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Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
Chanpes Made in Visiting Cards,

"It is regarded as the correct thing nova
days. said an engraver to a reporter re-
Gently, "for gentlemen to have their full
names engraved on their visiting cards.
This statement, however, is not to be accepted
without some qualification. 1t is not to
be advised when a persons middle name
is Christian name, for two names like
John Charles or William Henry coming to
gether do not make an agreeable combina-
tion. When, however, the middle name is a
family name, like that of the mother, it is
always preferable to use it. 1t not only fills
out the signature and makes it more SYM
metrical, but it is very useful as a means of
information to PERSONS friends. l am en-
craving almost all my visiting cards in this
style this season.
II have sometimes very amusing expert
ences with customers" he continued. "a
man will come in and look over my book for
styles, and then fishing out name that is
long and symmetrical, says: t. want mime
just like that when perhaps his name has
only three or four letters in it, You cannot
make much out Of such short names, and the
only thing can do is to try them on sigma
ture. If they can write good one they can
usually fill up the space in such a way that
the general effect is much better than where
the letters are engraved according to rule and
measurement. New York Evening World
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
ghe aalits Daily Eagle gridaY aarng gaarf 2s, 1893.
CUTTERS OUT OF FASHION.

This Town Has Grown Too Big and the
Climate L. Unfit for sleighing.
"Are you receiving any orders for cutters
to be used during the coming winter"
The question was asked Of carriagenaker
who builds many sleighs
"No,n was the answer; "cuttsrs have quite
gone out Of fashion We have few in the
loft in case any person should desire to hire
one, but I am unable to tell you when sold
q cutter last. There are several reasons why
the cutters are not now used. First, we do
not now have in New York the heavy pack
ing SHOWS Of thirty years ago. When the
snow now falls heavily it is so charged with
moisture that it is unfit for sleighIng pun
poses. and wheeled vehicles soon cut 1t up.
Then, again, the city Is SO grldIroned With
railroad tracks that no clear thoroughfare o!
considerable length can be found for cutter
to be driven over, and it is not a vehicle suit
able for going over rough stones or railroad
tracks The railway companies remove the
snow from their tracks and pile it up on the
sides if they are not compelled to cart it
away. TnIs would make the street dangerous
to travel on with cutter, which is generally
so lightly constructed that it is easily turned
over by hummock of snow or ice.
'Was it not the custom in New York at
one time for nearly every vehicle to go on
runners in winter timer
YVES, indeed The market vender's wagon
box was removed from the wheels and put on
bobs The milkman's cart was changed into
a sleigh in the same way. Instead of wheeled
stages the long stage sleigh, drawn by eight
or twelve horses, covered with jingling bells,
would be driven up and down Broadway; the
crack of the drivers long whip, his CHEEKY
git up end the tinkling bells making merry
music. Then everybody rode in cutter in
winter. l have seen packing cases ana
crockery crates turned into sleighs, and the
occupants would feel as proud and happy as
those in gilded cutter decorated with rich
robes. But the day for cutters is gone in
New York and Brooklyn, and the sight OF
one is now novelty, even in the parks; for
it is not an easy job to drive sleigh OF cut
ter to the entrance of the parks, even if the
sleighing should be good after the vehicle
has entered the park limits. New York
Mail and Express.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
Washin2ton's Habits.

He was very simple in his domestic habits,
rising often in midwinter at 5 O'Clock. He
kindled bis own fire, and read or wrote by
candle light until O'Clock, when he break
tasted very frugally. His ordinary break
fest was two small cups OF tea and three or
four cakes Of Indian meal, called hoecakes.
After breakfast he mounted one of his superb
horses, and in simple attire, but which set OF
to great advantage his majestic frame, Wis
tied all those parts of the extended estate
where any work was in progress. Every
thing was subjected to a careful supervision.
At tunes be dismountec and even lent o help
ing hand in futherance OF the operations
which were going on. He dined at o'clock
and retired at about 3 in the evening. He
was kind in word and deed to his negro
slaves, and while. careful that they should
not be orertasked, was equally careful that
they should not loiter their time away in idle
ness. The servaneowere proud of their stately,
dignified, wealthy MASTER and looked up to
him with reverence amounting almost to
religious homage Washington was very
fond Of the chase. Often when riding to
distant part of the estate he would taxe some
of the hounds with him in the hope Of start
ing upa fox. The habits and tastes of the
old English nobility prevailed in Virginia TO
an extraordinary degree. The passion for
following the hounds was thoroughly trans
planted from the broad estates of the Eng.
lish landholders to the vast realms which ma.
ture had reared apd enbellished or the banks
Of the Potomac and amid the ridges of shs
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
Whims of Modern Times.

