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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
A Working Girls Letter.

"There is a good deal of gossip goes on be-
tween the girls about the people they live
with. Ali their affairs are pretty well
known. You see girls don't have much to in
terest them, and so they sort of take an in
terest in the concerns of the family they live
with. That is, sociable girls DO. Some don't
care a brass button about the people SO long
as they get their money all right. German
and Swede girls are like that. Irish girls are
more warm hearted, and if people are kind TO
them they like them and viii do great deal
for them. | don't mean 70 say that it is
right to talk about the family outside, but
sometimes q girl don't think, and it comes out
before she knows it. She don't mean any
harm. 1t is very hard for people to keep
things from girls. They are around all the
time and see and hear everything almost.
They generally like the gentleman of the
house best because he don't interfere with
them. "-Deiia Gillon in The Epoch
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15

There is something peculiar about the beef
of Mexican cattle. From the g months calf
to the 3-year old COW or steer, the meat is
tender. Between the ages of and years
the meat is tough After the seventh year the
beefs begins to grow tender again, and an an
imal of IA years furnishes the best eating of
ALL These cattle do not mature until
they are 6, and they continue to fill out until
they are and s. Fifteen To IS years is fair
age.
The Mexican butcher has methods pecul-
iarly his own. He cuts all the meat from
the bones, and in thin strips When Ameri-
cans first went into the country in considera-
BILE numbers they found great difficulty in
getting either steaks or rossts. Now, how
ever, the native butchers supply meat as
desired for their American trade, and con-
tinue to sell strips to the Mexican customers.
Wv. b. 81 in Globe Democrat
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
"CHUGGlNGy FOR CLANS.
Scene at the Horseshoe Off sandy HOOK
"A Big Catch.

Scene at the Horseshoe Off sandy Hook
"A Big Catch
From early spring until late fall the clam
fishermen nlay be seen in their boats 'chug-
gingn for CLAIMS with their immense rakes.
They come from Highlands, on the Shrews-
bury river, where the famous Highland nights
flash their greeting 10 the mariners In
March. when there is good wind blowing
down the river, the fishermen shove thelr
floating shanties from their Highlands moor
ings, make fast to sailboats, and are towed
down the river to the Horseshoe.
The houses anchored and moored, work be-
gins \ little creek which empues into tbs
Horseshoe affords an excellent harbor for the
small rovboats At half tide the men get TO
work The poles of their rakes are thirty
feet long. and with them they pole tire boats
out Of the creek and into the waters Of the
Horseshoe Then they begin "chugging." 4
man chugging in deep water works with his
grip ON the very end of the handle OF tie
long pole. The upward and downward
motions OF the boat on the waves and its
drift on the tide cause the forty teeth of the
rakes to bury themselves in the sandy bot
tom. In shallower water the man has to
handle the pole from lower down, and the
work is more difficult because more awk-
ward
How can you tell, the reporter asked one
of the fishermen when he had come ashore,
"when to draw up the rake"
"By the sound as the teeth grit against the
CLANS. The teeth are pointed with the finest
steel. and the sound kind o. travels right up
the pole That's the sort o. music we likes 70
hear"
is that fair catch?" the reporter asked,
looking into the chugger's boat, which was
about quarter full
Fair to middIin' 4 big catch is about
5000 clans, an | reckon there's about 80
in there"
Does the size of the clans make much diff
ference in the value Of catch|
Them as is smallest fetGhes the most. The
teeth OF the rakes is about three-quarters Of
an inch apart, and we takes what they'll hold
between 'em. A catch of 5000 clans, sizes as
they comes, is worth about S."
"How dc you dispose of them?
awe feed them to the yachtsnen and the
railroad hands, and On Sunday to the land
lubbers who sit on the pier and think they's
goin' TO catch fish. Then when we've col
lected a boat load-that's 6000-we keeps
them in the creek, where they burrow down
to their bills if you leave them alone lorg
enough. We takes them up in our beats TO
the Highlands 10 a wholesale dealer He
ships them to New York, and from there
they're shipped west OF sold to retailers III the
city. They're sold as Little Necks, for Little
Neckers has the name, though the Horseshoers
has the flavor. New York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15

