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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27
Mothers RESPONSIBILITIES.

Few mothers reflect that the family is
merely a school for husbands and wives, says
The Rural New Yorker. What sort Of men
make the best hnsbandsf Those who as boys
had the best mothers. The boy who VIII
criticise his mothers speech or dress, who
will find fault with her coffee, or bread, viii
do the same with the woman who may be SO
unfortunate as to give her LIES happiness
into his hands. A selfish man may be drawn
out Of his selfishneSs through a few weeks
courtship, but wait until the wear and worry
of married life come on, and he will inevita-
bly settle back into it. Love seldom radi-
cally changes nature. Only the grace Of
God can do that, and it takes more grace,
often think, than many people get hold of.
1.-THE best husbands ever met, says the
author of John Halifax" came cut of
family where the mother, a most heroic and
self denying woman, laid down the absolute
law, Girls irst;' not in any authority, but
first to be thought CT IL protection and ten
derness. Consequently the chivalrous care
which those lads were taught to show TO their
sisters naturally extended itself TO all women
They grew up true neutrality-suspicious.,
generous upexacting, courteous Of speech,
and Lind of heart"
1t YVES while reading the above that it oc-
CURED to me how truly the mother molds
and forms the future husband. 1t is fear
full responsibility, grant you, sisters but
the reward is glorious one. If you teach
your sons to yield generously to their sisters,
to shield and protect them manfully and low
ingly, not only do they make better husbands,
but the sisters who have been SO cared for
viii look for the same courtesy, chivalry and
tenderness in the men they marry, and wild
be satisfied with nothing less.
Right here | want to give a quotation from
Shakespeare which occurs to me. There isn't
any special connection OF sequence in it, ex
cept that mothers would do well to have
their daughters commit to memory this
single passage, if TO other, from the worlds
greatest poet 1t speaks for itself, and COM
ment is unnecessary:
"And while thou lvest, dear Kate, take a
fellow of plain and uncoined constancy, for
he perforce must do the right, because he
hath not the gift to woo in other places; for
these fellows of infinite tongue, that can
rhyme themselves into ladies' favors, they do
always reason themselves out again. Whatl
a speaker is but prater; a rhyme Is but
ballad. A good leg will fail; a straight back
will stoop; black beard viii turn white; a
curled pate will grow bald; a full eye will
wax hollow; but good heart, Kate, is the
sun and moon, or rather the sun and not the
moon; for it shines bright and never changes,
but keeps its course truly"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27
THE TALE OF A TOURIST.
he Wasn't So Very Particular, but H
Had to Draw the Line.

| he Wasn't So Very Particular, but He
| Had to Draw the Line.
"Have you anything to give a poor man,
mumF'
The voice was that of a wan, haggard and
Il lapidated mendicant Hat in hand, with
DO wed head and humble mien, he stood in
the presence OF the young housewife The
wind blew through his scanty, unkempt hair.
and hAs toes looked mour nfully out through
the eulbr. asures in his shce.; in a weird, grew
some way that would have drawn sigh of
sympathy f, ON wax figur of Jessie James
or melted the heart of a bridge tender.
Have you walked far this morning" she
asked.
Eyes, num-" replied the faded pilgrim.
mile"
''Are you hungryr'
Powerful gaunt in the stomach. like.
The tender hearted young wom:.n meditat-
ed few moments.
II have nothing but soup DO ne and some
cold trire to offer you," she said "but you
ere welcome to them"
The tourist shook his head sadly.
obliged to you, mum" he responded in
hollow voice, ''but Pm a vegetarian. Hain't
got no ham and eggs, reckona"
II am sorry to say I have not. But stay"
she exclaimed as the forlorn applicant for
charity turned to go. Wouldn't you like
something in the way of clothing, my p DOR
manp'
"Yes'm" he replied, gratefully. eff you've
got any old clothes about the house I'd be
glad to get 'eIn."
With a light step and heart full of happi-
ness at the prospect of being able to do good
to suffering fellow creature she left him
and returned presently with small bundle.
Here Is garment l heerd my husband
say he should not wear again." said the
young wife. sit is perfectly clean and just
as good as new"
MAY l ask what it is, mum"
SIT is a flannel shirt"
''Been washedP'
ooh, certainly-three or four times"
The battered tramp jamnled his hat on his
head and went slowly down the steps.
Madam" be said, with a hopeless, just
as-I-expected information in his rich south
western Missouri voice, ''that is the 264th
flannel shirt that's been stuck at me since
left East st. Louis, and I've got pocket full
of 'emn
As the hot sun came out from behind a
cloud and beaned down pitilessly on the
dusty highway the weary wanderer took
looked at it in hesitating and uncertain
way, put it in his pocket and started across
the street in the direction of house from
which there seemed to emanate, as it were,
suggestion of fried pork.-Chicago Tribune
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27

