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Stenographers in Washington City.

l was told at the office of the civil SER
vice commission the other day that the
demand for stenographers at the govern
ment departments is still unsupplied, and
that it is very hard to get good stenog-
raphers at the salaries paid by the gov
erument. Government clerks receive
from 81 900 to s. 600, and stenographers
are among the better paid men among
them. Nearly every chief of a bureau, as
well as cabinet officers, has his private
secretaries, who are shorthand men. and
these receive, as a rule, over $4,000.
Each of the senators Of the United States
is entitled to a private secretary at the
rate of So per day. and the business Of
congressman has increased to such an eH-
tent that the representative who would
do his duty by his constituents must have
u stenographic private secretary. Each
congressman receives all the way from
10 to 200 letters a day, and if he cannot
dictate the answers to these nor have an
assistant to run his errands throughout
this City of Magnificent Distances his life
here is that of drudge and he degen-
crates into a seed sender and an errand
boy. The result is that stenography has
grown into profession at Washington,
and there are 1900 or ZOO stenographers
Al Une capital.
They are mostly young men, though
here and there you see a long bearded,
gray haired shorthand writer, and now
and then woman. In 1910 there were
not more than half a dozen competent
stenographers in the United States. Now, it
is said, there areover 40, 900, and New York
city alone has at least 5000. 1t costs
500, 900 year to pay the stengraphic
work of the various departments of the
New York city government, and the sal
aries Of stenographers here range from
$1,000 to 81 500 year.
Washington pays, perhaps, the high
est of any of thecities for its stenographic
work, though this relates only to the
government and to the reporting Of con-
gress. Dennis Murphy receives S25, 900
year for reporting the senate for The
Congressional Record. and each Of the
five house reporters gets 5000 year
salary These are, perhaps, the highest
government salaries paid, though in New
York it is said there are some stenogra-
piers SO expert that they can COMMAND
500 day; and l have been told that
Congressman Hit, of Illinois, who is now
s millionaire through his marriage. could
earn this sum at shorthand if he chose to
practice it.-Frauk 6. Carpenter in New
Kork World
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The Speed Of Fast CrniHSs

In England the run from London to
Liverpool, 202 miles, is made at the rate
of 45.7 miles an hour; that is. in four
hours and twenty five minutes, including
four stops. From Jersey City TO Wash
ington. 226 miles, the Pennsylvania rail-
way takes FIVE hours and Eve minutes.
making three stops. running, therefore.
at the rate Of 445 miles the hour. The
crack mail train between Berlin and Paris,
q train connecting the two great cities Of
the European continent, runs at a rate Of
speed between New York and Albany,
Boston or Washington. There are many
trains in England running moro than
forty-f miles an hour for long distances,
and many in America coming close to that
figure, but in much governed Germany,
with the exception of the service between
Berlin and Hamburg, where the average
speed of the four expresses is thirty two
miles an hour, there Is little to be learned
in regard to railway operating. The aver
age speed Of the seven express trains be-
tween Berlin and Frankfort is only
twenty seven and one-quarter miles an
kour-the same average speed as exists
over the four expresses daily between
Berlin and Vienna Bigelsw in
New York Commercial Advertise
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Profit of Mars in s,atuarr.

Some years ago visited the studio OF q
famous Berlin sculptor. He was model
Ing small group representing heUten-
ant who has just returned from recon
ooitering expedition, bringing some I'm
po-tant Intelligence TO his superior officer.
A caseInate torn BY bomb and dozen
stacked guns formed the background Il
was intended 20 be east IN bronze az .
mantle ornament OF possibly clock.
Rousd about The studio were similar SUBJ
jects, some in plaster and others in clay.
The cannon, the rife, the bugle. the
Kword-in fact, all the instruments of war
were seen wherever you turned
do you, artistically speaking, regard
the gun as beautiful object" l asked
the sculptor.
NO. regard it, srtistteaIly speaking.
as hidecus object" be answered.
But it represents 20 yoo something
which you think is beautifuly' persisted
Yes" he said with ehuekie, lit rep
resents to NE, IN the present case. 500
marks easily earned What can be more
beautiful. unless it were Is, ooo msrksy
But. joking aside. would You regard
me as inpertinent if ask yoo why you
keep on modelling guns, when you think
them hideousr"
Ny dear SIR" he replied. with signif.
icant shrug Of his shoulders, zone must
dive %Bcy1eo n The Cba1taaauAn
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Dctrothals In Bulgaria.

