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Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
German Girls rs Wives.

There is less difficulty in German girls of
the middle class finding suitable partners for
life than is the case in the same class in Eng
land. German girls, as a matter of course,
take their share Ii household work; this does
not prevent their being frequently very ac-
complished, often excellent musicians, but it
does prevent a great deal of restlessness and
vague discomfort. young man who mar
ries in that class knows that he may reason
ably expect his bride to be good housewife
If he is in the upper middle class, for instance
a shopkeeper, his wife often keeps the ac-
counts of the shop. l have wondered at the
close attention to business details shown by
women who might have expected to be spared
such exertions; but | was assured they pre-
ferred to be thus occupied. partly in order to
save for their children. 1t seemed to me that
the master and mistress in most shops were
on friendly terms with their assistants, who
We're permitted to rest at intervals during the
day in room behind the shop.-National
Review
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
The Old and the Young.

A man or woman of 80 who cannot make
himself or herself agreeable to a girl Of Is is
wanting in good breeding; on the other hand
equally lacking is boy of 20 who cannot
give pleasure to man or woman of GO. But
this good breeding can only be acquired by
practice. Once acquired it communicates a
peculiarly social exhilarating social enjoy
nent, as all will testify who have had the
good fortune to be flattered i'll their youth
by the kindness Of older people and in later
years by the good viii of younger people.
And few conversations arc more charming
for the interlocutors themselves or for by
ISLANDERS than those in which the young girl
or young man Just entering into life is led to
awaken, by the gay audacities of his igno-
rance, the deeper thoughts of the man or
woman just passing out of active life. Tho
flame like fancies Of youth kindles tho glow
ing imagination of experience, and in the in
terchange of ideas each for the moment seems
to gain all the advantages of the other.
Such conversations cannot be held at ger
mans nor at dinners, where most OF the gentle
men have been busted with the stock market
ell day, nor at receptions, formal or in
formal, from which the young lady OF the
house is encouraged to exclude her father
and mother, and the fathers and mothers Of
her friends They only still inger around
the fresides of pleasant homes, where. the
habitues of the house, old and young alike.
are EQUALLY the friends Of parents and chill
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
Why Men Don't Marry.

l say it boldly and without fear of contra
diction, there is NOT man living who is at
all times proof against feminine destinations,
who has not, at some period in his life's
history, indulged in the hope of realizing his
dreams of domestic happiness in which the
face of some real or ideal woman shone forth
as the guiding star to brighten his life. No
man ever indulges in dreams Of domestic hap
piness outside of his ideal home. The world
is his at all times, in which to roam at his
own sweet will: His experience teaches him
that in all the world can offer there is moth
ing SO sweet as the love which lives in the
home gives rest to the soul and that peace
Of mind which the world cannot give; his
i1nernost sonl Graves for it, SO satisfying is
it in its tenderness. True love is the very
mainstay Of happiness, and no outward ruin
"can wreck the citadel where the immortal
lives" Is it the fear of the failure to realize
such happiness as this that keeps these dream
ers from seeking it in marriage9
The most inveterate club man, the bitterest
scoffer OF "love in cottage" are those men
who failed, either from lack of confidence in
their own power Of persuasion or want of
means in their youth, to win the one particu-
lar woman they worshiped as their ideal.
Disappointment in love is one Of the main
causes Of there being SO many bachelors in
the world.-New Orleans States
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26

There is not a country village in the land
where the young people cannot have rational
amusements if they will. A dramatic club
will furnish infinite amusement for a whole
winter; singing school is still possible in
country places, though conservatory of
music may be unattainable; whist club will
flourish anywhere, and there are few places
where dancing may not be had at slight ex-
pense. Reading circles cost nothing, and may
he started by any half dozen young people
anywhere, and be profitable as well as pleas
ant. Schoolboys should have debating so
ciety, no matter on how small scale, and
cld-fashioned spelling schools are by no means
to be despised in many places where there is a
dearth of anusements for the young. Some
excuse for congregating together is the main
thing; the young people can be trusted to
enjoy themselves if only this opportunity IS
offered. Simple and costless pleasures, these
are the desirable thing, and they can be COM
passed by all if there is the right disposition
in regard to the matter.-Hattie Tying Girls
.rold
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
Beautiful Souls.