Miss Mary Louisa Worley is the daughter
sooner were her school years over than Miss
Worley began TO lock to college IS the natural
field for the future development OF her pow
ers. She did not, in the first instance. aim ct
Oxford or Cambridge. but directed her atten-
ton by preference toward the examinations
Of London university. Strong evidence was
afforded from the outset that the young stu
dent would co fun justice to the admirable
intellectual trainin. she had received
la that exacting and difficult examination,
the London matriculation. Miss Worley not
and as an inevitable result she was immedi-
ateiy awarded sn exhibition and the Guchrist
scholarship. But not content with the honors
that London could bestow upon her, a year
later, VIZ, III 1881, she tried for and won
scholarship at Girtou college, Cambridge.
This energetic young lady now pursued
double academic career. In 1886 she gradu-
ated IN classical honors at London university,
nuu qua the same unIng a Cambridge IN looo.
To be practically bachelor Of arts In two uni
versltleS would have satisfied the ambition of
most persons, but not 50 with Miss Mary
There still remained one more attainable
height. To become London master OF arts
was the last and greatest victory. for Miss
Worley passed the examination SO brilliant
ly that she took the first place. aud at the
same time won the gold medal for classics
Miss Norley has resolved TO devote her ex-
ceptional talents to the profession OF teach
ing.-London Queen
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27
Feminine Sharpshooters.

On Saturday several ladies belonging to the
Fort Pickering Shooting club engaged in O
shooting contest at the jackson Mound park
gallery. A prize OF silver handled parasol
was offered to the lady making the best score
OUT of possible seventy-two.
Several Of the ladies displayed considerable
skill with the rifle, and the match was watched
with much interest, as it was something new
in the way OF local sport. Ars. Seat proved
20 be the best shot and was awarded the prize
The following is the score: Mrs Seat. IS;
Miss Scott, IS; Miss Jones, 80; Miss Johnston,
50; Miss Rosa Biung. la-Memphis Ava
Enche
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27
Importance of Colors.
-Harper's Bazaar.

Did you ever think what a mighty part
color has to pley in this world of ourss Try
to picture to your mind if you can a world
devoid of color. How cold and barren and
dreary everything would be How incom-
plete. with nowhere TO turn our weary eyes
Tor relief
Some one has said: Color is to the eve
what music is To the ear-charming and
soothing. Beautiful is II when it flashes
forth from gems; beautiful. too. when it
blends in the harmonious combinations of 4
picture. Why, then. should it cot be potent
Tor good or evil in lsdy's dreSsl All art,
al nature recognizes ITS power, and why
should not women, toom Wonderfully true,
Indeed. Color plays part in woman's king
6om next TO nothing else. II lies within her
power to beautify or disfigure with it, and 50
much can be done with il If she viii only use
her power Alright.
There are times and places for all colors;
Ind the little niceties Of perception as to
Just when and where a color should be worn
are what a woman should strive TO cultivate
30 the utmost How well the artless Jose
phine knew how 70 use her knowledge of eff
tect or color, when she cunningly induced
her rival in beauty TO sit upon that tradi-
honal green sofa in blue gown while she
herself was attired in virgin white. Care
fully and well had she learned her lesson in
the great school of color, and deity she ap-
piled it
One late afternoon this summer / saw a
young girl, in a red boating oreSs, run down
across lonely sand beach and stand looking
OUT over the sea- An artist. seeing her,
caught up his brush in frantic haste and
made sketch of her Its too good TO be
lost. that bit OF color" he said, the deep
due OF the sea, the gray sky and the tawny
sand, with just that one bright figure, full of
LIE, to relieve tits great" And 50 it was
Leigh Hunt said: Il never see an Old woman
wearing scarlet cloak il wet weather with
out blessing her" Color is sort of life, and
when . woman outs on o bright aown and
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27