Today everybody drinks goblet of boiling
water before breakfast TO tone up the stomach,
tomorrow he wears electric belts to restore
fading vitality. Today he wears an overcoat
of the short box pattern with buttons as big
rs breakfast plate, tomorrow coachman's
top coat with skirts extending to his instep
envelops him. Today the brim of ones hat
is as straight and unyielding as a Quaker's
conscience, tomorrow the brim is curled
with the grace of French dancing masters
salutation. Today gentleman i'll full dress
ungloved attracts the attention of his neigh
bors, tomorrow a man with gloves upon his
hands in church or theatre or opera house
afferds topic for neighborly conversation.
Today a vest is buttoned high in the neck, to-
morrow it is cut so low that the first east
wind pierces it with nerve disturbing collie.
Today a dozen skating rinks coin fortunes for
their projectors, tomorrow universal pail
of gloom, dependency and bankruptcy
weighs every rink in Christendom into the
very dust
SO we go.-Joe Howard's Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
Enconrage the Editor.

As rule, an editor gets about 1000 kicks
70 one caresS Once in q while he gets
kind word. and it warns and cheers his
weather beaten, storm racked heart TO the
tnnermost core. Most people are afraid to
tell an editor when he writes an article that
particularly pleases them, for fear Of making
him proud, We suppose, but if they find any
thing that does not accord precisely with
their views, they viii neglect their business
to hunt him up and tel him Of it. Pshawl
dear friends, don't think You VIII spoil the
editor BY giving him an occasional word
OF cheer. any more than you viii
spoil your child by couplimeuting it
upon a piece Of patchwork 1T has fin
ished OF course you could beat the
Job yourself, but that doesn't deter you from
heapius words of encouragement on the
child. 1t has done its best So you could
doubtless beat the average editor at running
a papsri OF course, you can The man does
no. live who can't beat an editor at running
a paper. The editor is willing TO acknowl-
edge that you can. He only runs it because
YOU have not time to; but this fact need not
deter you from giving him word Of en-
couragsment occasionally. y.-Dansville u. "
EgeeZe
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
How to Sell Books.

A young lady who had been teaching school
in this vicinity recently was compelled to
give up her occupation and naturally enough
tried canvassing for the sale of books Re-
lating her experience to friend, she said: Il
was very unsuccessful at the start. visited
house after house and inquired for the mis-
treSs of the mansion, but was always told
that she was out 1t dawned upon me that
something was wrong in my method, so l en-
gagged from friend horse and carriage-a
rather old fashioned affair, but good enough
for me- Taking my books, would drive up
to house, ascend the steps and inquire for
the lady in charge. This always resulted in
bringing her to the door and at once ex.
planned to her that had very useful and
instructive book TO which desired to call
her attention. and the result was that made
from $40 to sS5 day and was in clover
Albany Journal.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
knowledge Is Health.

At the recent hygienic congress in Vienna
Herr Won Pettenkofer urged the Importance
of more general teaching in the public
schools Of the influence of air, water and soil
ON the public health. What scientific hygiene
has accomplished was Illustrated by the case
of London, where, in the Seventeenth CEN
tury, with less than ], ,00O, 900 inhabitants, the
average death rate was forty-two per 900
per year; while now, with population of
1900, 600, it is less than twenty-one per 900.
That is, science has more than doubled the
average life of the Londoner. In the Cri-
mean war the French lost $1,000 men, of
whom only 10000 We're killed, while 5000
died from disease. In the Franco German
war the effect of hygienic teaching in the
military schools was already apparent, for
out of a total loss 20 the German army of
40,SSl there were only I2,2S2 deaths from
Observation-Disclosures Traveller.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
COWBOYS OF THE PLAINS.
Theodore Eoosevslt's Pen Picture OF o
Glass That VIII Seen Pass Away.

