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Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
A DoCror'S AnNiCe.

eff the women-I refer to poor mans wives
and those that are motherS-took little
more regular exercise they would be able 90
enjoy much better health than most Of them
have, and at the same time have less expense
IN the way of doctors bills" said a retired
physician, who, rs he laughinsly observed.
was not interested in keeping people sick.
The truth is that they stay indoors SO much
that when they do go out the change is too
much for them and they invariably complain
OF cold or sore throat If they took short
walk every day they would be surprised at
the good it would accomplish for them
Philadelphia Call.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
9ailg Eas1e
EVOLUTION.

IL Il be true, es our new masters teach
That life was once bereft of sound and sight,
That darkness is the chrysalis of light,
And the mute tongue the motherhood Of speech,
That we whose cropping hands have dared to reach
Beyond the limits of our day and night,
Rose from the slime Of ages to a height
Where God gives promise to the soul of each
Then why should love, the very gentlest part
OF a mans nature, and the power which binds
Life to a life as leaf is bound to tree,
Not grow and deepen in the human heart
Till in the future of the world it finds
Hate banished from the sunIands and the sea!
George Edgar Montgomery in Cosmopolitan.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
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Read, and Order What You Should Have. TO
Comply With the Law.

Read. and Order what You Should Have. TO
Comply With the Law.
Each township trustee should have a
trnCtae,s record road record, poor record
and full set OF township records and other
blanks. worth at least S.. Also some sta
tionery.
Each township treasurer should have a
treasllrers record.
Each township clerk should have aclerk's
record and warrant book
Each Justice of the peace should have a
civil docket, criminal docket. stray record
transcripts. compiled laws OF 1888, and a
full assortment of blanks.
Each constable should have an assort-
ment of blanks.
Each road overseer should have road
oyerseers account book, receipt book for
labor. receipt book for extra work and a
receipt book for material used.
The above should be furnished to the
officers of each well regulated township at
the expense Of the township.
For sale at the EAGLE office. Orders
promptly filed by mail or express prepaid.
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Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
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A "Noah's Ark" Quilt.

One of the fashionable things in fancy
work is Noah's ark quilt. The quilt can be
of serge, cloth, satin sheeting or plain cream
kheeting, and is designed and commenced by
the lady who undertakes it. If she is an ex-
perienced worker she embroiders or appliques
the Noah ark, which is near the center OF
the quilt, but placed high up. The animals
are all in couples, and form a long procession
around the entire quilt, marching toward the
ark Sometimes the procession is curved 50
as to form a design over the entire surface,
hut this depends on individual taste or fancy.
One can ask her friends and neighbors to
work the pairs of animals, usually giving
them some choice in the matter Some of
these quilts are very amusing and really
worth keeping.
At a recent starting of one a lady volun-
teered TO work two fleaS, which she actually
did with wonderful care and dexterity. In
cream sheeting the animals may be all in red
turkey quill, worked with red ingrained
thread or in various colors This may be an
idea of many busy fingers. The baby's
crawling blanket or cot coverlids probably
gave the idea of the Noah's ark quilt and also
suggested the same style of perambulator
cover. The animals are generally cut in paper
first and then in whatever material they are
TO be worked, and are copied from a child
colored picture book. Scraps of fur and skin
are used to represent the specimen as true 10
nature as possible. 1t is occasionally worked
on a foundation of double width diagonal
serge, with the various animals portrayed in
woods, sometimes in cross stitch, first worked
on pieces of ordinary canvas, afterwards
drawn away or in outline stitch in crewels
or in another stitch, which is being now used
good deal for travelling rugs, bath blank
cts, etc, which is done by laying wool in
strands on the outline pattern and lacking it
down by small stitches of silk or contrast
ing color. In two shades of color this works
well and the edges are usually widely but
tonholed IN both shades.-Mrs. Lucia Lud-
wig in Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
Women in Literature,

A German author, saying that women in
some departments Of literature have entirely
supplanted men, gives as reason that women
are carried away with the current Of the day.
In art. as in life, they always follow the
latest fashion, are reaiis-s today. idealiSts to
morrow, and therefore always sure TO appeal
to the taste ol the moment. Chicago Tunes.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
WoInan's Talent Cnderestimated.

The quality Of the milk in the cocosuut can
never be accurately determined by looking
81 the outside Of il. But the world assumes
20 Judge Of the capacity OF women 10 DO
great many things without actual test. They
are excluded from nearly eli the occupations
Of men untried. because for lack Of more CO.
gent reasons, It Is alleged 70 Be unwouanlv
70 undertake manly taskS-Philadelphia
Record
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
Beecher's Powers of Extempori.,t,o,.