walks abroad knowingly, with a background
of comparatively colorless landscape about
her, she is an artist and knows how to make
an effect.
The wardrobe of woman Of tact and taste
differs according to the place where she takes
up her abode. She viii have one distinctive
outfit for the days by the great, free, breezy
ocean, where there are long stretches of col
orless sand and sea and sheer gray cliffs ris-
ing somber and sad against the sky, and still
another to be worn. in the dreamy, voluptu-
GUS inland or mountain districts, where the
sunshine falls rich and yellow and the whole
land is full of warmth and color.-Marie
Jonneaus jim Boston Globe
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27

Tramp-Please, ma am, will you give a
poor man bite to eat'
Matron-Not bite; | don't encourage
idleness. Get out, or I'll set the dog on you.
Tramp continuing ma'am. a
friend of mine told me you gave him piece
of cake once, and twas the best cake he ever
ate, and he thinks you're the best cook he
ever
Matron-Come right in, poor man. Mary
Jane, get a good breakfast ready for this
poor creature-Ya nkee Blade
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27
The Game of Messenger,

The party are seated in line, or round the
side OF the room. and some one previously ap
pointed enters with the message, My mas
ter sends me 20 you. madam, or sir" as
the case may be, directed 10 any individual
be may select at his option. Nv hat for!' i
the natural inquiry. Ito do as 20" and
with this the messenger commences 10 per
form some ante which the lady or gentleman
must initiate say he wags bis head lrc,m
side 20 side, or taps with one fcot iuceSsanily
on the foor. tbs PeT.on whose duty i. - to
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27
To Tell Ec-s Are Fresh.

Hold the egg to the light and look through
it Fresh eggs are more transparent in the
center-old esss at the ends
Or, dissolve tablespoonful ot salt in
quart Of water. Good eggs viii sink. in
different ones will SWIM ana bad eggs float in
this solution
Or, shake the eggs gently at you ear. II
you hear gurgle or tbud the egg is bad
Good HOUSEKEEPING
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27
The Shock Was Too Great.

Travers TO Office boyl-Johnny. did you
take that check down to my tailor'si
Johnny-Yes, sir.
Travers-What did he do when you gave it
to hims
Johnny-He faintedt-Clothisr and Fur
rishe.r
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27
Feared for Him.

Il have cried the ranpagiag orator, ''in
my tongue a napier with which 70 XII aIl
fools"
Take it away from him. yelled a man in
the hail Hes going TO commit suicije.--
Lawrence Rspuhlicap
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27
a MISUNDERSTANDING.

Mistress-You are so stupid. told you to
pay attention when the milk boiled over
Servant-And | did, mum. 1t was quar-
ter past 8, mum, by the clock when it boiled
over.-Te1as Siftings
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27
Uuseasonabie,

"There's going to be ball"
How do you knowW
''See the snow flakes dancing?"
Eyes"
well, won't there soon be a SNOWFALL
Chicago Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-08

There are several reasons why fire
burns SO brightly in frosty weather.
First, the air being cold is denser and
the heated air and gases from the fire
are comparatively more buoyant.
Consequently there is a greater
draught Then the air being denser
contains more oxygen in an equal vol
ume, and that gas being quickly sup
piled, the combustion is tiercer and
more perfect. In frosty weather, too,
the atmosphere is comparatively free
from moisture, which of course has a
tendency to damp a fire.-New York
Telegram.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-08
4 Tribute to EIccA lefty.

Electricity is servftor quite as will
ing to enhance mans pleas res as to
add to his comforts The stage has taken
on new beauty and brjlliancy since
the advent of the incandescent light.
The lightning's flash is perfectly h,n-
itated, the will-o'the-wisp is faithfully
counterfeited. and such effects are pos
sble as were not dreamed of ten or five
years ago. The same subtle force
which makes the thunder cloud ma
jestic, and which rends the rocky cliffs
and splinters the oak, lends brilliancy
to the ballet and enchantment to the
spectacular drama. In electricity man
has discovered servitor more potent,
more willing, a thousand times, than
that wonderful slave of Aladdin's
lamp, whose powers make one of the
most fascinating tales of the Arabian
Nights. -Pittsburg Bulletin.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-08
Language of the Umbrella.

