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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
The Hollow Eyed Citizens Idea.

A hollow eyed citizen who had been re-
PEELED from the Office of the subway COM
mission sought comfort the other day by
suhmerging the Rambler in this brilliant
idea: Il have a scheme, sir, for getting
the wires under ground, sir, that | sub
NIT is worthy of dignified consideration.
1t has but one imperfection. That one
imperfection is that il includes no device
for laying a conduit. Butt does provide,
j MAY say, sir, in a simple and effective
way for getting the wires into the conduit
when once made. You may know-you
don 't?-well, | Will explain that COM
pick system of drawing wires now pre-
walls, taking up room and making trouble.
NY plan obviates that. You are familiar,
nv dear sir, with the strong antipathy
with which the ferret regards the rodent,
vulgarly called rat BY introducing rat
into one of these miniature subterranean
tunnels, attaching a stout cord TO fer
ret's candle appendage and starting him
in Immediately after the departure Of the
rat, you can see how readily the desired
result might be accomplished. Should
the ferret gain so speedily upon the rodent
rs 10 imperil his safety and the success Of
the enterprise, a slight retention on the
cord would properly detain him. The rat
could be saved and used over again. ~
Brooklyn Eagle Rambler"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
Robert Bonner as n Boy.

When was boy, and before had started
out for myself, was one Of the --latest human
beings that il was possible TO imagine l had
healthy and constitutional repugnance to
work at any time When l was about "a or
Is years old, however, went into The Hart
ford Courant office as boy at a salary Of SIS
e year and my board, with an addition OF $40
each succeeding year. As soon as felt that
had begun life myself an entire change was
wrought i'm my nature. Some OF my old as
sociates would laugh at anybody now who
told them that ever had any disinclination
for work As soon as / found Semething
ahead of me, something to accomplish,
started right out TO accomplish it and to work
with viii. not only did the work that
was laid out for me to do, but ] learned
everything that could about the Office, and
when one of the printers suddenly Withdrew,
whose duty it had been to put the paper to
press, was the only one In the Office who
was competent 10 take his place.-Nev York
World Interview.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
Rabies On the StaFa.

Mrs Fernandez, Of New York, is the prin-
cipal agent to whom managers look for their
supply of stage children. She lately ex-
pressed the opinion that baby is the most
important factor IN stage belongings. 1t is
absolutely necessary to have good baby-one
that will not cry, and good babies are ex-
trenlely rare; therefore they bring good
price \ well behaved baby in long clothes
across the stage OF this class it is difficult
to keep up the supply, for the reason that
baby doesn't long remain baby.
Mrs. Fernandez is one of the most
motherly and lovable of women, and her
family of hundred or more children cling
to her with beautiful affection She said 70
an inquirer last week that persons not IN
the business can have little or no idea how
good and tractable the children of the stage
are. They are far easier to teach than men
and women; they do not complain, and they
create no disagreeable scenes Their kind
ness and sympathy is noteworthy. "W hen
one is sick, said Mrs Fernandez, the sister
or brother viii come and take the place of
the invalid, or they viii double up the parts,
or do any possible thing to keep the place
open for the absent The salaries OF children
for nobs range from s. TO 81 week. and for
parts from $40 20 $50 week Hundreds Of
children Axs employed in the theatres Of the
country. They are totally free from the
jealousies ana heart burnings which distC,b
their older associates III art. and they think
when once they take part in play they
themselves ara the pivot on which tie whole
affair turns-Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
"Iuck" on the Railroad.

Upon one of Chicago'S great railways there
is ono locomotive which is profoundly re-
spected because no bad spirit has ever got
into any part of it, boiler, furnace, crank or
whistle In fifteen years it has never been
off the track; has never harmed anybody;
has never failed to bring in its train. It's
record is as pure as was that of George
Washington before the cherry tree episode
The engineers all like this one machine b9-
cause the devils, great and small, all keep
away from it. Whether one good priest
flung some holy water on the bell in the night
is not known, but the black imps keep away
from engine so.
According to the account given by an en-
ploye upon the same railway, the company
has four new dining cars, Of which one was
unlucky for three months, and then its bad
luck left it. 1t got off the track often, its
lamps would smoke, its tables stood deserted,
its food uneaten, until in three months its
losses reached $500 The other three cars,
meanwhile, behaved well and made plenty of
money. At last the bad car took fire from
its kitchen and burned out that department,
and when it was repaired and sent back to
work it began TO do well and has made money
fright along" 1T seepled," said the work
man, las though the bad luck was all burned
out of her. Cor. Chicago Journal
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
Rational Care of Ones SELF