One of the reporters tells story about
Mr.. Beecher's powers of extemporization.
He was sent one Sunday evening q few
years ago TO report Mr.. Beecher's sermon.
The discourse was one of singular power.
freshness and force, and the reporter was
more than charmed and interested. When
the service was over he encountered Mr..
Beecher at the foot of the pulpit stairs.
and knowing the small store he set upon
his manuscript notes, asked him if he
would he good enough to give them TO him.
as he desired TO preserve them as an auto
graphical prize and as memento of the
sermon. "Well," said the Plymouth
church pastor, as he fiuttered over the
half dozen sheets of note paper, '.you can
have them, but this is not the sermon
preached. prepared this sermon intend
ing TO use it; but when got in the pulpit
j got TO thinking of another subject and
preached upon that" He gave the re-
porter the notes, however, very willingly,
seeming to care nothing for them, so the
writer has the notes of one of Mr.. Beech
er's unpreached sermons. - BROOKLYN
Eagle.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
Guardians Sale.

For sale, the north half of the east halt
of the southwest quarter OF section 3, in
township q, range l east.
The above described land belongs to the
estate of c. c. AllistOn, and will be on sale
for few days This land is near the To-
cation of the Congregational college.
76-tf T. b. JEWETT,
Guardian for the heirs, Office Temple block
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
He Won His Bet.

Lsndlady lat dinner table)-Mr. McGinnn,
what are you doing with that microscopic
Boarder-l am winning bet of s.. Mrs
Barzog. There are nineteen kinds of vic
tuals II this hash. Ny bet was that could
snd fifteAa Chicago Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
Sn.e,., to township Trustees,

We have complete line of books and
blanks as required by the township trus-
tees, township treasurer, justice OF the
peace, constable and road overseer. Orders
promptIy filed. Correspondence solicited.
The WICHITA EAGLE,
d1oa-tf Wichita, Kansas.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
PHILADELPHIA. july %, 1856,

Wichita EAGLE, Wichita, Kan.
Gentlemen:-We have seen one of your
Mortgage Loan Registers at the office o.
the Philadelphia Mortgage and Trust Co
this city. and shall be obliged if you will
send this company one similar in all re
spects at your earliest convenience, and re
main RESPECTFULLY yours,
THEODORE ROCKINGHAM,
65-tf- Secretary.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25
plain Talk for Hu.o..u,.

Then there is another thing, sir! Often and
often have marked you turning to watch
pretty face, or commenting with your men
companions upon the outlines of handsome
form or slender foot. Have you any more
business to do this than she has? What
rumpus there would be about the family
hearthstone if you were to catch her flirting
with a man or following bearded lace
through the streets to see where its owner be
longed! What particular blazes would play
about the walls of "Home, Sweet Home" II
she INDUCED in such harmless foibles! Yet
say unto you, yea and verify, her latitude Ii
that direction is just as wide as yours.
What if the wife you married is getting
faded, like a fabric that has been often
washed: what if the lines have come where
the smile in its dimplement was, and the
ugly crow tracks. like birds feet on the wet
and shining sands. have traced the skin that
once was softer than a rose leaf; what If the
graceful shoulders are bent little and the
laughter has left her eyes If you have the
chivalry of true man in your soul, you will
revere and honor that wife with greater and
increasing tenderness as she grows old and
wan and faded; for what is it that has aged
her? What has stolen away her bloom and
robbed her glance of its sunny light? What
but ministering to you and toiling for you,
and serving you! Your children have stolen
the rose tint from her cheeks and lips, and
tending to their wants by night and day,
ministering to them in sickness and health,
if she be fond mother, has deprived her of
the grace and bloom of youth. amber" in
Chicago Journal,
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-25

The tanning of boa constructor skins forms
g branch of industry IL Hamburg, y. j.
They are uade into pocketbooks principally.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-12-29
The Scotoh Thistle.

