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Oririn of Silhouette.

1t is generally known that silhouette is q
small profile likeness i'll black, or black
slightly streaked with white or colored lines
but the origin of the word is to most persons
a mystery, and is rather curious. The term
took its rise in France about one hundred and
thirty years ago. and was occasioned by the
nation being at that time in state of finan-
cial distress under the administration of N.
de Silhouette That gentleman endesvored
by severe economy to remedy the evils of a
war which had just terminated, leaving the
country in great exhaustion. During the
period of III. de Suhouette's government all
the fashions in Paris took the character OF
parsimony. Coats without folds were worn
snuff boxes were made Of plain wood; and,
instead of painted portraits, outlines only
were drawn in profile, and filed with india
ink. etc. All these fashions were called a la
Silhouette; but the name was only retained
in the case of the profiles, which, from their
simplicity and the cheap manner in which
they could be executed, survived the period
OF their compulsory origin Thus the name
of a French chancellor OF the exchequer has
been attached TO the most common OF our
miniature profles.-Once a Week.
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other large town, but the people had warning,
and most of them escaped. A mound covered
by fir forest now marks the site of the
buried village On the 23d of September,
1714, occurred similar calamity, attended
by the most remarkable escape recorded in
history A Swiss peasant, alone in shep-
herds hut, was covered, but saved from in
Jury by two enormous rocks which lodged
over him. With small stock Of bread and
cheese and the carcasses of some of his sheep
for provisions, he began to dig his way out,
and reached the surface eighty days later.
The frightened peopleof the adjacent village,
who had known him well nistook him for a
ghost, and would not approach him till the
priest had assured them it was living man.
The most destructive landslide OF this CEN
tury was that of Sept. 2, 1906, which covered
Goldau, Rothen and Busingen, in Canton
Schwytz, and destroyed $50 persons but the
largest mass to fall was that of Tschingel,
some years later. This slide retained its
shape and form, and now constitutes hill
nearly LOCO, 600 yards in circumference. For
tunately, it landed In valley where there
were no villages, though Elm lies very near
It, The great calamity few months ago In
Japan can hardly be called landslide, as the
whole surface of a mountain was blown into
the air (by steam created by the breaking Of
q lake into a volcanol, and, turning over, fell
upon plain some miles away.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-06

In 1916 large section of the SO called
"Mount Ida" an abrupt hill west of Troy,
n. Y, gave way suddenly with a tremendous
crash and rolled over and down towards the
city A somewhat smaller mass, but still
weighing many thousand tons, moved far
enough to fall upon a portion of the city,
and in an instant houses and inmates as well
as many in the streets were crushed. This
took place early in the morning, and in a
few minutes every one in the city was en-
gagged in resouing those not crushed to death.
When the heap was finally removed many
curious and horrible scenes were revealed.
Women were found in ped with their children,
all crushed 10 jelly. One who was at a
cooking stove when the crash came had been
forced down upon the stove and half con-
sumed.
One man was engaged in saving wood and
had fallen on tie saw; his dying struggles
had caused his body to be sawed nearly in
two.
A great fear hung over the place for
months afterwards and many writers COM
pared the city in its uncertain safety to the
villages at the foot of VeSuvius. In due time
however, the engineers gave it as their opin-
ion that there was no farther danger, and to
the man of ordinary knowledge of the laws
of gravity it did seem so, and building was
therefore continued up to the foot of the hill.
St Peters college was there dedicated by
Bishop McClusky, Sept 10, 1853, and was de-
signed to be one of the handsomest Catholic
establishments in the country. It was 200
feet long, and, though very incomplete some
SIS 900 had been expended on it.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-06

In March, 1859, it began to be suspected
that the continued rains of that season mad
caused another fissure in the hill, but TO the
eye it did not seem possible there could be
slide Nevertheless, early on the morning OF
the 18th it became plain that che outer part
of the hill was moving The mass slid down
so gradually that every one had abundant
time to escape, and finally it scanned to have
paused entirely, but in short time 1t moved
on tall il crushed in the walls of the college
and rendered it q totsl wreck. All the in
habitants in the vicinity FASTENED TO remove
their goods, but the slide did not extend far.
The jewellers in mountainous regions are
sometimes deceived by the apparent sohdlty
of the rocky masses about them, for 1t often
happens that a ridge which seems one mass
of rock really has CLAW" or fault" ex-
tending entirely through it. In such case,
If the timber which aids TO bind the hill" Is
removed or if the earth is opened for mining
purposes, the separated mass of rock gives
nay ana rolls into the valley. And it Is
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-06
LITTLE MOCCeSiHEO FEET.