What DO ws see flashing weirdly and
silently along the reaches Of yonder gloomy
street. A long line OF candle torches, led by
a cross, borne aloft: in their midst a hea-Se,
so covered with flowers that it looks like the
sweetest nook of a garden travelling along
the way.
What do we hoar yonder a quarter of a
mile OFF, 4 chorus of many voices, as sweet
snd smooth and accurate as the trained
music Of a professional concert. We drive
hUrriedly 10 il, and find score of young
men of the working class standing together
and singing one Of the grand and expressive
songs Of their country. The airs they sing
IRE full OF technical pecuharities; they
render each one of them with as much accu-
racy as an instrument There are solos,
diets. responses. They do them all with
feeling and expression 1t is not for money
or for show: it is simply their innocent way
Of amusing themselves and their friends,
who gather around and applaud with enthu-
siaSm.-WM Carleton II NsW YORK Star.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
Learning to Cook.

The New York Cooking school has had a
remarkable success. 1t was started few
years ago by several charitable ladies. who
went into the undertaking with the idea of
elevating the standard of domestic labor and
of giving young girls who are compelled to
earn their own living the practical means Of
learning how TO do it. 1t has taught thou
sands Of pupils and has established branches
in many cities in the eastern states It's man.
ayers are thoroughly interested in their work
and nobly help it along. Mrs. Theodore
Bronson, its president, among others, has
given much aid, not only financially but per-
sonally in its management.
At the annual meeting, some time ago, it
was reported that IL, GOA lessons in cooking
had been given by the school. Teachers
graduated from the school had been sent to
many missions, girls schools and clubs in New
York and elsewhere. A large number of
girls from public schools of New York form
vacation classes-that is. during the summer
vacation they give up much Of their time to
the study of the art II cooking House
keeping.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
Visiting Card Scrap Cooks.

Some of the ladies of Washington save the
visiting cards they receive and paste them iii
scrap books for preservation as souvenirs
They are quite pleasant mementoes of Wash
fngton life, particularly if the collection
contains the names of the society bellies and
the statesmen one is continually reading
about III the newspapers. A senator's wife ~
any lady of social prominence usually gets a
large bowlful OF cards at every reception, but
they are often duplicates, and the sum total
for the season will not be more than 500 or
400, for that is about tie number O: habitual
callers at the capital 1 know of lady. now
spending her thirteenth season in Washing.
ton, who has preserved the card of every per-
son that has called upon her during this en-
tire time. They I'LL half dozen large scrap
books aud are several Thousand in number
Philadelphia Times.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
A stiney Old millionaire.

When / first came to ST, Louis from New
York / worked IA q down town restaurant.
where every day regularly, regardless Of
weather, gray haired old man with pinched
features was accustomed 20 cal for bis din
ner. BE took only bowl Of soup. and IN
sisted on having bread al.d butter. although
he vou.' not consent 70 pay more than fifteen
cents 70 .ae SPREAD De never varied his
order, and never seemed to tire of it mo1ot-
ony nor expressed the slightest preferences
for any seaSoEable delicacIes l could nos
understand WY the proprietor tolerated the
old fellow, and after studying the case Tor
some time put the question piuHnpiy to ths
boss. Yen could have knocked NE down
with 3 feather y ben heard the reply. lB3i
old dufFer owned half of SoEth 81. Louis had
en- income q not less than 81, 900 year,
and while his vile and daughters were throw
ing away thousands On entertainments the
owner Of rlllisaE was satisfying lis munger
with q bowl % soup. BE was 80 s1ingy thas
he could rot aIaos anything "a o~ iest, for
each day alter giving his stereotypes order
ne wouE add And no ice ,Fgte-, - though
he was saving tias rssssxr.nt trc1a t.SSEy
lSs,--4She LsDScrSS
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15

Growing children should have all the sleep
nature demands To make sure Of this, the
bedtime should be 10 later than O'clock for
children under 10. This habit of early bed
time viii take care of itself, ifit be persevered
in by parents at first. Some men and women
would be not only stronger, but cleverer, if
they had had all the sleep they needed when
children.
The difference between children whose
parents enforce Obedience in this respect and
those little old people who sit up late at
night is very marked The clear eyes, rosy
cheeks and round strong limbs OF the former
should rebuke parents who allow children to
sit up because they wish to. Nothing can be
more pernicious than TO allow children up
late at watering places. They taste then of
Che highly spiced society life, none too
healthy for the strongest, and in the hot
house air and stimulating influences, their
natures are forced TO results that may break
down their own health, and the hearts Of
their parents also.-Demorest's Monthly.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
Hard and Soft Water,