A correspondent sends to the London
Notes o,ui Queries the following tradition Of
how the thistle came to be the emblem Of
Scotland. Queen Scotia had led her troops
in well-fought field, and, when the day was
won, retired to the rear TO rest from her
tolls She threw herself on the ground,
where, as illluck would have 1T, an envious
thistle had elected to grow at the very spot
selected for her repose. Whether the fair
Amazon fought in the national costume I
know not, but the spines Of the Offending
herb were sufficiently powerful to penetrate
the skin in a very painful manner. A pro-
verbal philosopher (not Mr.. Topper, I
think has declared that che that stitch on
nettles riseth up quickly" and the same re-
mark holds good of thistle. Queen Scotia
sprang up, and tore the thistles up by the
roots. She was about to cast it from her
with q military but unladylike expression,
when it struck her that the prickly plant
would henceforth ever be associated in her
mind with the glorious victory she had just
gained. Her intention was changed. She
placed the thistle in her casque, and it be-
came the badge OF her dynasty.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-12-29
CLIMATE OF ALASKA.
Not SO Bad as That of Great Many More
'I-7s Southern Places.

Not So Bad as That of Great Many Mors
Southern Places.
Alaska, like Great Britain, does not de-
pend upon latitude alone for her temper
allure. The Gulf Stream Of the. Atlantic has
it's counterpart in the Kuro- Siwo or Japan
ese Black Stream, and this tempers the
wind and warns the atmosphere along the
coast south of Bebring Strait. You may
look for rain as in England. Ireland
and Scotland, but you need have no fear OF
freezing, even in the depths of winter. the
highest temperature at Sitka, the capital. On
Baranom Island, is seventy-eight degrees.
The lowest temperature in 1886 was four de-
grees below zero; III 1881 the mercury did
not go below zero at all. Mr., Mclean, the
excellent Signal-Service officer who was.
stationed at Sitka for several years, says.
that the climate OF Southeastern Alaska IS:
the most eqnable that he has ever expert
enced.
TIE interior is in the same latitude as.
Sweden, Norway and ST. Petersburg, and is
not much colder than portions OF Montana,
so have been assured. The coast scenery
is wonderful and unique. On the Atlantic
we boast of Mount Desert, because it is an
island adjoining the mainland and rejoices
in mountain that slopes down to the sea,
and OF which there is a lake. From British
Columbia 10 Behripg Strait this wonderful
inland sea Of the Pacific Ocean is one pro
longed Mount Desert, with Alpine SHOWS in
addition. The Alaska glaciers, mount
aims, islands and cascades make it q
country of more than usual interest Tor va
riety Of scenery. In Switzerland glacier
is vast bed of dirty, ail-holed ice that has
fastened itself like a cold porous plaster
to the side of an Alp. Distance alone
lends entertainments to the view. In Alaska
glacier is Il wonderful torrent that seems
to have been suddenly frozen when about
to plunge into the sea. Down and about
mountains wind these snoW-clad serpents,
extending miles ialana, with as many arms
sometimes rs an octopus. Wonderfully
picturesque is the Davidson glacier, but
more extended is the Muir glacier which
makes the extreme northerly point Of pleas
IRE travel. Imagine a glacier three milos
wide and 500 feet high at it's mouth 2hinls
OF Niagara Fails frozen stiff. ADD 50 feet
to its height and you have {: slight idea OF
the terminus of the Muir glacier, III front
of which your steamer anchors. Picture q
background of mountains 15.0o0 feet high
all snow clad, and then imagine gorgeous
sun lighting mp the ice crystals with rain
bow colorlng. The face OF that glacier
takes on the line OF aqua-rlarine, the tue OF
every bit Of floating ice, big and little, that
surrounds the steamer and makes nayi~
CATION serious. This dazzling serpent
moves at the rate of 81 feet u day, tuan-
ling head|ong into the sea, and as it falls
tue ear is startled by submarine thunder.
The berg goes down deep into the sca, and
woe TO the boat that .s Ia its way when it
ricpc
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-12-29
MINERAL. CURIOSITY.
Irdestructible EIotn and the Materi
from Which Il Was Made.