But you may ask, SIS there not such
thing as taking too much care of ones selff'
Yes, no doubt there is such thing. and it is
as bad as the contrary practice, if, indeed, it
is not the same thing. You may take SO
much care of an infant that it viii never get
strong, and this is equivalent to taking no
care of it at all And the same observation
will apply to full grown men and women.
The person who is always afraid of a little
cool air is the first TO take cold, and the man
who is always bundling himself up is likely
to step into his grave whenever he leaves OF
one of his wraps The whole thing resolves
itself into matter of rational living Why
should you not take as rational care of your
self as you. take Of your horses? Death is
sure to come some time. Man cannot live
forever, any more than q plant or tree
You can determine the time of your death
pretty well-barring accident-by your habit
of life. Keep the machine in the best work
ing order, don't overstrain it, let it run as
evenly and regularly as possible Don't have
spasmodic investigation of Your symptoms.
Il is the habit OF life that tells the story,
and if we live too hard and too fast it is not
the fault of modern civilization, bat Of the
use TO which we put modern civilization
Boston Herald.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
Dishonesty of Russian Tradesmen.

Another popularity of the country is the
proverbial dishonesty of the tradeSmen, about
which great deal has been said By English
writer's While the commercial conditions
are steadily improving, and are not 50 bad as
represented by English authors, who are
more or less inspired by the national preju
dice, one trades in Russia with great deal
of caution The ordinary merchant always
asks a greater price than he expects the Gus
toner to pay, particularly if he is a stranger
and unfamiliar with the value Of the article.
The native, or resident, knows what the
article sought should cost, and beats down
the salesman accordingly. The tourist who
does not attempt to do so makes mistake
and pays heavy tax upon his ignorance.
or late the principal merchants on the Neyski
Prospect and ether fashionable streets, have
attempted a reform in this particular, marx
their goods in plain figures, and hang a sign
reading prices fixed" in their windows.
Their example viii soon, it is hoped, extend
into all branches Of the commercial colnmu-
nifty, for experience in Russia, as elsewhere,
teaches that honesty is the best policy IL
lam Eleroy Curtis in Chicago News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
Gerrnanr,s Two Armies.

The German army. when 1t is On q var
footing, is divided into two principal parts
First, the f3sld arnaee, OF campaign army, and
second. the Bezatzuass aruse, or garrison
army, which remains n the country. Il Is
made up from the different organizations a.
the moment Of mobilization
The field army comprises tIe troops OF the
standing army placed OF a war footing; the
fed reserve troops are organized a. tie no
meat OF mobilization, with the reserTists Still
diSposable, and the best elerzsIts Of TIE land
wher, with three special heid formations ex-
clusively destined TO the artillery and Ell
gileeriRg service.
The garrison army las three divisions, those
intended strictly for garrison dEty, those IN
charge Of depots, and troops Of the land
sturn- These t~o armleS have each al Tie
necessary machinery q armament and ser
vice. such as transportation, ratiols and hais-
ing PLACES. and they srs furnished AZ the rs
rent of mobilization with commanders. sesa
officers and everything Necessary 20 thesr
proper ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cor, San
ETa2c.Sos chrpnielA
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
a German Industrial School.

One of the industrial schools of Germany
is commented on by q recent writer. The
pupils are partly young worknen and partly
young merchants, engaged In weaving mills,
and are divided INTO four classes. The school
is open twice q week-on Sundays from I to
in the morning, and Tuesdays from S to
$50 evenings-not TO interfere with any
working hours Instruction Is given on
weaving machines, textiles and from large
collection of designs and models. There are
in use seven power looms and twelve hand
looms. Subjects discussed are: Origin and
development OF weaving; designing OF pat
terms and calculations; method of rating
goods: cost OF goods; machine construction.
comparative power. Exhibitions are held
and prizes awarded The fee paid is twelve
and half cents monthly. The object is tS
make the poorest laborer skilled workman
The idea is a grand one for any people.
modified, of course, 20 existing conditions
Globe-Democrat
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
A Oueer Japanese Custom.