All cooks 90 not understand the different
effects produced by hard and soft water in
cooking meat and vegetables Peas and
beans cooked in hard water, containing lime
or gypsum, will not boil tender, because these
substec~ss harden vegetable caseine Many
vegetables. as onions, boil nearly tasteless in
soft water, because all the flavor is boiled
out. The addition of salt often checks this,
as IN the case OF onions, causing the vege-
tables to retain the peculiar favoring prin-
ciples, besides such nutritious matter as
might be lost il soft water. For extracting
the juice of meat TO make e broth or soup,
soft water, unsalted and cold at first, is best,
Tor it much more readily penetrates the it's
sre; but for boiling where the juices shonid
be retained, hard water or soft water salted
Is preferable, and the meat should be put in
while the water is boiling, SO as to seal up
the pores at once.-Journal of Chemistry.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
OUT ON THE PLAINS.
COON, Room to turn round in, to breathe a

Boom! Room to turn round in, to breathe and be
free,
And grow TO be giant-to sail as of sea
With the speed of the wind on q steed with his
name
To the wind-without pathway or route or a RENT
Roonl Room to be free where tia, white horeered
sea
Blows kiss to brother as boundless as he;
And to east and 20 west, TO the north and the sun.
Blue skies and brown grasses are welded as one,
And the buffalo comes like cloud on the plain
Pouring ON Ike the tide of storm driven main;
And the lodge Of the hunter to friend or 10 foe
Offers rest, and unquestioned you come or YOU go.
Nv plains of America! Seas OF wild land.
From land in the seas with a rainlent of foam,
That hes reached TO the stranger the welcome
o. home,
turn to you, lean to you, lift TO you my hand
joaquin Miller.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
"Sasby" Avoided Literary Spic;de

An anecdote may illustrate one cause of
his thrift as money maker. Col. Fornev,
proprietor of The Philadelphia Press, had
made him an offer of So, 900 year, while he
was still poor and unknown, TO go to Phila-
delphia and write for him. He went to look
over the ground. He found in the Office OF
the paper a literary gentleman of fine ac-
quirements and a marked ability. whose
name was, in a faint and lus:erless way,
known to most people of culture throughout
the country. But TO the great public the
man who wrote up the paper was Col
John W. Forney. Mr.. Locke spent tie even
ing with the writing editor, whose reputation
may have been about the kind enjoyed by
Mr. T. Buchanan Read This writer read TO
him, with great pride ana enthusiasm. a
labored article which was TO appear in The
Press the next morning. Nearly prepared TO
accept Mr. ForneyS offer. Locke returned
10 his hotel. Coming down TO breakfast the
next morning, q guest at the table handed
him The Press, remarking and pointing 20
the article he had heard read the evening be-
fore: "A truly magnificent article by John
W Forney. What wonderful writer that
man isl
This said Locke, in telling the story,
settled il for me. Literary suicide was not
what l was after Prank Leslie'S.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
Addicted TO Playing Faro.

1t is an open secret that the great COM
moner, Thaddeus SteTens, was much adj
dicted TO playing faro, and at times he was q
high bettor He preferred to play against
the dealing Of Gen. Wilkinson, who was his
personal friend and gentleman in every at
tribute, although following the profession Of
gaming. Every night, when the weather
permitted, Thaddeus Stevens entered Gen.
Wilkinson's establishment, took his favorite
seat at the table, which all players intuitively
yielded him as pre-emptlve right, bought
800 worth OF checks and silently made his
play When the hour of midnight came Mr.
Stevens invariably retired, Whether winner
or loser, and Gen. Wilkinson provided him
with might liner" hack, fooled by an aged
colored driver, who carefully drove the great
commoner home to hi1 lodgings and returned
TO report that all was safe.-J. j. Noah in
Philadelphia Times.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
The Tired Wife and Mother.