Singly, or in twos or threes, they gallop
their wiry little horses down the street, their
1.-the, supple figures erect or swaying slightly
as they sit loosely in the saddle, while their
stirrups ara so long that their knees ara
hardly bent, the brides not taut enough to
keep the chains from clanking. They are
smaller and less muscular than the wielders
of ak and pick; but they are as hardy and
self reliant as any men who ever breathed-
with bron2ed, set faces, and keen eyes that
look all the world straight in the face with
out flinching as they fash out from under the
broad brimmed hats. Peril and hardship
and years OF long toll, broken by weeks of
brutal dissipation, draw haggsrd lines across
their eager faces, but never dim their Teck-
less eyes nor break their bearing Of defiant
self-confdence.
They do not walk well, partly because they
SO rarely do any work out Of the saddle,
partly because their chaperajos, or Leaf ler
overalls, hamper them when on tbs ground;
but their appearance is striking for all that,
and picturesque, too, with their Jingling
spurs, the big revolvers stuck in their belts,
and bright silk handkerchiefs knotted loosely
round their necks over the open collars of
the flannel shirts. When drunk on the vii
famous whisky of the frontier towns they
cut mad antics, riding their horses into the
saloons, firing their pistols right and left,
from boisterous lighthesrtedness rather than
from any viciousness, and indulging too often
in deadly shooting affrays, brought on either
by the accidental contact of the moment or
on account of some long standing grudge, or
perhaps because Of bad blood between two
ranches or localities; but except while on
such sprees they are quiet, rather self con-
tanned men, perfectly frank and simple, and
on their own ground treat a stranger with
the most whole souled hospitality, doing all
in their power for him and scorning to tako
any reward in return.
Although prompt to resent an injury, they
are not at all apt to be rude to outsiders,
treating them with what can almost be called
a grave courtesy. They are much better fel-
lows and pleasanter companions than small
farmers or agricultural laborers, nor are the
mechanics and workmen of great city to
be mentioned in tho same breath. Theodore
Roosevelt in The Century.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
Discovery In China Painting.

The present manufacture Of porcelain is
a comparatively recent industry, and is con-
stantly reaching fresh results. The under
glaze treatment of china, for example, was
not known hero twenty-five years ago; it
was a secret guarded most carefully, and
confined to few European and eastern fnc-
tories and workers. 1t was a girl who dis
covered it-Miss McLaughlin-and now it
has become the property Of all expert china
decorators. Her success was not alone i'm
portant to china painting as an art; it was
specially valuable ia raising the estimate put
upon the work of her own sex, and has per-
haps done more than aught else to stimulate
to good results the work of women in this
branch of industrial ort.-Jenny June in
American Magazine.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
wha. Sherman Saws Of Grant.

said to Gen. Sherman: General, was not
Grant, after all, one of the most remarkable
characters which have come across your
orbitp
''Yes," said Sherman, "Grant was simply
a wonder. To think of that man in his SIM
plicity, in his want of pretention and in his
great success, staggers all Of the examples
you cen get out of the books. l was at West
Point, in what you might call the senior class,
when Grant came in there as q pleb. 1t
might be said with truthfulness that he made
no impression at all as a cadet, except as q
good writer. As student he was not effec-
tive. But he made military policy of his
own, apparently derived upon observation,
taking advantage of the simple things which
occurred to him, and he figured in one Of the
great wars Of history as man almost soli-
tary and alone n-"Gath" in Boston Globe.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
sBummer- Is Not Slang.

Even students of language may be sur
prised to hear that the word 'bummer' is
not only not slang, but it is not even an
Americanism, being found in the English
Market Bylaws" of 200 years ago. and ap-
pears in several advertisements in The Lon
don Publick Intelligencer Of the year 1900
under. the form bumnaree. 1t originally
meant man who retails fish by peddling
outside of TIE regular market. These per-
sons being looked down upon snd regarded
as cheats by the established dealers, the name
became one Of conts,npt for dishonest per-
son of irregular habits The word first ap-
peared in the United States during the SOS in
California and Travelled eastward, until dur
ing the civil war it came into general use
Chicago News
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
aailg = eagle
HAS HE FORGOTTEN THIS,

