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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-05
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-05

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-16
Siberla's Great Forest.

Siberia, from the plain Of the Obi
River on the west to the valley of the
Indighirka on the east, appears to be
one great timber belt, averaging more
than 1000 miles in breadth from north
to south-being fully 100 miles wide
in the Yenisei district-and having
length from east to west of about 5000
miles. Unlike equatorial forests the
trees of the Siberian tiagas are mainly
conifers, comprising pines of several
varieties, frs and larches. In the
Yenisei, Lena and Olenek regions
there are thousands of square miles
where no human being has ever been.
The long-stemmed conifers rise to a
height of $50 feet and stand 80 closely
that walking among them is difficult.
The dense, lofty tops exclude the
pale Arctic sunshine, and the straight,
pale trunks, all looking exactly alike,
so bewilder the eye in the obscurity
that all sense of direction is lost.
Even the most experienced trappers
of sable dare not venture into the
dense tlagas without the precaution OF
"blazing" the trees constantly with
hatchets as they walk forward. If
lost there the hunter rarely finds his
way out, but perishes miserably from
starvation and cold. The natives avoid
the tiagas, and have name for them
which signifies "places where the mind
is lost. ST. Louis Republic.
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The Inventors Dream.

Elias Howe almost beggsrd himself
before be discovered where the eye of
the needle of sewing machine should
be located. 1t is probable that there
are very few persons who know how it
came about. His original idea was to
follow the model of the ordinary
needle and have the eye at the heel.
1t never occurred to him that it should
be placed near the point, and he might
have failed altogether if he had not
dreamed he was building sewing ma.
chine for a savage king in a strange
country. Just as in his actual waking
experience. he was rather perplexed
about the needles eye. He thought
the king gave him twenty-four hours
to complete the machine and make it
sew. If not finished in that time death
was to be the punishment. Howe
worked and worked, puzzled and puz.
zled, and finally gave it up. Then he
thought he was taken out to be exc.
cuted. He noticed that the warriors
carried spears that were pierced near
the head. Instantly came the solu-
tion of the difficulty, and while the in.
ventor was begging for time he awoke.
1t was 4 o'clock in the morning. He
jumped out of bed, ran to his work.
shop and by 9 needle with an eye at
the point had been rudely modelled.
After that it was easy. This is the
true story of an important incident
in the invention Of the sewing ma
chine. Bombay Gazette.
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The N(iiass Snake.0

This is lizard and is readily dis
tinguished by capable observers, al
though it has no legs. There are
many points of difference between
snakes and lizards, some of which will
be noticed. Snakes have no visible
ears, while in lizards the ear openings
are apparent. Serpents cannot close
the eyes and have stony stare, while
lizards have eyelids and can wink
readily. There are dozen other dis
tinctions which could be brought to
the attention of common observers,
the most noticeable being the differ
ences in the scales on the under parts
of the body.
The glass snake, which is not q
snake any more than it is turtle or
than one could call O salamander q
frog, has tail of about two-thirds it's
entire length. This tail, like the tails
of about all lizards in the United
States that I have met with, is very
delicate and easily broken off at times.
When fourth to half, or even more,
of the animal ia detacned and the head
end wriggles away, and the remainder
and sometimes larger part squirms in
sight it is an astonishing spectacle,
and am not surprised that the ignor-
ant should clothe TIE creature with
mysticism. But, as y matter of fact,
all sensible people know that the frag-
ments do not reunite, for it would be
impossible to fit together the ruptured
blood vessels and shattered nerves and
restore the animal. Still, this story of
traditional force is believed by host
of people, along with other surprising
hoop.snake tales, mlk-snake whop.
pers, with quill-throwing porcupine
relations and thousand and one other
and lesser untruths. American Field.
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LITTLE HELPS IN COOKING.