Man, that is born of woman, is prone to
fatigue Woman, that is married 10 man, is
Just as prone to fatigue. 1t Is IN their re-
spective methods of showing their tiredness
that "a man and woman differ as widely as
the roar OF q cyclone differs from the sigh
and sob OF the oceans voice. When man Is
used ilp tired out" he not only knows it,
but be takes some pairs 10 impress the fact
upon those about him, those Of his own
household in particular. his wife knows IL
while he is yet afar oil; knows IL by his step,
the way he bangs the front door and by the
manner of his hanging Up coat and hat n the
hall. Tho children know it, often TO their
cost The used up mans clerks know 1t and
act accordingly. and his employees know tEat
in their employers sullen yisage the storm
signal is visible The average man there
are some glorious exceptions To the rule Is,
when suffering from fatigue, not only very
tired. but he males those about him tired
with him. often ID him So much for the
husband and father.
How about the wife and uothari She is
never aggressively tired, though size may te
conulaiuingly 50. She Is most apt 70 hide
from those abo 1t her the fact that she Is
very. very tired. and TO smile when she IS
weary 70 the be arts core. For wOr1ans
work and duties re Of the kind that brIny
WEAKNESS Of soul IND body and spirit Shs
Is often called Ut on 10 confront such
wearyinS array Of sTzau worrlnerts Ia the
fulslluent Of her d. aly duties a. would sim
ply madden the mo 81 even tempered man
Yet sire not o-lv D $50. the ordeal success
fully. but IS ready. Snen the day Il ever, 10
absorb from her hustx nd come II MS vearl-
ness By the exercise Of her wonaanly syInEa-
thy. It can be safely assumed that men As
a rue. and as compare Il 20 ti.s utter wear
ness which CONES to wos men, DO lot know tts-
meaning Of tAs word ''tired Bat they
think they do. and the.r act in manner
calculated - make II. nr WEAKNESS very
wearissnls 70 o;esT&-f1 .ssbQrg ESlst&nL
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15

Too often does life degenerate into mere
animal existence. Home is obliterated or
becomes simply a place where a man and a
woman and an indefinite number of children
eat and sleep. This condition is by no means
a necessary accompaniment of farm life,
and while l would not hold the wife and
mother wholly responsible where it exists, |
90 affirm that woman of tact and sense
can do much toward preventing it. The
home is the woman's realm, and she can
make it largely what she chooses, and while
dress and personal appearance are not all,
they are much-so much that fifteen or
twenty minutes day spent in their interest
will pay heavier dividends in comfort and
happiness than almost any other fifteen min
utes of the day-Ohio Farmer.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
At TRUTHS DOOR.
Knock, and t'shall be open'd unto thee.
Not once and softly. but again and vet

Knock, and it'shall be open'd unto thee.
Not once and softly, but again and yet
Again, and even until honest beads of sweat
Encircle thy bent brows-reiteratively.
Knock without ceasing midnight, dawn and day.
Thro numbpg winter and thro' noontide heat
And, oh, thro' all the low south's breathing
sweet
Alluring spices in the opposing way
The deeper is the silence from within,
The louder and steadier be thy sumnoning:
And if it fail, as thou dost breathless lean
Against the door thou hearst little thing
Jeer at thine ardor, faint mott neither cringe!
'Tis Envy creaking in the turning hinge
-Orelia Key Bell in Detroit rec Press.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15

ID determining the distances of stars anru-
lar measurements are made 81 intervals Of
sl1 months, the parallax being the APPARENT
change of position which results from shift.
ang the point of view about lSS. 900 eco miles
the diameter OF the earth's orbit Even wirb
this Immense base line, the direction, i, which
GEO starS are seen Is scarcely altered. The
poeaiiax OF about dozen stars, varying be-
tween osls seconds and 0046 seconds. has
nov been determined The nearest star to
us IS Aipha Centauri, distant about %. $685.
OS,OJ0 niles. The average distance of first
magnitude stars IS probably several Tunes as
great as tais--1ostoa Rudse2
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
TIE DREAMERS.
re the music makers

