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SHOOTING AN ALLIGATOR.
Vengeance on the Thief Who Stole tho
Bullock.

Vengeance on the Thief Who Stole the
Bullock.
One day after dinner, says traveller
IN Queensland, who has recorded his
experiences under the title: Missing
Friends" we found that an alligator
had taken away one Of the working
bullocks, which was lying down few
hundred yards from the house. The
tracks showed plainly that the animal
must have taken its victim by the hind
quarters and dragged it along, for the
earth was plowed up where the bullock
had been holding back with its head
nnd forelegs.
1t had been dragged to the rivers
EDGE and there killed and partly eaten.
AS we approached the bank we saw
the alligator by the carcass, still feed
ing. but it dropped into the water like
"a stone at sight of us.
My employer, Mr.. A.. turned to
ne with sparkling eyes.
Now is our chance" he cried. "To-
aight and tomorrow night it will come
ngain and eat of the bullock. Then
we can shoot it"
The next evening we sought the
spot as soon as darkness began to fall.
The river bank nearest the water was
very steep for about thirty yards; then
there was gentle slope for another
rwentv yards, and on that slope the
carcass of the bullock was now lying.
We were careful to have the wind
against US. as the alligator is shy. and
would never ascend the bank if it
should smell US
We lay down fat on the ground be-
hind the bushes, and it was agreed
that was not on any account to fire
until Mr.. A should give me the sig
nal by means of touch. Then l was
to Are into the mouth of the alligator,
while he at the same moment tried to
send a ball through its eye.
We lay Ia this position until mid
night, and then came heavy body
creeping up the hill, distinctly audible,
though out of sight. Now and then
the noise would cease FOR minute or
two, then it would come on again, and
at last we saw the dark mass of the
alligator come crawling up to the bull
Jock and begin tearing at it.
| dared not move sufficiently to look
at Mr.. A, but / nervously awaited
the signal TO fire. The alligator turned
this way and that; at one moment it
almost seemed as il its powerful tail
might sweepu away.
At length we heard another alliga,
tor crawling mp the bank, and the first
one began swapping its jaws fero-
ciousiy.
Then came the signal. Bang! went
the rites. The beast did not move
muscle. It was quite dead, and we
could hear the other one tearing and
rolling down into the water again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-02
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
The Fan a Dangerous Weapon il
the Hands OF Lovely Woman.
The Fan as It Was and Is-What a Pretty
One Costs-The Popular Styles
The Parasol Thing
of Beauty.
IcoPYRIGHT. 1881