Riding up the wide street short DIS
tance we come to the United States con-
sulate-for a wonder a really fine looking
uilding-beyond which, on each side OF
the street, we notice. numerous bamboo
poles, from the tops Of which are floating
immense many colored paper fishes, so
constructed as to be filed by the wind.
These illustrate very curious custom in
vogue all through Japan. During the
month OF May it is customary to float
paper fish IN front OF each house IN which
a male child has been born during the
year, and very unhappy are most young
married couples who cannot display such
an emblem This boy, no matter how ugly
or mischievous he may be, is the pride Of
the japanese household, and on the 9th of
each May his parents must give festival
in his honor, at which time he is the re-
cipient of all sorts of boys toys. not only
from his own parents, but also from their
relatives and friends. Il is the greatest
social festival of the year. On one pole
just above the paper fish, we noticed a
flowing paper figure in blue and white
Japanese mourning colors-which we i'm
agined signiied that male child had
been born in the adjacent house during
the year, but that ii had since been car
RED off by the grim destfoyer.-Cor. Bal
tiunOre Sun,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
RAID ON PARADISE HALL.
The Lime Kiln Club Suffers Loss OF
$1,000, O00-Destructior Of Bellies.

$4,000. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of Bellies.
The first thing in order when the meeting
opened was a report as to the amount OF
damages sustained by the =aid On Paradise
ball. Brother Gardner said that q careful
estimate had been made by the committee,
and the damage would not fall far short of
SS,OoO,0O0. Inc club would have TO bear
every dollar of this loss, as the Insurance
only covered fire. Over 100 sacred and his
torical relics which could not be replaced for
any sum had been destroyed Ii was hard
blow at the purse of the club, but business
would not be interrupted for single hour.
Even should the hall be destroyed the next
meeting of the club would be held in the
common council chamber, and permanent
quarters would be had within a week Moth
ing had thus far been heard of the vandals
and 1t was probable they made their escape.
1t might be that human justice would never
overtake them, but there WAS q herafter from
which they could not escape. The hall had
been put in shape again, and during the next
few days Giveadam Jones and Dreadful
Smith would protect it, one watching by day
and the other by night. Each had been
armed with a shotgun filled to the muzzle
with buckshot, single nails, marbles, carpet
tacks and lead nickleS, and the marauder who
got within half a mile Of one of them would
never attend another ward caucus.
The destruction Of relics was tslegraphed
over the country, and the many friends of
the club bestirred themselves TO replace the
museum The following articles were re-
ceived during the week:
Six swords which were more or less worn
by Napoleon on his retreat from Moscow.
Five relics from Valley Forge, all of which
were used by George Washington
Various cups, bottles, candlesticks, pad
locks, boot jacks and jack knives used by
celebrated privateers as they sailed the raging
main
Tomato cans, clay pipes, poker chips and
checker boards which were used by various
crowned heads from the Thirteenth to the
Sixteenth century.
The secretary was instructed TO return the
thanks of the club TO the various donors, and
to publish an appeal to the country at large
to contribute further objects OF interest
Letters of coincidence were announced from
several branches of the government, from
score of different societies, and from nearly
100 honorary members. Ii was noticed and
whispered about that not one single missive
had been received from a member of the leg
isiature, and presently Waydown Bebee arose
to question of privilege and called the at
tention Of the club to this point. Was it be-
GAUGE the legislature was jealous Of the Lime
Kiln club, and exulted over the great disaster
which had come upon it.-Detroit Free Press
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
Bellies On the Sidewalk.

When two dear creatures that have not
met for fully twenty four hours, encounter
one another on the trottoir Of Fifth avenue.
where the crowd Il greatest and the pave
ment narrowest, II Is like the ciogging Of u
stream by the meeting Of two ice foes The
human current must part and flow on either
side Of these fair obstructionists, and If there
Is much TO talk a6out-snd generally there Is
"a spirit Of unholizess is engendered il many
that come within range OF the chin -chin-abula-
ton Of the bellies When two men meet the
case is different They iustinctively step 10
the nearest doorway, or If TIA. harb0r Is No;
near, stand On the curb, thus leaving the
pavement clear This IL one Of the rars mat
ters in which the staruer sex does not suffer
by contrast with the fairer Anyhog, tSe
rnen that would inset and talk IS womsa sc
often do, would be soreiy hustled -Pi..sburg
Bulletin
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
DUDES FROM THE CLUBS.
How They Look on Dress Parsde-A Brief
Interchange of Words-The Oglers.