We are the music makers.
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea breakers
And sitting by deSolate streams;
World losers and world forSakers
On whom the pale moon CLEANS:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
OF the world forever, it seems.
With wonderful deethless ditties
We build up the worlds great cities,
And out of a fabulous story
We fashion an empires glory;
One man with dream. at pleasure.
Shall go forth and conquer crown;
: And three with new songs measure,
Can trample kingdom down.
A breath of our inspiration
Is the life Of each generations;
& wondrous thing Of our dreaming,
Uneartbly, impossible seeming,
The soldier, the king and the peasant
Are working together in one,
Till our dream shall become their present
And their work in the world be done.
ARTHUR O'SbaughnesSy in Washington Critic.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
In cnsn of nrorrao.ed and 6anrerons sic,,

In case OF prorracted and dangerous sick.
ness, questions relating TO the circumstances
OF members OF a family who may soon be
left alone cannot be readily asked or an
swered, and much of distress and dread OF
The future would be relieved at such a time
If the wife could feel that whatever earthly
possessions existed were TO be Immediately
available, or, at least, that full account of
them was ab hand under a comparatively
recent date, SO that she need not bring the
subject into the sick room.-Babyhood
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15

Repnrter-Ho<'s bussrs>ss
Presideat IrsSarznc. CoTarauT-Inrerse.
We haze never. II the hssto-T % De cozzz-
yaay. had 80 MANY applications 20 act upon
hepcTzer-AA- aFq,tlcats.oGzs for Fselicsess
President I-slEasee CosnxAay Er-no;
txos..og pSpcy.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-08-29
The Degree of Protection.

The question which the election of
this year submits to the country is not
question of Protection and Free
Trade. but of the degree of protection.
One platform declares distinctly that,
rather than diminish the surplus by
moderating the tariff, the national tax
on whisky should be repealed. The
other platform proposes to cheaper
the necessaries of life, To stimulate in
dustry and to extend trade by freeing
the raw materials of manufacture 1t
assumes that the prosperity of a coun-
try is not due to high taxes in the
form of an immoderate tariff, but to
the superior skill, enterprise, thrift
and energy of the people. By freeing
lumber it cheapens houses for the
farmers. BY freeing salt it supplies
cheaply universal necessity and dis
turbs grasping monopoly. BY free
ing wool it cheapens clothes for every
body. Six hundred million pounds
of wool are required to make clothes
in this country, and we do not raise
half that quantity. More than S40,-
100000 worth Of WOODEN goods are
imported annually, at an average du-
ty Of 81 per cent. Free import of
wool would permit the manufacture
Of these goods in this country so
cheaply that the import would cease.
The demand for labor would increase
enormously, with increase Of wages
and extension of trade, with cheaper
clothing and carpets. ---Harper's
Weekly.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-08-29

Of 20 cents a ton, the pig by aduty of
So.72, and the immediate raw materi-
al by duty of q cents a pound.
The wheel weighs 500 pounds, SO that
the protective duty on il is $3.50,
and we take the cost of labor, only So
cents, from the figures that were work.
ed out for the Ways and Means Com
mittee by government experts. 1t is
only necessary to add that when this
statement was made on the floor of the
House in the course of the debate on
the Mills bill no protectionist ques-
toned it.
In 1887, for example, the steel rail
makers received for their rails at least
81 a ton more than wholesome state
of trade would permit. That is, pay
ing for their labor at their own rates,
they might have enjoyed profit of
10 per cent. if they had sold their rails
at IS ton less than the average price
Of the year.
There are other articles of which a
similar showing may be made. A keg
of steel nails costs 1894; the cost of
labor in them is 81 cents; the duty is
1925. The manufacture of steel
beams is in the hands of trust. The
cost of foreign beams is S26.88 ton,
and the duty is $2S.SS. The cost of
production in this country is about
$28, but the price last year was S66.
Iron ore is protected by duty of rs
cents ton. The average cost of min
ing iron in Pennsylvania 50 cents
ton. In one county, Lebanon, it is
mined at a cost of II cents. The lab
or in ton of pig when it was val
ued at s23.55 per ton was $2.46, and
the rate Of duty is 1912.
These are the figures which must
be answered. The pretense that the
duty on iron is needed to enable the
iron masters to pay high wages has
been exposed. 1t is misrepresenta-
tion.-N. Y. Times.