Two little uoccained feet heard
Heard while rereled in farcies quaint
T-eading unsteadiiy through the room,
Pattering soft in the twilghts gloom
There by the door. As the curtain stirred,
Soft came thcsound OF her laughter faint
Clear as the ring of the tinkling chain.
Sweet as the niShtinsale's sweetest strain
Two little ncccasined feet thst brought
Thoughts I'd been seeking an boar or norei
Seeking in vain for my tickle muse,
True 10 her sex. would her gifts refuse.
Giving the caller the smile she sought,
Kissing her fowery lips oeT and DER,
Up to ray lap then l LIED her
Muse who inspired without demur.
Wonderful r.occasired feet were they,
Guiding ne into Eyzian fields;
Wonderful. too, was that beby hand
Leading re ths;her to fairy hand;
Potent IS well were her eyes like gray,
Casting the spell thai siren wields-
Where was there ever GGse Ike his,
Bringing charm with her baby kiss.
Tyso iifsle rsoccasined fees-Ab. ne,
Where viii they stray in the coming years.
Shall it be IN a tin > less Lair,
Msrrizg her lie with a elori OF care'
God give her strergth.fc- what Is 70 be,
Rohhins her sky 81 iss rain es tears
leading TIE trend % her simple he
Far from the world sn4scS vulgar ss-ite-
-Inakna ". LA
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-06
Eugene and the Monkey.

Believers in the Darwiuian theory OF the
descent of man should be cheered by little
story told by French paper about the visit
of the Empress Eugerie TO Egypt in 1859 TO
open the Suez canal. The empress brought
back with her a certain monkey which she
had received as present, and Jacko subse-
quently delighted the court by administering
a severe bite 10 NJ Emile Olivier, who was
never q popular parsonage. That monkey
evidently meant to give " Olivier hint to
withdraw from the Tuilcries, and If the
Occur leger" had Only taken il he would
not have become prime minister. tAe war Of
the following year might have been avereei
and the history OF France changed The
monkey waswiser t6aa his msstress-Lon-
don Globe.
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"Saly in Our Alley"

know Sally and her lover SO long! have
studied them so often! know them SO WELT
They are very little changed now, except,
perhaps, in costume, from what they were in
the day when Henry Carey first cast eyes on
them and made them immortal by his song.
That is why I say that know them. Of
course know them. / can see them every
Sunday; they are the same Sally and the
same lover still, for Henry Carey made them
immortal I wish I could make them and
quite clear to readers who do not know Lon
don, and its streets, and its Sunday aspect.
Sally is short girl; her lover is an under
sized man. The lives Of such a class in Lon
don make undersized men and women. Sha
is pretty little girl indeed, though not SC
pretty as her lover thinks her; and we ought
all to be glad of this, for if he did not ideal
ize her where would be his love2 What sort
of a lover would that be who only saw in hi.
sweetheart just such charms as you and l can
see in hers He gazes tenderly, fondly, into
her upturned face, as if it were the face of ar
angel.
But decidedly she is pMtty girl, with
small features, and ripe red lips, and dark
brown hair, crisp and curly, and white teeth
Her handsi Well, yes; little large per
haps; and when she takes off her gloves
which she will not often do when she is out
for walk with her lover on the Sunday
one can see that the hands are not of thu
very whitest, and the tips of some of the
Anglers show the tattoo marks of the needle
for it does not need to be told that Sally is q
seamstress of some humble order. hardly
know of anything which speaks to me with
keener pathos than that needle pierced finger
with its marks that will never go off. 1t tells
somehow of long working hours, often unit
the dawn has come and after. Perhaps poor
Sally had to work an extra hour or two intt
the Sunday morning, in order to earn bel
afternoon walk abroad with her faithful
lover take it that it is almost always ar
afternoon walk. Sally could not well get
away before her family's early dinner
Jus lin Mccarthy in Scribner.
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A MEMORABLE LANDSLIDE At TROY. n.