Interchange of Words-Ihe OgIers.
Fifth avenue is all alive in the brisk move
ment Of a gay winter afternoon. Up and
down the driveway rolls an endless procession
of vehicles. whose trappings ill the air with
frosty music. Up ard down the footways
pass an endless chain of pedestrians, stepping
smartly and with heads well up. The display
of winter toilets, pet dogs and pretty faces
is a sight to be remembered among the ex-
periences of the town One can hardly blame
the members of the knIckerbocker club,
therefore, for gathering at the windows of
the club house but one can surely wonder
how it was that in the face OF this vital and
moving scene they can preserve the stoiid,
cane sucking immobihty on which the club
seems to have patent. Ii there is anything
more imperturbable in the world than &
Knickerbocker club man on dress parade I
should like to know of il as a matter OF curl
osity. The children OF the neighborhood are
said to call them stuffed dudes, and there is
reason in the childish conceit. As they pose
at their places of vantage and squint at the
smart girls and modish matrons going By
through their single eye glasses, there is, ap-
parently, nothing alive about them They
might be tailors' dummies or the wax figures
at the Eden Musee. Even when they speak
to one another it is a monOsyllable, without
openinr their mouths more than enough to
let the words escape.
''Fine gel, old fel."
"Dem fine.n
seed! Heah's Syypes' gel"
"Dem fine gel, Syypes gel"
''Dem fine"
And so on to the end Of the club vocabu-
Larry, which is all similarly adjusted.
Next to the Knickerbocker the New York
club is famous for its starers. From all time
women have complained of the way the New
York club reviews them. They say it has the
most insufferable ogle on the avenue. The
girls laugh at the Knickerbocker men because
thsy are so funny in their vanity, and take it
as an honor to be looked at from the windows
of the Union and Manhattan clubs But at
the New York club they claim that impudence
reigns supreme. The windows are almost on
a level with the sidewalk, which gives the
oglers an almost face to face prominence with
the passers by. Then, too, they gather in
grinning groups, and one can see their lips
move in conversation behind the plate glass
1 know lady who says it nearly makes her
hystercal to pass the New York club. ''They
always seem to be making odious or insulting
remarks about some one" she says; a rather
unjust suspicion any one acquainted with the
average New York club man must admit.
"And what is worse, it is left to one to i'm
agine what they are saying, don't you know"
Alfred Trumble in New York News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
Rors and Grin

II Is a. natural for sos boys % scsk ths
girls and the girls % sses the boys a. 10 = for
the petals u q flower % tara toward tie
Light; and would rot keep ttsrn s5zEt. bCt
encourage thesr us5szlinz together IL proper
tsruss azd places, bsi sozH ks-c~ s6o rsy
da1gh.xr's sasocsssze we're sad fssS k~r fro1a
tie s.ss.< AID Al 5cubsezA io>zsss>s. ezs,s-
c.aify the raat.HJ stations. which srs . tsvor'
lie place Of rs.1zt. sssd - ~AseA h~sofse~n
Young ladies' 70 70 1sy sftsr de- for tss sI~
pr--. puryo-e offrrkS whk szy rz-Ao~s tia
train s-snselen;.y ~ m the xagn i@ssszsrs 80
usd.rzt.D6 tSar srvx.ias1L E<faox AK.
they turz 20 iss szssn~~z or erzssxnsn. wpo
t<Ass Of thsir sosa&~n.asze-s .isng t6e tEys
and lock fer 1s-z - cs<sS6sursy a. fss ia
Ttsse xhsc& kytrKs - Ea&aL And yssth-ss
gtsls vors6 b -sr1Axszzs 4 said th~y ~srs
zrvc1.&rly q inzno<~- Tsst azs eE-S %
frx ~kas hr-cx~ts 81 0sssrs q. sseato raax-
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her rusA Nary J. ES-SzA
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06

The Russian government has decided rct
70 hereafter grant commissions IN tie srtll-
le-y and engineers % cadets who are not Of
noble family. Count Tols-oi, ninlster q TIE
iuta5ior, has foy some time Systematically alb
stained from couferrlnE posts IN the civil
se=vic> on applicants belonging % the md
ole, that IS. untltled class -Bos.oa B0dge.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06

ouo~ ctzs~4 ssaa gTsrzsy Tor s~T~al
s-tsr4. asd 4 was AL ] eosi1 10 % kz-7 ~
vita hl-a gpsn en~s hcrz~. ! lar cad
nos hare rua hsf faxs - hS 1sd- ir<srs1,
coust n shs s--.<zs yssssst-L3a kznt<~ ourld
r.axs hss escape Il ylsss@4 81 an sE.<ysr-
std gyszsy lear II say eSna.-so<. Esisz be
rs.cAs< . ess e s@ei 10 fr-arzzs sffsctzs
spy-xEx;z, Ssr 2 q. &sxry Z. os14<
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06