Beauty attracts the eye at first; but after
you come to know people very intimately
you do not know whether they are pretty or
not Their ways make an impression on
you, but not their noses and ears, their eyes
and mouths. In time the soul expresses it.
cclf to you, and it is that which you see. A
man who has been married twenty years
hardly knows what his wife looks Ike lie
may think he does, and tell you she is be-
witching little brunette long after she has
reached middle life, because the image of his
early love is in his heart, and he doesn't see
her as she is to-day. Or, being an Indifferent
husband, he may not know she is the fine
woman that other people think her. You
have known men who have married the
plainest women, and think them beauties;
and you know beauties VINO are quite thrown
away on men who value wife for her sue
cess as a cook.-Philadelphi Call
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
Novel Employmcnt Fer Women.

Some Philadelphia women have hit upon
something novel in the way of occupation,
surely. They call themselves, or are called,
campers" The care of lamp is good deal
like that OF a steam engine or a baby-it is
not everybody that can attend to it properly
and with Judgment. A new occupation is
open to women now that drawing rooms dis
play as many as half a dozen lighted lamps
by night, with corresponding care of wicks,
chimneys, shades, filling, ctc., by day, and
when a smoky lamp is not only a nuisance
but an inelegance. The "lamper" takes this
care off of the mistress of tho house. She
comes each morning, empties out the oil
when it is getting thick, refills, trims the wick
mathematically, without even touching steel
to it, rubs the metal, polishes the shade and
leaves chimneys and all immaculate. She
goes from house to house in neighborhood,
and is fully worthy her weekly pay. In un-
skillful hands the new popular oil lamps are q
great trouble; sometimes filling them is put
of until after dark, when there is danger in
bringing the oil can anywhere near the gas
lights When neither mistress of the house
nor her servants are good at lamp care the
skill of the professional can now be had for
very small sum for each Philadelphia
Ledger.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26

Boarding Houses for Working Women.
The increasing number of women who live
by the higher employments in this city has led
to the establishment of several large boarding
houses ON somewhat the same plan, though
a more modest scale, than the luckless con-
Germ Of A. Il. Stewart, which is now the Park
Avenue hotel AT these places you will find
teachers, telegraphic operators and type
writers, artists with the brush and the
needle, literary women C.ld others who de-
pend rather on their talents and accomplish
ments than on mere manual labor for sup
port, conyregated in curious little communi-
ties, presided over by boarding mistress
who has the air of a matron in public insti-
tuition rather than private person. The
houses are governed by certain fixed rules,
none of which seem to be at all oppressive,
and have q very homelike and pleasant air.
The rates Of board are moderate, and the
character of the inmates lends their home an
air of great refinement and pleasant domes-
ITCHY
The first OF these places that remember in
New York was in Mulberry or Mott street,
and is, | think, now known as the Big Flats.
1t was intended as q hotel for working girls,
but the rules were so exacting and their ad
ministration SO rigid that even its economy
and comfort failed to render it popular, and
it was abandoned and the house handed over
for tenement uses. For women above the
condition OF unskilled workers l do not be-
Iieye any provision existed until the present
special boarding house system came into
being They were commonly herded to-
gether in gangs in the cheaper boarding
houses, where they packed the rooms that
better-to-do boarders scorned, or forced to
live in lodgings and feed at restaurants,
always at n greater cost than should have
been necessary. 4 decent woman without
money to waste used to have a hard time of
it looking for quarters in New York, and
with all the provisions, intelligent private en-
terprise and larger public philanthropy have
made for her she is still far worse off than
any man. One of the good works of the
Young Women's Christian association bcs
been to encourage the creation of boarli,ls,
houses for single women, q register of viii u
is kept by the association for the direction OF
applicants. Trumble in New York
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
Mrs. Kate Chase.s Children.