When frying eggs cover them close
ly and cook for two minutes and they
will be soft, not need turning, yet the
white will all be set and be much
nicer than if cooked in the old way
without cover.
II one has no regular roasting pan,
two pans of the same size make very
fair substitute, by using one as a COW
er for the other. But if one has not
two, and has to roast meats, etc., in .
common open dripping-pan, when
roasting chicken if they will first cut
off the sticks" and lay them in
the pan beside the fowl, when done
they will be tender and JUICY instead
OF being dry. tough and soorched "a
they usually are.
u When seeding raisins, have dish OF
-four near at hand and dip the fingers
into it often. It will prevent tho
seeds from sticking to ones fingers.
If on dishing some article of food
some of it is found to have cooked fast
to the bottom of the vessel, rendering
the washing Of it a difficult task, il .
pint or so of boiling water is put in
and the vessel closely covered, by ths
time one is ready to wash it will have
softened and can be readily cleaned
Farm, Field and Fireside.
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$500 For q Set of Teeth,

A we'll known firm of bankers in
London have just made profitable
investment. Some time ago a man
who had defrauded them of large
sum of money was taken into custody,
convicted and sentenced to a long term
of penal servitude.
As may be imagined, the prison fare
did not agree with man who had by
means of fraud lived on the fat of the
land. The change affected him in
many ways, but he complained more
particularly of the effect the food had
upon his teeth. They were not num-
erous or in good condition when he
was sentenced, and as they rapidly be-
came worse he applied to the Cover
nor of the prison for a new set.
He was told that the Government
did not supply prisoners with artifi-
ciM teeth, and at the first opportun-
ity he wrote to the banking firm in
question offering, if they would send
him new set, to give them some val.
liable information.
'Thereupon the bankers, thinking
the offer might be genuine one, sent
the Governor of tho prison check for
$25, and asked him to provide the
convict with a set Of artificial teeth.
In due course the convict kept his
promise, and sent the bankers certain
Information, by means of which they
we're enabled to recover no less than
$500 of which they had been defraud-
ed. They naturally regarded this as the
best investment they had ever made,
but it proved even better than antici.
pated, for they have just received from
the prison authorities remittance of
SIS, the teeth having cost only $2O.-
London Tit.Bits.
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Gold in His Wheat Bin.

Jacob Neathanmer, eighty-four
years of age, who lives alone with his
wife short distance below Gold Hill,
claims to be out $4,000 in $50 gold
pieces. The old gentleman didn't be-
lleve in banks 30 sacked his gold and
hid it in the wheat bin at his barn.
The money was taken on the night of
the 18th. One sacked contained the
$4,000 but two sacks containing small
or amounts we're left undisturbed,
The loss was discovered next morn
ing after the theft, MIR. Neathammer
being attracted by sack partly filled
with wheat in the bin. This gave rise
to the suspicion that parties intend
1ur to steal wheat mad partly filled n
sack when they discovered some gold,
and without hunting farther took
their departure. The wheat in the
bin was only twelve inches deep.-
Ashland (Cal.) T'idings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-16
Pronunciation of "Bicycle."

The prevailing and constantly grow
ing bicycle fad calls attention to the
large number of cases IF mispronucla-
ton of the word "bicycle." There is
o certain class of people, particularly
New York's fashionable set, which in
sists upon giving the 'y" a long sound,
rs in "cycle," forgetting that prefix
or sufix often changes the sound OF
the vowel ~" Still others go to the
other extreme and give the "y" the
sound of "e," but the best usua3es
make the "y" short and pronounces
the word "bi.sik-l." But even among
those who give the "y" the short
sound there is Il disposition to place
the accent on the second syllable in
stead of the first, where it belongs.
When a worl comes into such common
use as ''bicycle" it is we'll to learn to
pronounce it correctly. Troy Times.
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PoACHING EGGS.