A pan OF sliced raw onions, placed in q
room where there Is diphtheria, viii absorb
the poison and prevent the disease from
spreading. The onions should be buried
every pozuiQS aud fzeshpues cut.IA
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
Taking q Plaster Cast

In the first place, the person whose face II
70 be taken" Is placed fat upon his back,
his hair srDoothed back by pornatlrn TO pre-
vent its covering auy part Of tie face, and a
conical piece Of paper, or a straw, or quill,
put in each pcSfrll, 20 breathe through The
ewes and mouth are then closed and the entire
facs comp lctely and carefully covered ~ith
salad oil The plaster, MIXED to the proper
consistency, is then poured in large spooufuls
&, the thickness Of ons-quartsr or one-kAf
inch Il fex minutes this can be taken Il
as II j: we're fin When q cast CO the ea.ire
head or Of the WHOLE human figure il required,
either cast Of the face Ia added to q nssss Of
clay which is 70 be modelled 70 the required
fgure. or the whole figure Is rDoislsd from
drawing prepared for that purpooe Tns IL
ths work II tie sculptor. When the clay
model . finished a mold Is usAds from il Is
in the former cases II the model - hurt.
a thin ridge Of clay Is laid along tbs figure
from tie had % the base, AID TIE fron. u
frxt ccmplssed 40 70 the ridge by filing Up
The depressso2s two or three inches dep Tie
ridge o. clay Ia nov removed, the esS9ss a
the plsS-ey are oslsd And ,hs 0sher hail a
dorss in similar way. The two kAivs sss
Likewise ted together VITA cords AID tss
plaster is poured II In oompiicai1d nsars.,
sAy . LAGOON" tbs Statue Is oaS>s ana
covered With seletiDe, Which Ia CIT II Va
sections ty means q thin, sesr' kra''f' sANs
tissse serving as . rzsosd for rs e~E pars q
.hs usw s.ats.e. -yev York W or1
Sos sa..sEe5 WITH borTowing tie Names q
s.rroers Enx!Ish castles for ibesr taserns,
Ansr5e.n i-rkeepe~s hAvs taxa % ferasnE
- f..s+sr ar5 .s-.s-1ssh .y4zx<ssesx gcg
.sr,-y rsuss& -Sosson Trszscxsp+.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06

One thousand pairs Of SO opera glasses
offered for sale in New York city were
found 10 have cost just seventeen cents
per pair.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06

The French court of cessation has do.
cided that priests may marty,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06
Senatorial Pronunciation.

A great many United States senator's have
different ways OF pronoancing the same
words Some Of them smiled day or two
ago when Senator Riddleberger asked the
chair if there was any precedent for GER
tain action that had been taken, and Mr.
Ingalls, promptly replied that he knew Of no
such precedent. These senator's were no
wider apart regarding the pronunciation OF
this word than other senator's ara on many
other words For instance, there are four
distinct senatorial ways Of pronouncing ths
word finance Mr. Sherman says finance.
Joe Brown calls it fee-nance, Senator Nor
riu pronounces it finance, and President In
gals comes out emphatically with finance,
putting the accent upon both syllables. 1ir.
ingalls, is quite an authority upon such mat
tiers. and perhaps his pronunciation Il, after
all, the correct one. Il. any rate, when be
uses the word he does IL With DC uncertain
X<rr&
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06

Bssasz.r's ssesl pess1.s have erongs' htrn
a roTs.ssN s4s EaY Ez II cys- &C. a1.29,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06

The market value of Alaska's products
in leo? almost equaled the purchase price
paid by the United States for the territory,
So, $50, 600. There were sent TO market
from Alaska last year furs 10 the value Of
81. 500, 900; gold, 81, $50. 600; fish. So, 000,-
600; lumber, etc, 500, 000.-Boston
Budget.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06

Honesty is about the only business policy
that pays steady Observation-Disclosures
American