"Do you intend to reside permanently in
France:' Mrs Kate Chase was asked by q
correspondent. "Oh, dear, no." she replied
Il love my country, its people and institu.
tions. do not live in Paris. 1 wish to be
retired and secluded. In that world of Paris
ian life take no interest Gaysty in fashion
able life do not enjoy. have my children
to care for and enjoy. My wish is to bring
them up TO be accomplished, educated. and
good women, al honor to themselves and te
American womanhood. That is a woman.
sphere in life. have much happiness thers
witkmy children, but l Shall return to my
native land before very long. feel an exile
In France Philadelphia Times
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
Babies Who Arc Wakcful.

philanthropic physician has published a
little pamphlet with timely suggestions con-
corning babies. Among other things he
writes: "Asleep baby becomes tired of lying
in one position and wants to be turned upon
his side or stomach, or wants the warm pillow
turned, Or the creases taken out of his
blanket, or one of his garments loosened, or
his eyes turned from the light, or a noisy fly
disposed of, or a mothers lullaby sung again,
or to be left alone; but no! he has made HIM
self heard and something must be DONE Up
he comes, to nurse most likely; Or, with too
much covering over him before, all is taken
Off but his garments, and he is rushed about
the room, bounced up and down before an
open window, or half uncovered for three to
five minutes to be changed. How can the
little one do else than take cold." This pic
ture is not overdrawn. Do we not all know
babies who are wakeful at night, and be-
cause they cry are nursed or fed with catnip
tea or sugar and water until their poor little
stomachs ache from the distension by I'M
necessary liquids: These same babies only
need a change of position, and when this is
given them they drop asleep peacefully
New York Commercial Advertiser
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
9ailSR eagle
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE HEALTH-DESTROYING SYSTEM
OF TEACHING IN OUR SCHOOLS.
Boarding Houses for Working Women.
Novel EmplOyment-Wakefu Babies.
Old and Ioung-German Girls-Amuse-
incnts-Vagaries of Fashion.

OAu stIu AOuNfs-ssefIuau OlTIS@-AHusc'
mcnts-vagaries of Fashion.
An anxious mother writes to know what
course she shall pursue with her 9-year-old
daughter who will do nothing but read and
study, and whose health is suffering in conse-
quence The best thing is to send her off into
the country, where she can get very little to
read. If she studies too much, keep her out
of school for a year or two. The whole
system Of teaching in our public schools is
Notwithstanding. Mind and body both
suffer. No girl should be graduated before
she is 90 at least, and during that time she
should not be allowed to enter society. AS a
rule girls begin to 60 into society at Is and 16,
and if not married at 20 or 90 arc looked upon
as old, and they are more or less satiated
with everything.
Girls should be kept in school much longer
than they usually are. Teachers, from we'll
meant, perhaps, but none the less unwise
motives, endeavor to arouse ambition by
holding constantly before scholars the dis
grace of falling behind in their studies Bet
ter do that, and it is by no means disgrace
full, than to sacrifice health. People urge in
favor of the public schools, that they send
out boys and girls better prepared for col
leges than any other schools. 1t may be
true, but those who wish to study will do SO
with little encouragement, anywhere. In
many ways the public school system is ad
mirable, but in the matter of health it is
ruinous.
A well-known Cleveland physician said,
not long since, that public school education
had done more to cause disease of the brain,
spine and eye.ythan any other one thing, and
his opinion is but the opinion of many emil
nent physicians and surgeons. We could not
do without our Schools but we could do with
less elaboration in the courses, and we should
insist On fewer studies and slower and more
thorough work. From what "Anxious
Mother says, her daughter, loving books
naturally, has been made more ambitious by
the thoughtless words and taunts of her
teachers, than the young brain and delicate
body will stand, and the only remedy is com
plete rest, which can be had by taking the
child from school for several years, and by
change of scenery Or by plentiful light and
pleasant entertainment, thereby causing
healthful reaction.-Cleveland Leader
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
A New Vegetable is introduced.

An entirely new vegetable is being intro
duced by great French firm which is excit-
ing some interest 1t is called choro-gi and h
q native of northern Africa 1t belongs to
the mint family botanical name Stachys
affinisl. Its leshy roots or tubers only are
eaten, dressed like string beans or fried like
fritters, and arc said also to make an excel
lent pickle. Whether it viii become useful
vegetable and a desirable regular market
crop in this country can only be determined
by trial-BoStaa Budget
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
TwininC Her Tresses.

