Wichita eagle., 1888-01-10
On CITY SIDEWALKS.
PEOPLE WHO THRIVE AS MER-
CHANTS OF TIE PAVE.


Some of the Thousand and One Indus
tries that Depend on the wki,ns and
Caprices of Passers By-A tarfea
Liz.
Let any one who waalss through the city
streets for pleasure assa profit take lsess Of
whae he sees and hears III the way Of OPEN aif
trading, and he will be amazed as how much
ingenuity and industry is exhibited by those
who depend upoa the caprice of the pass
ers by
Here is a miniature stove. perfect infant
of cooking stove, shining like black marble.
1t exhibits the application of stove polish,
and many housekeepers, charmed by its
briliiance. invest IN a packet in the hope Of
producing like result. Elbow grease is, how
ever. necessary addition TO this or any other
polish ever invented
Giadiofi and roses Those are the HOral
stock of this dark faced. re;oseful woman,
who is eternally tying up posies and gently
sprInkling her sweet smelling wares by the
Ticking of a whisk broom which has been
charged with water. The little woman, how
ever, does quiet bat profitable trade in flow
ers and in colored dried grasses and imnror-
telles
Here is an old woman who has at first
sight a touching. sympathetic interest about
her. She is weary with age ard infirmities,
and as she recIines rather than rests upon her
staff in the chair humane storekeeper has
provided she looks as If she would some day
have to be carried thence to her last home
Il IL
which nobody buys For hong time she
has frequertett the same spot. sat in the same
attitude and elected the same sympathy.
Her history, even If not eyentful, could not
fail to be instructive When the darkness of
night falls upon the street another old wo-
man, but very small old woman, nestles
within dark doorway INTO a perfect ball of
sad mortality, and begins to- grind away at
that saddest of all modern mechanisnas, an
orguinette. As the Wheeling, wailng strains
awake the echoes of the silent night strangers
are prompted to peer into the darkness to dis
cover the source of the sad sounds. and tender
nickels and words of sympathy. II, however,
that old woman were to die tomorrow an
other old woman would take her place, and
so o.! till the crack of doom.
"HER OWN PLUMBER"
every lady her own plumber is decidedly
attractive to the fair sex, for if the plumber
is detested by one sex more than another
(Which is open to doubt lovely woman hates
him with fervid hate. Here, however, is
the genii who shall exercise the fend All
he uses is stick of SOFT very soft, solder
price five cents, and a tallow candle With
these two simple clements he fits up holes IN
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makes new ones, and then adjures you to buy
his solder and go and do likewise.
Sponges of all sizes and of oil qualities.
from five to ten cents each There they hang
in serried rows of diminishing size ard spot
lesSly clean They are, indeed, too clean. be-
cause they suggest the free use Of HIuriatic or
nitric acid as an adjunct 70 their purity. If
acids are adruissi bic the question arises
why" Then arise other questions about
what they were before they were bleached.
and tine mind is flied with Gnbiiden fears
that they have been used before.
Here IS the shoe lace seller With dread
full nronotony be swings to and fro that long
bunch Of leces. Around bis neck. over his
arms, in both hands are laceS-Iaces every
where and of ali kinds A little removed
from him Is the stand for glass ana china
ware. 4 good deal Of il Is f4wcd. cnisped
and broken, aud no small quantity has beer
mgeniously joined together Coler SEEMS 70
be the principal oojecf Of attraction. for these
collections are bewi!derins in their brilliance
OF hues, and many of them are of ef~-aut
forr- They are doubtless ends Of stocks and
samples of goods that have gone cut of
fashion IN Madison arefrue prior 70 being
pushed out ON To the eigierals
@B4LLooS7 AND PExwHEEL.
The balhson man and the pi1@heei man
delight the children. They a1ske really q
pretty show "a they Marin afoa- with their
wares high in the cir. and 81 b0i9ay sea.cIrs
they do roaring trade TIE ship TIA.
gently svays upon the beavinz bi!lsu in
front Of the rotating wind mil. ara BEFORE
tie train of never easing ears, IS one 70
attract a little crowd Of big grown m
people. wGo ususIIy cnndgns for their child
ish curiosity by stiupias nickie irto the
I'D dipper Of tse exribitor Craps are
everywhere Just now TaeT ere ingeniossiy
marked three cents very inree. anaif7 verY
small aErf ID. very large. bgf without tsaf
artfal trick they are cheap enoagh. +, ter,
pounds are Sufficient 20 pFoirsoe cholera
symptoms they can ba obtzirsi for twerty-
five ceHss. L&skeI essd all Souvenirs of gew
Yo-s. & yard long Tor ten cents l. Mt dear.
neith4r are the souvenirs II The BartsosEii
statue fer half .zsst Hlonev i fine glass CT
bsItteTTT;2Is for th7ee eests api ordinary mix
for FIRE esy-sss are ch-sp. enoz-a, ami tier can
to ka9 from clea1. vsB appointed esrt clase
70 the @,-Eh Tbea 14ere IS the sa1rzkinz
chicken. A. Ar-eJurs ward says. He's az
eEnoosir' c,sss, tts acre yoa squeeze Tim
the svcrs s7s sgrsasz
Every we'll regulated persoa sboud r<,-ses~
a mo1-h hagnsoa.cEU1- q Fsa~Eazeo Of pencils,
packet q needs, fire. rrf.t rlscksi watch.
few EessE1sle rs, comb o. tso, Z -. o. .ros
brushes so-s~ csTsii- z.ss! detergent Cleaning
soap. szrosrs sEsaseh 70 Yerr,.rs stairs ever
from e;taEac:er. iIttl~ rubber fsse csraisss
OF bcsE@ s18sszed into arr sszare. q iurssr9a-
donkey assa scass g-eanrrs. Al tc=se % be
ls5rght from vendors wso ssssd upon tie
-srD.-S@w Yosa Sta-.