A writer in the Ladies' Gazette de-
scribes three different ways Of poach-
ing eggs. Suppose You have six or
eight eggs to cook, put water in q SUI
aciently large frying pan to hold
them, a couple of tablespoonfuls OF
vinegar and q large pinch OF salt.
Break the eggs one by one in basin,
carefully smelling esch before drop
ping it in with its fellows. When
the water thoroughly boils add the
eggs, and draw the pan back where
the water will keep hot but not boil
ing. Shake the pan gently, and touch
the eggs occasionally with small slice
so that they do not stick, which they
will do if the pan is allowed to stay
ell the time on hot fire or gas stove.
As you dish each egg rest the slice on
q cloth for moment to absorb super
auous water. Another way tby which
cnly one at q time may be done with
any degree of certainty as to result) Is
to boil the water, etc., in saucepan;
tilt the saucepan on one side, and
drop in the egg; remove it from the
fire, put on the lid, and in q few min
utes you will have q beautifully
poached egg, looking like ball of
snow, as the white will entirely cover
the yolk. The third way is to put
the eggs Tin their shells) in saucepan
of fast.boiling water; remove from
the stove, keep the lid on for nearly
quarter Of an hour, then crack the
shell very carefully, and remove it as
far as you can then with little prac-
tice and a dessert-spoop You will be
able to remove the egg whole on to .
piece of buttered toast, which has
been prepared for it. When you serve
poached eggs on minced mutton or
veal, put q sprinkle of finely chopped
parsley on each.
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Canada Has ALI The Nickel.

"When nickel steel comes into gen
eral use for the construction of ves-
sells. as it undoubtedly will" said 8
Canadian gentleman at the Great
Northern the other day, "Canada will,
in sense, control the ship-brilding
industry, because, so far as is at pres
ent known, there is very little nickel
outside of the Dominion, while we
have nickel-bearing pyrites practically
without limit. That whole vast stretch
of territory reaching from Lake Su.
perior to Labrador is rich in it and
will produce hundreds of thousands of
tons of it annually for IN unlimited
period whenever the demand requires
it.
elbow will this control the ship
building industry? Why, in this way.
It has been demonstrated by conclu-
sive tests at your proving ground at
Sandy Hook and elsewhere that steel,
mixed with, say, five per cent. of
nickel, is double the strength OF ordi-
nary steel. In the construction OF
men-of-war the advantage is obvious
and in building merchant vessels the
benefit to be derived from the use of
nickel-steel is equally plain, as it will
enable them to be built much lighter
than they are now, which means less
GOAL and less engine power with an
equal amount of security and equal
amount of speed. 1t will only be q
few years when wooden vessel in the
port of Chicago will be something of
q novelty, and the new vessels will be-
fore very long, for the reasons indi.
Gated, be made of nickel.steel, and
this will be the only metal in demand
for the purpose at your great ship
building yards in Cleveland, Detroit,
South Chicago and other points.
"Another advantage which steel
having nickel in its composition pos.
sesses over ordinary steel is that it
will not corrode and that barnacles
cannot get foothold on it, so that
nickel-steel ships bottom will never
require to be scraped. Chicago
Hmes-Herald.
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what I had already guessed, that in

what I had already guessed, that in
travelling on foot through the snow he
had been overtaken by intense fatigue,
and being unable to overcome the
drowsiness he knew might be fatal, he
had fallen asleep. "It's wonder I'm
not dead" he concluded, and 1 made
no answer.
I had been 80 absorbed in my work
that.I had taken no account OF the
hours as they went by, until now l
heard the clock ring out six! Oh. the
Joy of that sound!
We kept early hours at st. Adams,
and at six o'clock we were expected to
rise. I should be missed, sought for
and foundl
was shivering and sick. The man
had fallen into doze, from which I
could not find it in my heart to rouse
him, lonely and miserable as I felt.
Oh, how cold it was! My thin cotton
dress was scanty covering from the
icy air. How long would it be before
they found me?
Would they seek long before they
thought of the mortuary? Would
they think of the mortuary at all :?
How these thoughts tormented me,
chasing each other through my aching
brain until, at last, sound of a key
turning in the lock-the voice of my
dear nurse companion saying, in be-
wildered tones, "She cannot be here,
porter" Then the whole place spun
round, and I saw and heard no more.
1t was long before l returned to my
work. Pneumonia set it, and for
weeks was too i'll to leave my he'd.
Tenderly was I nursed and much
was 1 praised for what they were
pleased to call my bravery. My pa
tient, I learned, had recovered and
was full of gratitude for his strange
rescue from an untimely end. The
case of suspended animation" was
much talked of among the. doctors, and
the medical men took it up with in
terest. "You saved his life, you
know" said the nurses to me, sppar-
emily to console me for my unpleas-
ant experiences; and the patient him
self has told me the same thing hun
dred times sincs that day, for I am
now his wife.-Strand Magazine.
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Daniel Webster on the Great West.