Never before since nature went unadorned
has it been possible for a woman to so COM
pletely suit her own tastes in the shape Of heg
head and the style of her face. Every pos
sible way that soft and pretty hair can be
twisted it is twisted. And some Of the ways
orc pretty rs need to be.
Once in while there Is girl who can
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
An Actors Idea.

The ideal genius is he whose imagination
has full play, but whose mind sits in judg-
ment on it anG tempers or restraints. If i'm
agination escapes from self Judgment man
becomes a crank jefferson
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
Prussia.s Gain and Loss.

During the last year 1000 foreigners have
been naturalized in Prussia Thirty eight
thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight
Prussians emigrated during the same period,
however.-New York Tribune.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-06-24
Tragedy in ST. joseph,

As Col. j. W. Strong, manager of the
Herald, of st. Joseph, Mo-, was sitting in
the counting-room the other evening, with
his back to the door, DR.. s. A. Richmond
entered and, drawing revolver, fired one
shot, which struck his victim on the left
side of the neck. Col. Strong jumped up
and staggered towards the back office.
Richmond fired two more shots and
Strong fell Richmond then turned, walk
ed outside, and some twenty feet from the
door placed the revolver to his temple,
fired and dropped instantly to the side
walk.
The trouble which has resulted so fatally
is solely of Richmond's own making. He
has long been known to the newspaper
fraternity as the discoverer and manu-
facturer of Samaritan nervine and has
been an extensive advertiser and has had
an enormous business in his nostrum.
Some five months ago he disappeared from
this community and left lot
of papers, evidently the work of either
Col. Strong and other prominent attorneys
of this city, with having ruined him and
indicated that he had ended his career in
the river. AT that time opinions differed
as to his condition, some regarding him
insane and others believing him simply
working ruse to obtain $4,000 insurance
on his life. Since then he has become
hopelessly insane. The deed recorded
proves his lunacy beyond doubt. Col.
Strong leaves a large family, consisting of
a widow and three sons; the eldest is John
p. Strong, editor-ln-chief of the Herald.
The colonel was 81 years old, lawyer by
profession and a man who has been very
prominent in the Republican party of
northwest Missouri for nearly 30 years.
His homo was originally Jacksonville, Ill,
where he has large number OF friends
mud rplativas
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-06-24
AEaarful Holocauaf.

The town Of Vancouver has been COM
pletely obliterated by raging fire. The
fire was started from the brush clearing
fires on the Canadian Pacific railway.
The first building to burst out in flames
was stable near the Colonial house. The
alarm was given, but so skeptical were the
people that they paid no attention for
some time. The wind by this time had in
creased the gale and famed the flames to
mass of raging fire. Building after build
ing was laid waste, and soon every
road had become an avenue of fire, the
falling timbers and stumps on each side OF
the road glowing with fire and proving as
serious menace to the fugitives as the
burning houses OF the doomed city. Moth
ing was to be seen but a lurid, rolling band
of smoke hanging over the ashes of the
city from which stragglers could be seen
muir was at the wharf to receive people,
and with several other steamers conveyed
a large number over TO Moodyville.
The dropping of the flames was as sudden
as their rise, and by q p. III. some adven-
turous spirits had already made their way
along the roads of the destroyed city, and
before dark the work of searching for the
bodies of those overtaken by the fiery ele-
ment had begun. In a short time the in
cinerated remains of several persons had
been discovered. Nine bodies some OF
which were burned beyond recognition,
have been found. There is some un-
certainty about the exact number already
found, as in some cases handful of char
red bones were the only indication of a
human life being lost. One of the search
ers said he thought the number could be
truthfully estimated at twelve. The gen
eral sentiment of the people appears to be
one of hopefulness and determination at
once to begin reconstruction of the city.
Some have already got building material
on the ground.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-06-24
Grover is Thankful

