coverin' like snow
The enthusiastically, dreamin' of the
one TINT loved ,em so.
1 wonder where Jim Riley ISL l think OF
him at morn,
When the first. cool breath o. daybrcak
comes a-keein' through the corn,
An the lark's wet wings are lifted, an
he skins across the gray,
An the swamp-thrush is a-singin' of his
soul into the day!
The mockin' birds remember him; on
every rumpled tree
l heard 'em singin', singin' of the melo-
dies to me;
And they set my soul to sighin', an Pm
sayin' half aloud:
sNow, don't them Georgia mockin' birds
do Mister Riley proudl"
It can't be he's forgot us? Yet, he's
keepin' still SO long!
Here's q garden full o. roses; can't we
swap lem for a song?
An they're whittier than the cotton
blooms, an reddcr than the mouth
OF the sweetest girl that ever kissed a
sweetheart in the south!
Frank l.. Stanton in Atlanta Constitu.