s'The fan OF beauty is the scepter
of the world.
So sang Mareehal; and we women
are not in position to contradict him.
For must we not confess that the dear
little weapon has dealt the hearts of
men many a telling blow. In the old
books on woman's fashions, we find
the fan always associated with the
parasol and the handkerchief. But we
have changed all that. A fan and a
pair of beautiful, brilliant eyes are all
the arIaor that is needed for these lat
ter days. A parasol may be made to
do very effective work, it is true, and
is TO be by 10 means despised; but
parasols field Of usefulness is necessa-
rily limited. as one may bring it forth
only in the daytime. Whereas the fan
and the eyes are never idle, and are
most effective under the soft shades of
evening, or in the quiet corner OF the
brilliant ballroom. Therefore, when
the woman goes forth to conquer, she
selects her fan with great care. Spe-
cial attention must be paid to its
shade; for it I1ust needs, above all,
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all in white. worked closely in fine
spangles and gold threads.
But my ambition rose higher. For
twenty-five dollars.I could have one of
those tiny, old-fashioned ones. with
their gauze surface almost covered by
the deep blue groundwork of the
paintings that spread over them. The
figures were in the vatican draperies,
and the dainty flowers that sprung up
about them were after the fine fashion
Of Louis XIV.
But the big ones, for fifty dollars. on
creamy, sheer gauze, were just right.
They were closely spangled: the gowns
of the quaint damsels portrayed there
on were displayed in soft, pale colors;
their bosoms were plentifully bedecked
with jewels, and jewels shone in their
hair; the sticks were so fragile that
one longed to snap them, and the lace
that trimmed them was exquisitely
fine.
But after the fan, the parasol. Every
woman takes a good deal Of pride in
her parasol, or parasols-when she is
fortunate enough to possess them in
plurality. First let US consider the
sensible ones, the ones that will go
with almost any costume, that will
wear well, that are reasonable. The
fine checked silks belong to this class.
Very pretty ones can now be had for
two dollars and a half, and in any
shade or shades, striped or checked; or
other pale ground, dotted with flower
sprays, and edged with pinlSed ruff1e of
the same. The bright plaids come un-
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though much less crying an evil than
formerly, will be rigidly investigated
and much of the debate at the sessions
is to be on that subject. Secretary
John b. Lennon. of the union, is also
an executive officer of the American
Federation of Labor. and the delegates
who will go with him to Chicago, in
December. are to be. chosen by the St.
Louis meeting.
The Brotherhood of Brass Workers
sends its representatives to New York
this year. and the 1st Of August is the
opening day of the convention Secre
tary c. c. NcGlogan is already on the
ground making his plans, and the
president anticipates the attendance of
two hundred delegates to say nothing
OF visitors. The brotherhood is only
about two years old, but it has now
over forty local assemblies in the
United States and Canada.
The deliberations are expected to be
over in week. Such wellknown labor
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harmonic with the hue of the cheek
it will often lie so lazily against; and
it should be in striking contrast TO the
eye that will so often peep over it; and
it must melt into the lap of the gown
that will SO often receive it.
The value of the fan was fully recog-
nized by the damsels of the good old
days; for a chronicler of the eighteenth
century tells us that the very common
est of all were made of scented wood.
while the finest were of tortoise shell
and ivory, incrusted with ivory and
precious stones, and painted by artists
of great talent. These fans, we are
also told, were never used for tanning.
SO we see that the proper sphere of
the fan was recognized even then.
Now we are less extravaganza. Even
the fashion in these small things is but
fieeting, and we therefore content our
selves, as rule, with pretty dainty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-02
,yap2ncse HOLIDAYS,