We all know that there is Ian
guage of nature. Every sentimental
girl without being botanisD is ac-
quainted with the language of flowers.
But it has remained for a recent
writer to indicate the language of
umbrellas: ITO place your umbrella
in a rack indicates that it is about to
change owners; an umbrella carried
over a woman, the man getting moth
ing but the drippings of the rain,
signifies courtship; when the man has
the umbrella and the woman the drip
pings, it indicates marriage; to carry
it at an angle under the arm signifies
that an eye is to be lost by the man
who follows you; to put cotton UNI
brella by the side of silk one means
exchange is no robbery to lend an
umbrella may be interpreted, 4 am a
fool;' to carry an umbrella just high
enough to tear out mems eyes and
knock off mems hats signifies, 1 am a
woman. st. Louis Republic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-08
EN- balmed 10y the Air.

There are on exhibition in the rooms
of the state mining bureau at San
Francisco four ''desiccated human
bodies" that were found by Signor S.
Marghier in a sealed cavern at an cle-
walton of 1000 feet on the eastern side
of the Sierra Madre mountains in
Mexico. The bodies were found in a
sitting posture with the hands crossed
on the breasts, the heads inclined for
ward and facing the east. The adults,
male and female, were side by side,
and by the side of the man was boy
and girl by the side of the woman.
The bodies were apparently dried up
by the air, no embalming process
being used. They are not like any
known Indians OF today, the hands
and feet being particularly small, and
the woman's hair brown and silken.
The woman S forehead is large, and
the reasoning powers were apparently
we'll developed. In the lobe of each
ear is piece of hollow reed. The
burial garments are of cotton, hide,
grasses and the bark of willows. In
addition, the little girl is covered with
the skin of some animal. st. Paul
Pioneer Press
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-08
Scientific Marriage.

The scientific marriage is never a
failure, Iii health supplies the di-
vorce courts with business. The
healthy man or woman is not fretful,
peevlsh, morose or sullen. Thousands
OF unhappy marriages can be traced
directly to disease. The proportion of
young people who should marry, com
pared with those who ought not to
marry, is small. 1t is only in rare in
stances that the stock of love with
which the young couple starts in their
matrimonial career, is able to stand
the drain caused by the complainings,
signs and i'll temper of the sick room.
No unhealthy person can be happy or
beautiful or sustain the married rela-
tons successfully. In the history of
the world there have been nations
who, for a time, married scientifi-
cally, and these people were always
the rulers of the world Their
decadence dated from the time
when they abandoned scientific
marriage. Scientific marriage need
not interfere with sentiment; on the
contrary, sentiment is fostered and
preserved by science applied to mar
riage. The scientifically married grow
old respecting each other They do
not learn to despise each others weak
nesses. To be healthy is to be beauti-
full, and beauty is the corner stone of
love. No person should marry who is
afflicted by consumption, heart disease,
chronic dyspepsia, rheumatism or dis
ease of the nervous system.
The Spartans married scientifically,
and for hundreds of years produced
brave men and beautiful, strong
women. The Brazilian is expected to
obtain with his marriage license a GER
tificate from his physician that he is
free from constitutional disease. Gus
toms of this kind lessen the business
of divorce courts. st. Louis Republic
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-08
Che Pouseholo.
BELIEVES IN SPANKING.
TCor. New York Sun.