"A little Of sweetness I've borrowed,
To brighten this sad life Of mine;
For long. oh, so lonely sorrowed,
To think that never should twine
My arms around one in affection;
But desolate. trampled on vine,
should never receive the reflection
OF . love that was glowing as mine.
'Now I wander alone in my bowers,
And / worship each plant anew;
For before they were only frail flowers,
Now each one is something of you.
turn from the pale bosomed lilies,
So cool and of purity's hue,
To the red gorgeous color OF tulips,
For, oh they remind me Of you!
" will keep all the sweetness I borrowed,
And my love she shall never complain,
That left IL TO dry and TO wither.
For need of loves soft summer rain,
Till the time when the weeds and the BRAN.
bles
Shall cover this warm heart of mine;
And my memory Of her shall resemble
The faint, sweet aroma of wine"
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
Iron Curtains and Isces-

Experts say that curtains and fine laces can
be made of malleable iron or steel At the
Centennial exhibition piece of steel rolled
by mill in Pittsburg was SO thin that it
weighed less than book leaf and could be
blown off the hand easier than paper the same
size. The sheets for steel lace viii be rolled
down to a low gauge and the patterns pressed
into them. The lace can be made light or
heavy, and is suitable for ladies' or childrens
underwear, and perhaps for trimming hats
WRAPS and dresses.-New York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
THE ETERNAL CITY.
MODERN NOTIONS cROWDlNG OUT
THE OLD AND PICTURESQUE.

Growing Disrespect for the Sabbath-A
Vast Change Taken Place-The Priest
hood and the Military-Foreigners.
The Roman Cowboy-Maidens Fair.
Rome is unquestionably the high school OF
art, but in its everyday aspect it is disap-
pointment The city has lost its individu-
ahty. Government employees pave the
streets on Sunday, and men saw wood in
public on the same day. Everything is done
left handed, literally or fguratively. Cab
men run their vehicles at furious rate with
a stumpy horse and withering curses, always
managing to keep to the left; the knobs Of
doors turn in that direction, and men who
cut timber for fire purposes put their left
foot on one rim of wood saw with the blade
in perpendicular position, and run the
stick over the teeth.
Ldsiness is ablast On Sundays. Boys begin
AsTly in the morning to scream their disinter-
.sscedness in the wealth OF this world by an
nSuncing the low prices they ask for big
onions they carry with them on long
string; greasy looking men. with fish on
platters, cry out the excellence Of their
stock, while Others with huge punches of Gel
cry balanced on their head, desecrate the
festival with their noise and grimaces. The
shopkeepers pull down their shutters and
hang On the outside wall specimen articles.
The butcher will in this way display sides OF
meat and the shoemaker ropes OF boots. A
tailor, tape measure IN hand, is at his door
ready to execute an order for suit OF
clothes. The sight of thousands, prayer book
in hand, en- route to the churches, has no
effect on those who violate the day. Once
rarity indeed, now to be seen frequently on
Sundays, intoxicated men go along the
streets staggering or singing aloud from
hired carriages. Others, with their backs to
walls, where sunshine will keep them aglow,
lounge for hours, relieving the time by quaffs
from their long necked bottles, held on
finger by O loop Of braided straw,
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
Would Make No p,nereno..

Tombstone Dealer to widowl-I have .
second hand stone, madam, which 1 can
make quite reduction on.
Widow-Any inscription on it,
Tombstone Deslsr-Simply, The good die
young"
Widow tcontemplatively,-Let-me-see-
William was nigh on to 50, but don't s'poee
the inscription would make any difference II
Hon 6x tha prica raaht-Tha Enoch
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-23
A Conundrun.

Mamma" said little girl Of 4, whose
father pays very little attention to the din
ner hour, papa is Just like the moon, isn't
hen
"Why, my dearT'
because he comes little later every
1.-THE Ennch
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-04
A Few Hypienip Hints,