Often the Bulgarian peasant maiden
undergoes lengthened tHbulations. Of
hope deferred and unkind dissppoint-
ments, between her betrothal and mar.
riage Ii her lover Is poor aud unable to
accumulate the stipulated price set upon
her head, and which must be paid before
she can become bride. the wedding Is
sometimes postponed for years. Some
times the parent of the prospective bride
is q considerable father. and in case tho
whole amount cannot be raised, accepts .
portion, and gives the young couple time
to pay the balance by their united exer-
tiOus.
But quite as often the cruel parent"
will hsrhen to no such compromise and
no such loose. unbusiDesSlike settlement,
and until their ship comes in" the daugh-
ter has to hoe and reap in her fathers
fields. Always after the betrothal, how
ever. which is a public ceremony gone
through with amid much vine drinking
and feasting. the young couple are al
lowed TO bill and coo within the limits Of
Oriental proprietv. and If the fates pre-
sumo TO use them too harshly they some
times accomplish hsppine&s by en- eiope-
nent In that case there come the usual
tears and forgiveness upon the runaway
couples return, and usually SEINE sort of
a compromise between no payment at all
to the exacting father and the sum stipu-
lated at the bettothal.-Thomas Stevens
IN Woman.
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| quantity or mullins and plum 1am that
| you did at tea last night cannot call him
self an invalid any longer. She has been
| here month, and
But she's not to go away for all that,
| Aunt Soph," said Guy, who was devouring
roasted chestnuts like dragon. ASK
papa. She's to be Mrs Paley one Of these
| days, and"-
Mrs. Paley!" Aunt Sophronia turned
green and yellow. Its come to that,
then, has it? Well, I've suspected it this
some time And all I've got to say is
Seven years from now" said Guy, with
his mouth full Of chestnuts, II shall be
| 81, and she will be 26. Not enough diff
ference to signify. And" he uttered with
a grin as his aunt founced wrathfully
out of the room, you'll get your walking
ticket, old lady, when I'm married! I'd
as soon have deaths head and bones
around the place any time"
He was sitting curled up in the easiest
chair in the library, reading book, half
| an hour afterwards. when the door opened,
and his father came in.
Something in the paternal glance and
movement struck the boy.
Il never saw father look so young and
bright before, he thought. Something
must have pleased him very much Per
haps Aunt Soph is going to marry some
old fogy or other. and the coast will be
clear"
$50 you knew all about it, Guy?" said
Mr.. Paley, laughing
About what, siry'
about my engagement"
The book fell with crash to the floor.
'Your what, father"
-
about it. Well, I'm glad you are pleased,
my boy, and Dorcas says she will always
love you az if you were her own son. AS
general thing, don't approve of step
mothers, but you and Dorcas love each
is tho matterf" for the boy had rushed
out of the room with an odd sutfocating
sensation in his throat.
He met Dorcas cop1ing up the garden
path with bunch of scarlet holly berries
in her hand.
"Dorcas," he cried, "Dorcas, you are as
false as the serpent woman You beau
She comprehended him in an instant,
She flung away the scarlet cluster, and
put her arms tenderly about him.
Dear Guy" she whispered, II love
away any of the home feeling fer you. it
only remains for you to say SO, and
Her voice died away, her head dropped
on his shoulder.
There was an instant's silence, and then
Guy said bravely:
We'll, so let it be. My father is a
trump, and you are the only woman alive
who is worthy of him. And / suppose
people would say six years was too much
difference in our ages, although how
they're to get over the fifteen years be-
tween you and father don't KNOW" he
added, with forced laugh. And then
and there Guy Paley learned his first les
son in self abnegation.
Dorcas picked up her holly berries and
went into the library where her promised
husband stood.
Il have just seen Guy" she said.
isn't he pleased?"
Yes, think he is, hesitated Dorcas.
Guy is a strange boy-a noble nature.
l am not sure, Horace" she added. with q
dimness in her eyes, that would have
married you if l could not always have
had Guy with me"
And my true wife will be Guys true
motherl" said Mr., Paley, drawing Dorcas
tenderly to his side.
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The WICHITA EAGLE
Printers. Binders. Publishers.
Stationers and
Blank Book Mfrs
County Officers Books
and Blanks
City Officers Books
and Blanks
District Court Books
ard Blanks
District Court
Probate Court Books
and Blanks
Township Trustees Records
and Blanks
Township Treasures Records
and Township Officers Guides
Township Clerks Records
and Warrant Books
Justice Peace DocketS
Civil and Criminal combined
Justice Peace Blanks
Constable Guides
and Blanks
Road Overseers Account Books
Receipt Books and Blanks
School District Records
and Blanks
Blank Books Of all
Kinds Made to order
Building & Loan Association
Books and Blanks
Bank Books and
Bank Work a Speciality
Books furnished for
Water Companies
Coal and Mining Co.'S, Stock Cos
Corporations, Etc
Shorthand Writers
Note Books
NOtarieS Records
Seal and Blanks
Loan Agent Books
and Blanks
Real Estate Agents
Books and Blanks
Deeds, Mortgages, Contracts,
Abstracts, and
Blanks in Stock
Pocket Real Estate Books
for Farm and City Property,
Pocket DOcketS
for Attorneys.
Loan Registers
Hotel Registers
Rent Registers and Contract
Books for Real Estate
and Rental Agencies
Assorted Sizes
Receipt and
Note Books
Cemetery Association
Books and Blanks
Magazine Binding
Law Binding
Music Binding
Book Binding
Binding Of
Lithographing Of all Kinds
Second to None |
Ruling and Uniting
Of all
Kinds on Short Notice
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BABY WISDOM.