When we think of the teeming popu-
lation which now fills many portions
of our country west of the Rocky
Mountains, and remember how famous.
all over the world. is their singular
beauty, and their incompatible value
to the tourist, the health seeker, the
agriculturist and the horticulturist,
as we'll as the miner, it is interesting
to read what 80 intelligent states
man as Daniel Webster thought of
them just fifty years ago, and to know
that his views we're shared by many
other prominent public men of the
time. In a speech delivered in the
United States Senate in 1874, with re-
gard to the proposal that mail SER
vice should be established between
Missouri and the Pacific coast, Web
ster said:
"What do we want with this vast
worthless area, this region of savages
and wild beasts, of deserts, Of shifting
sands and whirlwinds Of dust, of cac.
tus and prairie dogs? To what use
could we ever hope to put these great
deserts, or these endless mountain
ranges, impenetrable, and covered to
their bases with eternal snow? What
can we ever hope to do with the west
ern coast, coast of three thousand
miles, rock. bound, cheerless and un-
inviting, with not harbor on it?
What use have we for such country?
Mr.. President, I will never vote one
cent from the public treasury to place
the Pacific coast one inch nearer Bos-
ton than it is to-day."--Scientific
American.
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Tile Killing OF o White Deer.

The white buck of Nevada County,
probably the last of it's kind in Cali.
fornia, has fallen before hunters
gun. Its Ntuffed hide is on exhibition
in Ladd's gun store. 1t was not an
Indian hunter who killed it, for nc
red man would have dared to draw q
bead on the beautiful creature for fear
of curse falling upon bis family and
his tribe. The Indians in that locality
believed that the white deer contained
the spirit of one of their great and
good chiefs, and to kill it would have
been worse than murder. For several
years the animal had been occasionally
seen by the Indians in the mountains
in various parts of the county, but
they rarely spoke of it to the whites,
fearing the latter would start in pur-
suit. A few white men saw it, but
none were very desirous of taking it's
life because of it's beauty. It weighed
about sixty-fve pounds and its hair
and hide were of pure white. Near
the horns the hair was tinged with
gray. Many years ago a white deer
was seen in Mendocino County, but it
was of dingy or yellowish white. but
the Nevada County buck was as white
as snow. It required nine large Win
chester bullets to kill it. The hunter
ran across the animal on a mountain
side and opened fire.
Although wounded by the first bull
let the deer bounded into q small
clump of brush, the only shelter
within a mile. From his position on
the hillside the hunter poured shot
after shot into the thicket whenever
he could catch a glimpse of the white
hide. The wounded creature was
afraid to leave the bushes and make
run for shelter deeper in the noun
tains, and it was literally burnt to
death with hot lead. The last shot en-
tered the heart, and when the hunter
secured his prey he found that nine
bullets had struck the little creature.
Its vitality was remarkable.
The Indians in Nevada County and
across the line in the State of Nevada
looked upon the white bucks death as
an i'll omen. The hunter was very
careful in removing the skin to keep
it perfect. He sen 1t to this city and
had it mounted. San Francisco Call.
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The Intellectual Cat.

It il said there is a cat in Boston
that has learned to he extremely tidy.
She lives in an Office, and when meat
and bread or any food is given her to
eat it is usually spread out on piece
OF paper. When she has finished, OF
eaten all she cares to, she carefully
and patiently folds the paper into e
paper, skillfully using her paws and
her mouth to accomplish it. When
she has made this into as neat a pack
age as she can, she carries it to some
uut.of-the- e-way corner or nook, where
she puts it away till she wants to finish
it. 1t is only in Boston that such in.
telligencs could come to cat. 1t is
in the air.-Picayune.
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RECIPES.