Walking is becoming very much of fash
ionable pursuit Women are discovering
more and more widely what an immense res
ervoh of energy is the open air. A walk
every day, short or long, according to ones
strength and time as a meas of grace. 1t
is so easy, especially in the winter, when the
walking is apt to be bad, to degenerate into
q semi-invalid condition by means Of want
of exercise, and if so much time is passed in
the bad air of theatres, crowded concert halls,
or lecture rooms, to lose all spring and elias
ITCHY.
Yet where is no actual illness, it is quite
possible TO take ones self in hand, and by
bygienic measures begin in twenty -four hours
to feel ske new person. To retire at an
hour that will permit rising at 6; to plunge
at once into the bath, finishing with one en-
tirely cold; TO exercise briSkly with dumb
bells-to do this is to be spurred into glow
of energy and activity that will surprise one
who has not tested its efficacy. After this
one goes to breakfast with some appetite, and
if a walk follows it is quite equal to ''cure."
Good sleep in perfectly pure air is of itself
the most wonderful of tonics Adding TO
this hygienic living-all the proper attention
to the bath, exercise and wholesome mental
application, and few women need suffer from
illness. 1t is not enough to be merely mega
lively well One should insist on conditions
that give an elasticity and constant flow OF
energy, and it is perfectly possible to SO order
ones life as to command these-Lilian Whit
ing in New Orleans Times-Democrat
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-04
Preyeation of Oinhtherta.

Curative treatment Of diphtherla is admit
teddy SO unreliable that tie medical profes-
sion listens with interest to every suggestion
cent meeting Of the New York Academy Of
Medicine this subject formed the staple OF the
evenings discussion Following IS a resume
Of the principal Recommendations: In q city
with denseiy populated districts the superyis-
ion of plumbing and the erection OF air
shafts in tenements are useful supplementary
sanitary measures against diphtheria. and
physicians should instruct the people in such
matters as often as opportunity presents.
OverheIting of school rooms and dwellings
should be most ernphaticsuy denounced as
dangerous
Isolation Of tie sick should be explained
and insisted upon The management OF $50
lation houses for the poor should be such as
20 readily gain their confidence Enlarged
torsils should be reduced Cariols teeth
should Be removed or filed promptly: the fee
OF the poor therefor should be small, Or moth
ing. Parents should Inspect their childrsns
mouths and threats each day before they go
te school Children should learn 70 garyle st
an early age Children suffering from sp-
parently simple sore threat should uos attend
school until vel Kissing upon tie lips
should be forbidden Children cid enough 90
gargle should be taught 70 do 60 after each
meal with a weak solution OF an ansissptie
chemical, and in young children few droEs
should be dropped into the nossriiS Chicago
HsrR
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-04
Suicide and Self Control.

The frequency of suicides is notable and
Is believed to be very often due to the sudden
impulse of those who have never learned to
control their feelings or passions. These
persons often meet with great and sudden
disappointments, or suffer from great revul-
sions of feeling, and the effect Of an imper-
feet control of the will is that the dogs of
passion slip their leash and lead the way to
self destruction The control Of the will is
one of the great things to be done by any
one, and it is one Of the great things TO be
done in childhood.
The example Of mother is commended
who plunged the head of a rebellious child
into cold water when he persistently DISC
beyed her. The fight for liberty was sharp
and strong The mother kept the head under
water as long as she dared to, but the mo-
ment the child could gasp for breath he
breathed defiance Three times did the head
go under, and il was only the third time that
the mother secured an obedien5 son. She
taught him to obey her, and in doing that no
learned to control himself Ii is believed
that there would be far fewer suicides, ex-
cepting those which come from insanity, if
young people were rigidly taught at home
to practice the art of self control 1t looks
as if a large number of the suicides of
younger persons could be traced to their lack
of self control and of training in moral re-
sponsibility. Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-04
Plague of Professional Philanthropists.

New York is plagued with q big contingent
of professional philanthropists. There are
scores upon scores of wonnen-newly ricn
many of them-with little or nothing to do,
living on the edges of society and eager TO
cross the boundary line. The readiest way
that occurs to them is to get their names
written down On boards" of one kind and
another and take up beneYolence as diver
sion, which keeps them in good company and
gets their names into the newspapers These
women faint everything they touch with
patronage. They spend their money lavish
~ and most of them are thoroughly good
natured at heart, and, in spite Of their selfish
motives and cdlettante methods, really mean
to do good and think they are.
The great mass Of working women fight
shy of these amateur lady bountifuls They
don't want to be invited into Sunday school
class with a cooking school annex They
don't want 10 have their meals supervised,
their way of living criticized and their indie
pendence of thought controlled. They don't
care a fig about sweetness ana light; they
want some butter on the bread they have
honestly earned and a piece Of meat 10 80
with il, all TO be eaten without japanese pa
per napkins or delugins anybody with thank
yous.-P Philadelphia Press.