Irdestructible EIotll and the Materi:l
from Which Is Was Made.
ado you see any thing remarkable about
this bit Of clothf" asked "a Pittsburgh gen
tlemaE, who has quite collection OF curl
osities, addressing himself to a Dispatch re
porter.
Cant say that dc.''
"Throw it III the ire"
The newspaper man obeyed, thinking tf'
owner regarded Il us yalueless.
"Tha0 piece Of cloth WAS one OF the moss
curious things Of my collection. Il cost Eat
a neat little sum, too.
"if I had known that" began the re-
porter, &" would uotr-''
stOhi it's all right. Wire won't harm it, y
interrupted the gentleman. "See, VIII
pick Che fahri, out with these tongs and lei
it cool. You will then see that it is just al
strong as ever"
"Wh,t sort of stuff is ita" asked the won
dering visitor.
"Asbestus. That is g. fragment CT &
niece of cloth woven in France, \ don't know
how long ago. There was q time when il
was Thought that the making OF asbestus
cloth would become an important industry,
but so many difficulties were encountered
by those who experimental with the stun
that very little YVES ever made, and sucI
cloth is now a rare curiosity. The ancient:
woye this curious mineral substance into
fabrics which were used to wrap the bodies
Of llumnlos. ..
t'The name Is applied to particular forms
Of various minerals, especially to certa1r
varieties Of hornblende and pyroxene. 'Thf
word is Greek, and means substance indie
structible by fire. 1t can be fused, how
ever, but not readily, The fibrous varieties
of asbestus are readily picked to pieces with
the fingers, aud look very much like fax
There are various colors, some specimens
being white, some blue, others gray and
brown. There is a variety known as mount
ain cork, which is found in thin sheets and
so light that it will float on water Ashes tus
Is found abundantly in the mountains o.
Italy and Switzerland and in several States
of this country. It is chiefly used in The
manufacture Of hre-proof roofing, steam
packing and for other purposes where q
light, uninhammable, non conductor Is requi
site
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-12-29
WHirTlEn,s ADVICE.
What the Quaker Poet Wrote to ~ Fey
with 1,netical IDciinaGcnS.

What the Quaker Poet Wrote to ~ EsGy
with 1'oeticas 1nc,inascns.
NV acauaintance with the poet " hitter
dates from q lovely summer afternoon just
before 10y fifteenth birthday, says B con-
trlhutor in the Etriter. Whittier, as Is we1
known, spends much OF the summer sea-
son near Asquam lake, in Che hin country
Of New Hampshire. AS my father then
was living only few miles from this syl-
van spot, he and / drove over to see the
Quaker bard-znown 70 Us hitherto only
through his poems. shall not try tn
describe the tall, noble figure, and delicate,
yet commanding features, with which we
are all familiar, nor attempt, either, TO re-
peat the sparkling conversation which en-
sued.
One thing especially Impressed ne at the
time, an6 viii! never he forgotten. MI. W hit-
tier s;sic that his earlier ambition had been
to become 8. prominent poht%1an, and from
this idea hs was persuaded only by the
earnest a;;nnala Of his, friends. Taaing their
advice, he united with the prosecuted and
obscure sect Of Abojit,on!sts, anG to this
course, he said, he attributed all his after
SUCCESS ia life. Then, turning TO Iut ant1
laying his hand On wy head, he remarked:
in his gentle Voice: My lad, if thou wouldst
min success, join thyscjf to some nnpop1i-
lar bat noble cause'' My father CHANGED
TO mention, before leaving, that bad occa-
sionaiLy written scraps Of poetry. Whit
ter kindly asked me tx send him some
verses on my return, which readily pro,1-
ised, and, armed with his apsograph, I re-
treated to the carriage, happier. dare say,
than have ever beer before or since.
Some days afterwards mailed to the poeu
few rhymes which had seen light in 8
religious Journal published in Boston. The
reply, a.a dear (. treasure to-day as it was
then, spoke hatteringly Of my effort, and
closed with inc following advice:
al would 10, advise t!ee to publish ,nnci.
for the present. IN TWO or three years much
will ha7, beer gained by thee. Study, expert.
ence, close observation Of nature. and patient
brooding ever thy verse viii 10 great deal
for thee. would, however; advise no young
man to depend upon poetry a profession az
trade is needed; and brave work must 10 done
in o world o: need and suffering. With ktnti
remembrance Of thy father, and "ith all good
wishes FOR myself, am truly thy tr'd,
JOHN e. WHITTIER"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-12-29
SENSES IN ANIMALS.
observations Upon the Conduct OF Dog
Thrushes and Robins.