The japanese holidays are the New
Year. the celebration of which lasts
Tor three days; God Fox's day on the
2d of the second month; the Feast of
Dolls, Cor little girls, OH the Sd of the
third month; the Feast of Flags. for
little boys, on the 5th OF the fifth
month; the Addition mass in the sixth
month; the Tanabata on the eth of the
seventh month: the day of the chrys-
anthcmum flowers and the festival of
Inoho late in the fall. Red boiled
beans and rice is the delicacy eaten on
the ed of February, rice cakes wrapped
in oak leaves are for the 9TH Of May.
Sake is drank on all occasions. but
with spray of peach blossoms in the
bottle on the Sd of March. and 2 bunch
Of chrysanthemum blossoms on Chrys-
6nthemum GaV
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petition ana agreement combined, set
ting forth that each shop employe who
would sign it to ask for charter and
agreed to become a member of what
shall be known as the Railway Shop
Employees of America Brother, | had
some difficulty at first to get signers to
this petition, but | was determined the
men should not be beaten if could
help it, and that day at noon l had
forty-fve signers. | appointed the
next day for a meeting 10 organize
them. When the hour of meeting ar
rived there were mustered 10 out OF
IS signers and they were organized
1--WE have now nearly thirty lodges
and are still growing"
The month of October win witness
national conventions of cotton mule
spinners at Boston, and of railway
trainmen in the same city, and of ma
chine woodworkers in st. Louis In
November the electrical workers will
send delegates from all over the coun-
try to Cleveland. The journeymen
BARRIERS do the same in December. but
the representatives, assemble IN Cincin-
natl.
Finally on December II the annual
meeting of the American Federation
of Labor at which VIII appear dele
gates elected at all these various con-
ventions viii assemble in Chicago
with Samuel Gonpers presiding, and
organized Ia bor's work for 1892 wiz
end when ii adjourus
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on July 6. and. in turn, unions of retail
clerks, harness makers. engineers,
coopers, plumbers, tailors, machinists
and every variety of manual laborers.
will successfully have a gathering in
all the principal cities from Boston to
San Francisco. They are so timed as
not to interfere with each other, while
various measures, social, industrial
and even political, will be taken up
and disposed of in turn.
Strikes will be much discussed by
the table-knife grinders when they
come together at Wallingford. The
delegates, especially those from the
district where the Turner's Falls strike
ragged, are inclined to discountenance
any furtherowar on capital, and Gen
eral Secretary Thomas Pinseglone,
who comes from Bay State. Mass, is
very conservative man, when drastic
action is proposed.
The retail clerks, statesmen and
women. that is, whose national pro-
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bit of gauze and ribbon and dainty
sticks, that costs from five to fifty dol
lars.
At Viewpoints first gathering. fan
something like this will fiutter and
fall, in bewildering fashion: Grena-
dine. maizc-colored. bordered with
coquille of gauze dotted with
tufts of forget-me-nots. a windmill
bow is at each end. shot with maize
and pale blue. The sticks OF the pale
corn, also, are touched here and there
with gold. y maiden daintily perched
upon painted spray stretches across
the middle.
Another dainty thing IS of maure
grenadine. so sheer that one sees easily
through It; the fan is closely painted
with pompadour sprays in many colors.
and across the sticks are hung scallop
after scallop of small beads. matching
the shades OF the flowers. \ loop falls
from the end of each row. These sticks
are of nlauve laquered wood. The
edge of the fan is fine ruching Of
point.
a celestial blue Of fine gauze. with
dainty sticks to match, cut out with
gold. is known as the I'm dc steele fa:
Its tapping sticks are gold-Spangled
and edged with satin ribbon. The rib
bon is slightly gathered in. >rawing
the gauze into ? scallop at the top.
But these We're not enough. and I
went 10 the shops. and found that re-
m2rSably pretty fan could be bought
for eight dollars, The fen was ell
painted in clouds ard laughing demons
OF Subdued flame shades. ana the wings
81 the demons are set with hrilliants.
Bat wasn't quite satisfied. and
asked for something little nicer. Eff
tcc--' dollars yyoGl4 purchase beauty
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southern cit V, MISS ANNA E. WEISS.
and thousands of male and female
workers in retail stores, large and
small, all over the country will follow
the proceedings with members in
terest. President James Morrow
thinks the sessions will continue some
days and the presence of women
will be somewhat of novel
ty for a labor gathering. Miss Mary
Burke, of Findlay, O., is a mem
Der of the unions executive board.
One great. question will be that of
women's labor. The union has striven
hard to raise their pay and condition
with such success that the female
membership has grown enormously,
and the second vice president is now
woman, Miss Anna B. Weiss.
The taclzmakers have gathering at
Boston on July Is. This country and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-02
WI rins r.e PorIt.

"Why don't you retire from business,
father" said the rich mans only son
''You have accumulated more money
now than need, and more than shall
ever fe able 70 spend
Not %. my boy. answered fhr man
OF wealth. Suppose You sss9ss5 s-rter
politics some aar- ~---~ @3souid
l.. called - ~ ~-rve srg a.
United States minister .. -s-ss= fs1esga
court
And with : heavy sigh the proud am
bi1ioy.s father turned again 10 la &C
...sssrat. - h4s.szas. TrsF-.a>
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settle down TO 6hohoh' l.. Hof--N-
business. The union issues label for
slack work and stamp for tight work
which are recognized, the first by the
millers and the second by the brewers,
distillcrs and others who use tight
packages.
The International Machinists' union
goes to the worlds fair city on SepteIn-
Der 10. This is one of the new organi-
cations, and its organization is due to
the fact. to quote General Secretary n.
Morse, that the national organization
already in existence refused to strike
out the color line in its constitution and
affiliate with the American Federation
of Labor"
The delegates will represent about
thirty-fve local unions and thousands
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-02
Mourning Colors In Russia

Black is the almost universal mourn
ing color in Europe. but there are
few exceptions. For instance, in Rus
STA black is never used for covering
collins, the cloth being of pink shade
when the deceased is a child or young
person, a crimson color Cor women and
brown for widows. Italians do not
use black cloth. white being used in
the ease OF a-ehild and purple velvet in
the case of adults.
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assemble 1t Chicago on August II. and
what with debates over wages. the set
Element Of strikes and the advisability
OF arbitration. not 20 mention the
worlds fair. the adjournment wiz re.
come for many days. This IS also a
Young order. having been organized in
1921. with four hundred and Fifty mem
bers al told The numbers now rua
into the Thousands
The Only considerable body Of wage
workers II the world which is pro-
hibited By lis constitution from TAX
ing part in strikes or from interfering
with or making standard OF wages
meets IN Irrational convention a: Cleve-
land from September ) 10 Q, i1clu-
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Boston on