Ny baby EAQ at the window PAM.
Gazed sosemnly out at the driving rain:
With grave reflection the blue eyes fraught-
Ny darling was vrapt in profoundest thought
Sage old Wisdom has passed" said,
"And touched bis wand to that baby head
The grim old fellow, now and then,
Passes US older women and men,
To trace look, so wondrous wise,
In the fathomless depths Of baby's eyeA
Problems Of moment and questions OF fate
Are hidden away meath that curly pate"
Then crossed to the little figure there,
And laid hand on her sunny hair.
what do you End, but cold and wet,
To chain your gaze to the window, pet?"
Her eyes were paisty with unshed tears,
And wise With knowledge beyond her years.
AS slowly she turned round her golden head
''lzo wonderin' what makes bod cwy," she Aaid
". Herbert Philips in Eelford's Magazine.
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,rr.sssstbIe e,oouence o. ere and lip,

irresistible Gloquence or ere ana lip,
consented TO struggle :liTs'':.1 The re
rainder OF the play and * nd there
close my histrionic caree,- forever
Once more the curtain rose end the play
went on. Like man in dream, | came
and went, mumbling M lines and going
through my part in wooden manner
which fairly made the audience frantic:
But Kisses and groans moved me not;
was past caring for criticism either favor
able or adverse Only once did partially
wake up, when small boy In the audi
enoe struck me on the side OF the head
with hen pear Of the vintage OF 1874.
At last came the stabbing scene IN the
lonely dell. think never prepared to
kill person with SO much dellr1ous pleas
ure as prepared to put that heroine out
of the way, and thus hasten the consum-
nation Of the play. The audience seemed
to be slightly impressed once more as
came on in my sable cloak and soliloquizeo
before the dreadful deed.
The fateful moment arrived. The hero
Inc was seen approaching through the
forest buried IN the sweet thoughts OF In
nocence and love. bid behind the messy
trunk of tree and awaited her coming.
Suddenly my head whirled and my mind
became total blank l could not for the
life of me recall the tragic words with
which I was to preface the bloody deed.
The heroine approached, passed the tree,
stopped for q moment IN surprise, and
then kept ON. did not step forward.
still crouched behind the tree. She
passed me again, and as she did SO gave
Slight ahem to wake up her delinquent
assassin. Then sprang out and grasped
her by the hair. l ought to have known
better, but l was not il a condition to
know anything or care for anything. The
stage direction was: THE william grasps
the lady by the throat" To be grasped
by the hair was evidently as far
from the expectation of the hero
inc as anything could possibly be. for,
with the most natural feminine gesture
in the world, she threw back both her
hands, uttered little scream of horror
and grasped at the departing wig! Too
late too late! There l stood with my
should be CORY hand filed with store hair,
while my right hand, clutching the bright
knife, hung sleeveless at my side. The.e
was a moments awful hush, and then the
pathos of the scene burst upon the audi
ence and the barn was filed with thun-
ders of applause and denoniac yells.
did not wait for the curtain to fall; in
fact, it did not fall, as the scene shifter
was not in condition to perform his &C
customed functions. / rushed for the
dressing room and hid myself under pile
of costumes.
Since that dreadful night have never
been inside theatre, and the very sight
Of barn makes me turn pale.-Drakes
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9ai1u g eagle
THE PALACES OF CLOUDS.