At the time of President Cleveland's
marriage, the citizens of Charleston, 3, O.,
sent a magnificent wedding present. The
president has written letter of thanks in
which he says:
~ have asked the privilege of thus COM
municating our joint acknowledgements OF
this present because this delicate and
thoughtful attention to my wife has
naturally given rise to grateful emotions,
and because il affords mo an opportunity
to express my appreciation of the kind
words with which the donors refer to my
self and my performance of public duty.
"You and your associates who have
united in the letter accompanying your
gift can hardly realize the comfort de-
rive from the assurances therein contain
ed of confidence and esteem.
1.-THE letter and the gift take their places
in my new household and for all time will
serve as reminders, not only of the hap
piest incident of my life as citizen, but
of the further fact that in my official char
acter the humble efforts / have made to
assure good government to the people and
complete reconciliation between all sec
tions of the land are considerably and
pleasantly recognized by my fellow
countrymen."
The present consisted of a massive silver
vase accompanied by letter to Mrs.
Cleveland saying that it was intended as
a token Of the high esteem in which Presi-
dent Cleveland was held in Charleston
''by reason of his ability, his true manli-
ness and his constant fidelity to bis OBJ
legations under the Constitution and laws
of these reunited States.n
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-06-24

A private car is being built for Gov
Alger by the Pullman car company of
Detroit in which the governor and party
will take the trip TO the &. A. r. en-
campment in san Francisco in August
The car is &C feet long and divided into
seven compartments apart from the
passageways. These comprise draw
ing room, kitchen with pantry. attach
cd, an ordinary Sleeping car compart-
ment of two sections, two private bed
rooms, with passageway and toilet
room between, and parlor. The car is
still in the hands of artisans and hut a
comparative idea of its completed
beauty can yet be formed The exte-,
rior of the car is composed of white pine
poplar, oak and ash. TheIouter frame
or box is white pine with poplar panels.
Poplar is used for the reason that it is
pliable soft, and capable of receiving
a very high finish. The other woods
are used for cross beams, braces plat
forms, etc The platforms are made
unusually wide with swinging gates
that can be locked; so they are used as
observation portcos or lverandas where
the travellers can seat themselves COM
fortably. The wheels are paper and
made by the Allen car works at Pull
man, Ill. The interior of the car is
ceiled with oak and walled with mahog
any. The floor will be laid in parquetry
of oak and mahogany, to harmonic
with the walls and ceiling. The ceiling
will be deliberately frescoed. The
hangings will be rich and of a color
pleasantly to contrast with the wood
work and decorating. A folding bed
of hand some design will be placed in
the parlor. The other rooms will con-
tain the ordinary standing berths The
cost of the car, which will be one of the
finest ever turned out of the shops, will
be about $4,000.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-06-24
Dan is Not Forgotten.

The statue of Daniel Webster In Con-
cord presented to the State of New Hamp-
shire by Benjamin Pierce Cheney of Bos-
ton was dedicated on the nth inst, with
imposing civic and military ceremonies.
The statue has been erected in the state
house yard, about 100 yards east OF the
capitol. The pedestal is of the finest
granite and was designed by Thomas Ball,
who also executed the model of the statue
mt Florence, Italy, the casting being made
1900 pounds. On all four sides OF the
pedestal are appropriate inscriptions.
The statue was presented to the state by
Benjamin Pierce Cheney and accepted by
Gov. Currier. From President Cleveland
came letter of regret that he could not
every capital in the union should have a
similar statue. Gov. Robinson of Massa-
ohusetts and staff and Gov. Hill of New
York arrived by special train. Among
other distinguished guests OF the IS state stat
the Hon. John A. Bingham, Ohio, ex-min
lister to Japan; the Hon. William M.
Everts, New York; the Hon. John Went
worth, Chicago; the Hon. William f.
Chandler, Concord; Gov. Samuel Z. Pin
gE siDs and staff s0t xermOn Gov Gov 66SiS SsS
Ames, Massachusetts,; the Hon; E. B.
Washburn, Illinois; ex-Gov. Rice, Boston;
the Hon, George B. Loring. Boston; b. +.
Aver Chicago; John ii. Mitchell, United
States senator from Oregon; ex-Govs.
and Hale, United States Senator Balm
bridge, Wadleigh, and Gen. N. z. Banks.
The Grafton was delivered by Samuel Col
cord Bartlett, ID. D.. who gave an his
torical review of Webster's life and re-
ferred eloquently to his thirty-three years
service in the House, Senate, and Cabinet.
He also fervently eulogized his self-sacri-
fcing toll and patriotism.