December convention of the American
Federation of Labor. Eagle hall,
where the meetings are to be held, is a
roomy structure, but its capacities will
probably be taxed, as the pen sug-
gestive circular of one of the officers
says. Craftsmen from all over the
country have promised to come.
The dog days at ST. Paul will be
week ahead of the Journeymen TailOrs'
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sive. and is the National Association OF
Stationary Engineers The associa-
ton has now some $50 branches in al
most every state in the union, and
this, the twelfth annual convention,
will be by far the largest and most
important in the orders history.
Should all the delegates, alternates,
officers and committeeman elected at
tend, there will be between 500 and
LOCO persons at the sessions, not count
ing spectators or visitors
The Coopers' International union
gathers at Milwaukee in Sep
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DelicateIy EXPRESSED

How are yon and your husband COM
ing oa?~ asked Mrs. Elderly Of Mrs
Newlvwed- a neighbor living on AM
sterdam avenue
We had row yesterday. He said
something that didn't like. something
that made me suspect that ne wished
had never been born
What did be sayg
"He SID he wished his nother-in law
was an old maid Texas SifsingA
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eliminate in a
conclave of the
American Fed
Grafton of Labor
at Chicago, on
Dece m b err 12.
The table-knife
grinders inaug-
urate these af-
fairs by a ma
tional conven-
t i o n, W h i C h
opens at Wall
i-rf,rd Conn
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Canada will be
represented b y
some two hur-
dred a nd fifty
delegates, whose
principal b u $ i
ness will be the
settlement of the
eight-hour ques-
ton and an cleo
ito Of repre-
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union. w h i C h
meets in annual
convention there
on A GU S t :.
President Fred
erick J a n S e n,
who has h G | d
Office some years
now, will doubt
less be reelected
by the ord er.
The S W e in G
system in large
wholesale cloth
i0C factories. AL
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FRED J. ANTHONY. TEN, and there
is talk of prohibiting strikes alto
gether Among the more notable men
who will figure in the convention be-
sides n. Morse are John A. Smith, Will
liam j. Thompson, "A. H. Morden, George
Heinzerling, Rudolph STANCE, Fred
Behre, Ernst kuehne. c. J. Sjostrom,
Aug. Waldinger and Martin Hill.
The helots among the helots," as
Henry Weissman of the Journeymen
Bakers and Confectioners' union says
his fellow-craftsmen have been con-
sidered in all ages and countries, have
chosen some three hundred delegates
to represent them in national conven-
ton at Baltimore beginning Septem-
Der II.
eve propose to go right along with
our work to keep our brothers of toll, :"
is how Grand Master Fred j. Anthony
forecasts the proceedings at the COM
ing national convention of Railway
Shop Employees at indianapolis which
opens September "a. Here. in the grand
masters own words, is the scope of
the moveme Mt:
About July IS, 1891, at the New
Mexico headquarters of the A. Z. & 5.
T. Z. Z. little trouble arose between
shop employees and the master mechan-
ic which led to strike of every man.
although there was only one branch of
employees organized, which were the
machinists, and only half OF them be-
longed to the union. On the morning
of the second day, those of the
machinists who did not belong TO
the union began talking of going
back to work, and when the other
employees who had no organization at
all to back them heard of it, there was
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tective u n j 0 n
meets in Nash
vile, L e n n
July II, have not
been generally
considered an
organizing class.
\ e e TT heless
they will send
hundreds of del
egates to the
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men as james
". II clone y,
NELL McCallun.
James J. Cater
and others viii
be present
The carriage
q Z d W a 2 o Il
workers, II ar
shalled by the
presiden. of the
inter alton a !
union, William
Stuart are 70
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ofmembers. The
S c t tt c N G Mt of
the labor diff
Guilty and t h e
adjusting of q
uniform w a &c
scale will be the
two chief topics
b e f re them.
Some of the rad
i C a | S want a
change in t h e
apprentice S y s.
Al
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TENDER II, next.
These men have
a n e a b orate
series Of stamps
a n d labels ( o
p u t on their
work, and there
will be consid-
cradle argument
ov er t h G m
among the dele
gates when they
AxI l, %
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$50 you've got type writer
said the farmer To his son. whom h.
was visiting Yes father: how did
you like the letters | wrote YOU on it,"
We'll. they looked purity good. but
must say that liked the old-fashioned
handmade spellin heap better than
the machine product. - Washington
kfAr-
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THE WRONGS OF LABOR.
National Conventions Of Trades to
Meet in Every Large City.
Political and Social Action-The Men and
the Measures to Be Espoused viii
Be of Radical Tendency
Some Noted Leaders.
COPYRIGHT. 1895. I