Thrushcs and Robins.
a writer in N0t1re, commenting on the
experiments made upon the sense Ct s1neu
in dogs, suggests that some explanatioA OF
the remarkable results nuy be found in the
exclusive direction which is given To the
sense.
He adds that in the case of tue dog, while
there is a little brain-work going On TO
cause distraction, the attention may be ap-
piled more closely than in our owl; case;
and thus the dog may enjoy an apparent adj
vantage iii respect Of keenness Of scent
Itwould be curious thing if i'll the alert
ness and strength OF the senses there were
to be found an inverse measure OF the
activity OF the human mind as compared
with the mind Of the dog.
In connection with thus topic the writer
gives some Of his observations upon the
conduct OF birds
"The sense Of hearing in acme birda
seems as wonderful and discriminating IS
that of smell in dogs. have watched WITH
astonish,nent a thrush listening for worms.
as their manner is, and very evidently hear
ing them, too, within two yards Of q noisy
lawn-1lower on the other side Of small
hedge of roses Probably the worms came
nearer to tae surface in consequence of the
vibration caused by the machlne--they arc
said to do sc-but that the thrush heard and
did not see them was evident.
"Robins appear to be able to istinguisa
the voices Of their own offspring and par.
ents from number Of others, and at 2
great distance. I say appear, for in such Q
case one can not be quite sure, still less cen
one give all the small details Of long-con.
tinued observation that make up the evil
dence in favor of it. ia
call these cases have common and mys.
ferrous clement. It is as if a window vert
opened in one direction and all others
closed; or as if all the available energy vert
directed along one narrow path. At any
rate there is something more than mert
keenness Of sense.'' Il. u IA sssa.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-12-29
The First canttlever Bridge.

The most unique bridge in Japan is the
monkey bridge that one sees in the Kofu-
kaido before reaching the town of Kofu,
writes ST. Louis Gtohe correspondent. 1t
spans narrow chasm over roaring
stream, and is the first cantilever bridge IN
the world, antedating the Niagara patented
novelty by the trifle of a century or more
in years. Whether the Niagara engineers
ever saw q piotare At ~ aatnouf MONKEY
hri1eA ~ ~ Ass;saz.E9sza1es. aJREzssr
-, ~ .eaeaaaasatsee saa .sA leess -
seeing tne photo&aalAE ~ AAA *
claims: s. Why, that's csntilevSr, bridge.
Have the Japanese taken that up SO quick
lyl'' They took il up q century ago, how
ever. 81. ssS8 81 a- 8ij * RI
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-12-29
A Fortune for a Friendly Nod.

A retired Government clerk died IL
Vienna few days ago, and beoueathed {
considerable sum Of money in these terms;
/" Up the second fight Of stairs there hves
at door No 63 a widow who has two daugh
ters. I leave the sum of $4,000 forms Il
the one who always nodded in such {
friendly way when she met me.n The twt
sisters fell out as to which Of them the ole
gentleman had left the money. Legal pro
oeedipgs are pending, but the lawyers arr
55said to be inclined for comp omise BY d
sviding the money.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-12-29
Coincidence Of Deaths.

A few days ago newspaper announced
the death Of two men-neighbors and
friends in Windham Center, Mass. Their
homes were on the same street, opposite
each other. Without previous illness. both
died suddenly on the same day. A physi-
can, while attending one, was summoned to
the other. Post-mcrtem examinations re-
yealed the fact that one died of rupture of
the right auricle Of the heart and the other
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-12-29
submariue Torpedo Boats.

The French Minister of the Navy is re-
ported to be experimenting on the Seine
with an electrical submarine torpedo boat
It Is made of sheetiron, is cigar-shaped
and measures about l4115 feet in length by
five feet in diameter. It carries sufficient
store Of compressad oxygen for quite q triJ
under water. HI
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-12-29

IT'S BETTER TO FORGET

I've seen the household dark and lone
Where once the friendly astrals shone,
Aud 20 the haunts OF harp and hymn
t There came no tone
That Memory's fadeless lamps recall,
The myrtles Irvine around your graves.
And snowdakes fall!
So near the doors OF God we live.
So near the earth, ali who would give
A single word TO draw tear,
Or one receive?
So near the earth where graves lie wet
Too near for heartache and regret;
IT'S better to forgive each wrong,
And all forget.
Trust on and wait, whate ez betall,
Let Memory's lamps but love recall:
Live thou thy better self-thy wrongs
@al Forget them all.
So near to earth, so near to Heaven,
Forgive them all, and be forgiven
And other hearts shall nobly strive,
Where thou hast striven.
Time tells the truth, and pleasantly
Vne winters chanHe, anu O OF tAc sea
The purple swallows singing come,
Embossed and free.
So happier days await thy trust;
Though others wrong thee, yet be just,
So ar the doors OF God is Life,
So near the DUST.
Live on--thy torch OF life must fade,
Love on---tor thee viii fall the shade,
Trust on, till g .ch withholden hand
In thine be laid.
So shall thy hear: bear no regret.
So Love thy lapses will forget,
And vioiets kiss thy grave at last,
With tear-drops wet.
-RezeE;dA Buitersrortt, IN Youths Eotnl'unton.