Among many other things in your pa
per read the article headed, ''To Spank
or not to Spank" and also saw it reprint
ed in one of our papers here. Although
1 was amused by it, must take the af-
firmative of the question, and if more
mothers held the same views that do we
should not see so many saucy and bad
children as we do on every hand. Pert
and forward boys and girls are an annoy
ance to all around them and disgrace
and sorrow to their parents. l have
brought up four in all-not different from
the general run, 1 presume-both boys
and girls, healthy and full of life and
mischief and little of the "Old ADAM"
with which we are all supposed to be en-
dowed. have found they needed train
ing just as much as they did education !;
have tried seclusion, remonstrance, re-
wards and coaxing, particularly with
''Number One" but have found that
nothing was so good or effective as a
good and timely spanking, well applied
according to Webster, up to five years
old, with the hand, and after that with
slipper or hair brush. have seen child
as wilful and peevish as possible changed
in three minutes by this process into a
loving and loveable one. Have tried an
hour rocking and story telling, until both
she and l were tired out, and then put
my youngest girl to sleep in five minutes
by rolling her over and giving her mild
spanking, just enough to get up coun-
ter irritant and divert her thoughts.
If children are brought up in his way
and learn obedience young, they will
rarely need any punishment after six or
seven years; and l would advise any
mother OF young children, either girls or
boys, who are trying any new way OF
bringing up children and find them pro-
voking, to surprise them by sound
spanking or two and l will guarantee its
efficacy.
really enjoy benetiting nice plump
youngster by giving it good spanking
when needed, and have no sympathy
with namby-pamby sentiment that cries
hands off. | know | received many
spankngs myself in my younger days as
we'll as some switching and now know
it was good for me.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-08
WHERE HIS THoUG> HTS WE'RE.
A Lightly Clad Somnambul "t 'is''s "''
Sweetheart at MidnIh "t'

A I,obt,, Clad som,.,,,,,, 'st Visits His
Sweetheart at MidnIA nj.
The strangest somnambui 'stlc iea'
we ever heard of occurred in IN "ooos
near Interlachen the other nigh. =,
A young man, whom we will eau
Tom Jeffreys, by way Of illustrate II,
was very much infatuated with a youn.
lady who lived on the public road
three miles from his home. Every
body who has travelled that part of the
country knows that the neighborhood
is thickly settled, and for miles you
go without getting out of sight of
some ones house. The road is travelled
about as much as some of our back
streets.
One night, about o'clock, he re-
tired early. 1t was bright moonlight.
In his sleep he got up out of bed, and,
in his night clothes, walked undis-
turbed to the house of his lady love.
AS is generally the case in this coun.-
try, stairways run up to the second
floor on the outside of the buildings,
and this one in particular leads from
the ground to the young lady's room
door. Young Jeffreys walked up
ly near the lady's door. How long he
remained there he does not know, but
when he awoke his head was resting
on his knees, and it was 10 o'clock.
Imagine his surprise. There, at his
affianced's home, in his night clothes,
three miles from home. As easily as
possible he crept down the stairway.
He could hear the old man down in
the field attending to his horses and
cattle. Everything was still. The peo-
pie in the house were quietly chatting.
An open space of about twenty feet
separated the kitchen from the main
building. The young man went around
to the corner of the house, and saw
the young lady and her mother going
to and fro in discharge Of household
duties. He couldn't speak to them,
because he wasn't dressed that way.
His trouble was to get back home
without being discovered or noticed.
When he was quietly stealing his
way out of the yard into the road two
ferocious dogs awoke from their slum-
bers, and with grinning teeth took
after the flying night shirt which was
making its way to the thicket ON the
side of the road. The animals over
took the object, and what part of the
white garment they did not tear off
the briars and brush did, and that
young man found himself in a most
unpleasant fix with half his skirts torn
off The night was cold and he felt
it. On getting into the thicket he got
out of the way of the dogs, but for two
hours he was vending his Wav home
lodging passers by in the public road
and shivering like a leaf in the Arctic
regions. (Fla.) Enterprise.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-08
Manufacture of Champagne Corks.

Champagne corks, which receive
their peculiar shape only when driven
by power into the bottles, are almost
exclusively manufactured in Spain
and France. OF late years they are
often put together from differently Sc
lected small pieces, which are glued
upon each other by peculiar cement,
after which the corks are cut to the
proper shape. This is done because
the finest and softest grade of cork
wood is rather scarce and very expen-
sive, the manufacturers price for the
best quality of champagne corlzs being
about $50 per 1000. While the locali-
ties above mentioned comprise the
most numerous factories, there are of
course, many others elsewhere. New
York Telegram.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-08
Recording Speed Of Trains.

The speed recorder for railway trains
is the invention OF Chicago German.
An indicator may be placed in a
passenger car, and the speed of the
train at any time is shown upon its
face. The connection is made with
the locomotive engine by the steam
pipes. The cost of the instrument is
about $130. One was tried the other
day on train between Chicago and
New York. There were brief times
when the wheels of the car stopped,
and then the indicator dropped quickly
to zero, as the instrument is governed
by the revolutions of the wheels
Frank Leslie's Newspaper.