The cou ntry's various labor unions
begin next week series of gatherings
throughout the country that will con-
tinue until the end OF the year. and
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almost a STAN
p e d c a S to
whether t h e Y
S h o u ! d so to
w ork or not.
Just at t h a t
time I. who had
begun to work
in the shops
four days prior
to the walk out
came around to
the bows with n.
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Attorneys Pocket Docket.

Tue Lawyers wade Necum," can be used in any
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Notary Seals.

Seals for Notaries Public Corporations Stock Com
panies Lodges, Etc Orders filled PROMPTLY: Also
Stock Certificates for Corporations and Stock Com
panies either printed Autographed
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ORANGE COUNTY.
WILLIAMS TOWN.

Miss Beulah Bass was married last We'd
nesday to Fred Clay of Barre at x. Blanch-
ards Rev. Mr.. Longren OF Barre otIl-
clated. Miss Mattis Robinson held a sooi-
able for the Epworth league at her homo
Wednesday evening "A child of b. +. S,o-
ley's, about year old, died "Wednesday
night. This is tia fourth child Mr.. Sibley
has buried. Albert Roberts returned to
town Wednesday. Mrs. Jackson has been
sick Tor several weeks at tue home OF her
son, Fred Jackson. Elliott Bros. have De.
OF their granite sheds.
Albert Roberts has bought farm in
Waterville. Key. II. Webster has rented
the place recently vacated by II. a. Web
ster to Clinton Eowan of Chelsea. Irving
and Edwin Covell have taken Alvah Stiles
farm for the coming year.-Jamie Lsrkn
will work for Warren Coveil in Berlin the
coming season. Nicholas St. John is to
move Monday into Rev. II. A. Webster's
tenement house in the village. lie is to
work for Jerry Hutchinson for the season.
Miss Nancy Dillingham; has gone to Mont
pelier. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Il. j. Merrill have
been visiting the family OF DR.. E c. Lewis
| in Rutland. Mr. and Mrs. Davenport have
gone to live in Chelsea with their
daug liter, Mrs. Lyon.-W eehly meet
Jugs dIo suStdlueu ny Tue LDNOTlu
league in the south hill school house -
B. +. Sbley's child was buried Friday.
Rev. j. \. Perrin otlicatod. Miss Mary
JetTo.ds viii attend the V. n. s. at Mont
pelier the coming spring term, Mr. aud
Mrs. Jason Jetfords to visit their son,
Tracy L., at Washin -;ton at the time of the
| inau. Ut ation.-Mss A una ~ aicott is ass at
| ing Mrs Hayward in her dressmakina
rooms. Rev. A. B. Riggs of Sheldon a0d
others are expected to assist the pas .o- in
special meetings at the Methodist church
| this week. John AMI William Clark, stone
cutters had brother arrive from Scotland
Saturday morning.
WEST RANDOLPH.
Beedle's orchestra OF keene, +. H., for
merly of this place, will give an enterta n
nient here Friday evening, February ~
| Miss Abbie Clark has been sick the past
| week at her sisters In Bethel -Postoitica
| Inspector White made his annual visit here
Friday. - Miss Lottis Muzzey of White
River Junction, Is the guest Of the Misses
Sandtord. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Callahan of
! Hanover, n. H, are liz town w. T.
| Sparhawk home from Dartmouth COL
lese over Sunday.
The worst storm known for many years
struck here about O'Clock Monday morn
ing. fearful gale OF wind and snow