The palaces Of clouds in grandeur rise,
Built by that wise and mighty Architect;
The fretted spires, with gold and pearl bedecked,
Clint in the sunlight from the tempered skies:
Hung there in heaven, they Seem paradise,
Tit dwelling place for souls, with dross unilecked
Whose aspirations never1nore are wrecked,
But now is reached the goal of each emprise.
What though the ruthless storm in fury sweep
Away the splendor of that heavenly scene,
Nor leave & trace behind its giant might?
The sane majestic hand that lulls the deep
Shall turn TO smiles the teInpest's wrathful mien
and raise TO life city Just as bright
Clarence H Urner In Outing.
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Then Come What MAY.

Niagara Falls Landlord Ito gteste
Shall have your bill made out, sir?
Guest-Ah no. no. yet, not yet; let ne
have one more look .. the fallS!-Ths
ENDoah
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a new industry in California is said 70
be the killing of bees that swarm in pr.
waite houses At present it is moncpolized
by two meu.
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English Verbs and Propositions.

Il begin to understand your lam
guage BETTER" said my French friend,
Mr.. Dubois, to me, ''but your verbs
trouble me still You mix them up 50
with propositions"
II saw your friend, Mrs. Murkeson,
just now he continued. "She says
she intends to break down house-keep-
ing. Am | right there :"
Break up housekeeping, she must
have said"
"Oh, yes. I remember. break up
housekeeping"
"Why does she do that :" I asked.
Because her health is broken into"
''Broken down."
'Broken down Oh, yes. And, in
deed, since the smallpox has broken
up in our, city"
'Broksn out"
''She thinks she will leave it for \
few weeks"
evil she leave her home alone 7"
no, she is afraid it will be broken
hroken-how do | say that p
''Broken into"
"Certainly. it is what l meart to
say"
'.Is her son to he married soon 7"
"No, that engagement is broken
broken
"Broken off"
Eyes, broken off"
"Ah, l had not heard that"
"She il very sorry about it. Her
son only broke the news to her last
week. Am | right. l am anxious to
speak English WELL"
"He merely broke the news; nc
proposition this time"
sit is hard to understand. That
young man, her son, is u fine young
fellow /: a breaker, l think"
"A broker and a very fine yOuns
fellow. Good day.
So much for the verb ''to break
Educational Journal.
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Exactly So,
The Journalist has these words o,

The Journalist has these words of
wisdom:
The idea is becoming very general
among publishers hat newspapers,
strange as it may seem to some .peo-
pie. are not simply benevolent institu-
tons. 1t may sometimes he difficult
to draw the line satisfactorily between
what is news and what is advertising.
hut certainly no publisher should be
e1I ected to announce without charge
any entertainment, scheme or business
that Is given or carried on to make
money or to CRAFTY the personal ambi-
ton. pride OF feelings of individuals.
soeielies II churches. If the publish
Ell is expected to contribute to enter
%tainnents. public benevolence, to So
%cieties, CHURCHES, weddings or funerals,
he should be permitted to do so volun-
tarily and in accordance with his
means. A constant levy should Ger
tainly not be made on the publisher to
build up manufacturing establish
mehts, railroads and all the i~nstitu-
tons of city or country without
thanks or reward.
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HEALTH.

4 man down on the south side put a
sign in his window which read: "Boy
Wanted" \ few hours latter passers-
by saw him jerk it down wrathtully
and tear it up, while he gave vent to
some very bad language. Finally, a
neighbor approached and asked the
cause Of his anger. when it was learned
that his wife had just presented him
with male triplets. Still there are
people who do not believe that adver-
Using pays.-Erchange.
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Sleep q Medicine.