Baked Omelet-Beat the yolks of
six eggs thoroughly; soald one-half
pint of milk; to the milk add one
heaping teaspoonful Of butter; one
scant half teaspoonful of salt; stir
this into the yolks, and add last the
whites of six eggs, beaten very stiff;
stir these in quickly. but lightly;
pour into deep, hot, buttered dish;
bake in a hot oven fifteen Minutes
and serve in the same dish.
Savory Rice.--Three ounces of rice,
half a pint of milk, one ounce of but
ter, two ounces of grated cheese, pep
per and salt. Wash the rice and boil
It in the milk till quite tender. Add
pepper and salt to taste. Butter q
dish, spread half the rice on it, sprin-
kle half the cheese on it, add the rest
of the rice, sprinkle over the rest of
the cheese. Put the butter on the top
in small pieces and brown in a quick
oven.
Potato Soufae-Make from freshly
cooked Irish potatoes, or mashed po-
tatoes warmed up. To six medium
sized mashed potatoes add one table
spoonful of melted butter, yolk of one
egg, one gill cream, one teasponful
salt and dash of white pepper. Mix
smooth and beat light into this light
" stir whites OF four eggs beaten stiff;
put in hot buttered dish, CRATE cheese
over it, brown and serve quickly In
same dish.
Lemon Fluff-Sweeten one pint of
milk and flavor with vanilla; beat
the whites of seven eggs to stiff
froth; heat the milk, and when it
boils take a tablespoon Of the beaten
whites and put it carefully on the milk;
turn it over once, take out with spoon
or skinner, and put on sieve to
drain; continue this till all the egg is
used up. Now strain the milk and
make it into rich custsrd, using the
yo!ks of the seven eggs. When the
custard is cold put the pieces OF egg
whites on top and serve.
Tapioca Cream.-.Soak q small tea
cupful of tspioca in a pint OF new
milk over night; next morning put it
in. az oatmeal boiler, adding quart
of new milk; let this scald, then stir
in beaten yolks of three eggs; cook
three minutes, stirring constantly;
sweeten to taste; remove from fire;
beat the whites of three eggs stiff and
stir them lightly through the custard
while it is still hot. When cold add
one teaspoonful of lemon extract and
two teaspoonfuls of vanilla.
Canned Salmon Creamed-Remove
the oil, bones and skin from can OF
salmon, fake it up in small pieces and
turn it into colander to drain. Put
one tablespoonful OF butter into q
small saucepan; when hot add one
tablespoonful OF butter; cook until
smooth, but not brown add gradually
one cup of rich milk and cook until it
thickens, season highly with salt and
cayenne and the juice Of one lemon.
Add the salmon, let it get thoroughly
hot and serve.
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Wouldn't Have His Hair Cut.

Prince Toumanoff, member of an
old and historical family in Russia,
has just received on order expelling
him from tho university at Odessa and
directing him to leave the town with
in forty-eight hours. The extraordi-
nary reason for this decree is that hs
declined to wear his hair short. He
has been refused permission to go to
st. Petersburg to present petition,
and now by his expulsion from the
university he is not permitted to enter
another in Russia. His bright hopes
and his aspirations to employ his tai
ents for his couutry's benefit are
wrecked, and his career in Russia is
ruined.
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Had q Shoot Coming.

'It would surprise the people who
live in Oregon to see the value some
people place on rain, said the drum.
mer to Kansas City Star man. 81
was coming up from Texas not long
ago. Everything down there had
been dry as bone for months and the
ground gaped for moisture. Every
thing was covered with dust, and the
people there had long ago sworn off
drinking water, exceptwhen they were
sick.
sThe train rolled past innumerable
acres of parched land in the Indian
Territory, Oklahoma and the Chero.
kee Strip. Just as it pulled into Enid
the heavens opened and let down a
food of rain.
In the smoking car was Texas cow
boy, grimy, dusty and dry. With the
first clap of thunder and the rush OF
cool, moist air through the car, he
sprang to his feet. When the rain de-
scended-real, wet, blessed rsin-he
lifted his voice and "kiyied." As the
train came to a stop he jumped to the
station platform, unlimbered his big
revolvers and, with the rain drenching
him, he yelled and danced as he
emptied his weapons into the air. The
City Marshal, who was on the plat.
form, stepped up to him and said:
"Here, pard, that won't do. do
all the shootin' in this community.
You amt got no license to shoot in
this here bailiwick.
"Ain't got no license to shoot9"
shouted the cowboy. "Why, psrd,
I BIN in the Panhandle of Texas four
years, an this is the fust drop OF rain
+ see in all that time, an you bet l
got q shoot comm right now."