The CRY of rest has always been
louder than the cry for food, and be-
cause it is more important, not be-
cause it is often harder to obtain.
The best rest comes from good sleep.
OF two men OF women otherwise equal,
the one who sleeps the most perfectly
will be the most healthy, moral and
efficient. Sleep will do much to u I
irritability of temper. peevishnsss and
unllappiness. 1t will restore to visor
an overworked brain. 1t will build
up and make strong a weary body.
1t Will cure Il headache. Indeed, We
might make IA long list of nervous dis
orders and other maladies that sleep
will cure.
Slecplessness is best culcd by a
clean. coed bed. sufficient exercise to
produce WEAKNESS, pleasant occupa-
ton, good air, not % warm a room.
a clear conscience, and avoidance of
stimnlants and narcotics. For those
who are overworked, haggard and
nervous, WHO pass sleepless nights,
we recommend the adoption of such
habits as shall secure sleep; otherwise
life will be short. ard what there is
of it. sadly imperfect.-HerdH OF
Health.
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Leaning Towers.
WHY THKY NAY Re CONSIDERED THE
RESULTS Of ACCIDENTS.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, in Italy,
is one Of the architectural wonders of
the world. 1t has been made familiar
to most readers by pictures and by de-
scriptions. If it were the only exam
pie of that kind OF building the plan
and purpose of its builder would be
much more of Il mystery than it is
Low. The date of the completion Of
the tower is given as A. d. 1850. 1t
stands close to the cathedral of Pisa,
which was finished in the early part Of
the twelfth century. Its situation and
the use it has always served, prove
that it was built for Il bell tower or
belfry, c%ampanIe, to the cathedral. 1t
was then, and is now. the common
practice in Italy to build the bell tower
apart from the church. The tower is
built entirely of white marble and is
eight stories high. 1t leans thirteen
feet eight inches from the perpendicu-
lar, in a height of 1873 feet. The ques
ton has often been raised whether this
was the result of accident or design,
but there can be little doubt that it
was accidental. and caused by the set
Ting of the foundations.
This seems reasonable from the fact
that the upper story does not lean so
much as those below. as if an attempt
were made to remedy the defect in the
progress Of the building. Another cir
cumstancc which leads to the same
conclusion 10 the fact that the largest
bell, which weighs six tons, is hung
farthest away from the oyerhanging
side. Again, this is not the only tower
Of the kind in Italy, built at about the
same time. There are two of them at
Bologna, one OF which was begun in \.
d. lilo. 1t is over nine feet out OF
perpendicular. and is 16l feet high.
In this case the foundations settled so
fast that the building was lever com
pleted. The other tower at Bolgna is
321 feet high and leans over ak and a
half feet from the perpendicular
Youths Companion.
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EF Lumber Of all kinds on hand or saw ed
to order on short notice at lowest prices
Satisfaction guaranteed, Encourage hcme
enterprise and try the P~icayune and la
fourche mills before making contracts else.
where.
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The Georgia State Democratic Con-
vention is said to have declared for
free trade.
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''My son." said an old gentleman the
other morning at the foot of the stairs,
''arise and see the newly-risen lumin-
AIRY of the day and hear the sweet
birds singing their matin song Of
praise to their great Creator: come
while the dew is on the grass and ten
der lambs are bleating on the hillside !:
come. ! say, or Ill be up there with a
switch and give you the cussedest
licking you yer had"
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Git Gbiboooux Sentinel
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1888.
The Well.bred Girl.

There are some things Il weil-breti
young lady w does.
She never accepts a valuable present
from a gentleman acquaintance unless
engaged to him.
She never turns around TO look after
u one when walking on the street.
She never takes supper or refresh
nents at Il restaurant with a gentle
man after attending a tlleater. unless
accompanied by "A lady much Older
than herself.
She does not permit gentlemen TO
Join her on the street unless they are
very intimate acquaintance.
She does not veal her monogram
about her person or stick it over her
letters or envelopes.
She never accepts IA seat from Il
gentleman in a street a without
thanking him.
She never forgets her ballroom Ell
y&Q00lentS OF lcluSCS "a tdH0C WIN
one gentleman and Immediately dance
with another.
She never takes more than a single
glass of wine at a dinner or enter
tainment.
She never snubs ether young ladies,
even if they happen to be less popular
or we'll favored than herself.
She never laughs Or talks loudly in
public places.
She never raises her lorgnette and
tries to stare people she doesn't know
out of c~ountenance on the street.
She never wears clothing sc singular
or striking As to attract particular at
tsntion in public.
She never speaks slightly Of her
mother and says she "don't care
whether her behavior meet. with ma
ternal appreciation or not.-Philadel-
phia Times.