A MEMORABLE LANDSLIDE At TROY. y. Y.
really surprising how slight an incline IN
some cases is sufficient 70 give the mass ire
mendous forward impulse. Clay in well
moistened condition appears 10 ghSe over
other ground as easily as blocks OF ice over
smooth plank. aud where thereis fault
In the rock 1t is often found that the seps-
rated surfaces are covered by what miners
cali ''slickensiiss''-tta- :, t7e surfaces hove
ruhoed against each other in past natural
eopvulsions till worn smooth as glass. Ii has
then obviously been mere accident which
caused them 10 settle in any particular con-
dition, and very slight disturbance starts
them OF again.
This appears TO have been the condition at
Quebec. The clf, instead of being Solid
rock, is a mere pile of blocks, and in that part
which has fallen the blocks lie upon each
other like enormous dice. A similar calamity
occurred near the same ssot in 1871. IN which
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Sensitive Of His Honor.

Last evening two youths, each about ID,
met in the street, when the folio wing dia-
logue took place:
II say, Bill, You got my knife"
mo, amt"
a. 'Pon your wordr'
"Pon me word"
"'Pon your soulf'
"'Pon me soul"
Hope you may die if you haver
Hope l may die if l have"
You amt got my knife"
~ amt got your knife.
The ouerist seemed to be incredulous. but
was on the point of giving it up In despair
when bright idea occurred to him, and ne
returned to the attack with;
- Pom your honorf
oh" said the other, nov you touch me
honor; take your darned old knife" and he
handed the article over.
We'll done, BILL said his ehuu; II allus
knowed you was honorable chap. New
York News
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eight houses ware Gmhed and CnIrrySwo
persons killed As In tie Rocky mountains
the blasts In mining mo thought to precipa-
tate the catastrophe, 50 in Quebec 1t Is oon-
occurred that firing tho heavy guns at the
citadel gave tho anal fatal shock. Tho sum-
init of Cape Diamond is 1913 fest above the
level of tho st. Lawrence, and originally
there was barely room for stSest and one
row Of houses along the bank bslow IT. In
the course Of century, however, tho lower
rocks have been removed and houses built
directly under an overhAnging cliff, while
the debris has built the Land Tar out into the
river. A month Of dry weather prepared the
way for the catastrophe, and two days con-
tinuous rain precipitated it
There have probably been more sudden
and destructive landslides in the Alps than in
any other part of the world, and the descent
of enormous powders is Of yearly occurrence
The first calamity there Of which history
gives account was in the year 56S, when all
one side Of an immense mountain fell into
Lake Leman, burying many people and at
the same time causing an inundstion, which
drowned many more. In 1512 a part Of the
Crenone mountain fell into the valley Of
Blegno, on the Italian side, and destroyed
several villages. Almost at the same time
there was a smaller but still very destructive
landslip on the northern side Of the same
mountain. Two villages were destroyed and
a lake created where cultivated valley had
been. Two years later, on the 25th of May,
this last burst through the debris, swept
away 400 houses and drowned 600 people.
In 1884 in the midst of heavy storm, a
tremendous thunderclap loosened one side Of
a mountain in Canton Vaud; it fell, crushed
two villages and destroyed over 900 people
In September 1913, an exactly similar occur
rence-a long period Of drought succeeded by
heavy rain and a land slide-destroyed an
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TiuA.

The little boy was on his knees in his little
night dress sayipg his prayers and his little
sister couldn't resist the temptation to tickle
the soles Of his little feet. lie stood it as
long as he could and then said:
PLEASE, God. excuse me while knock the
stufing cut of Nellie" - San Francisco
(yb-,,,,icle
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She Did Not Epderstand.

Mrs Newnarried-Iou went sailing last
night, didn't your
Mr.. Mo, indeed, Whvdo YOU aski
Mrs. No, nothing; only heard you ten
Er. Nextdoor that you ran across cold deck,
so ! supposed you were out sailing
Ycri. Sun.
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The Aiehisor. Topeka q santa Pc rzi.-
road are ne1 ruaH8ux IN toets ciznt 'Tsss
leaving Wicissfs - 81 ?. ~, ssw cotabi-
nation Pullman sleeping ssd chair ca.
wichita 70 u Jose2s. through Topaz
and Ascs!Son Tuis ear arrives az Toyexa
49, a n. Afra.egn a. . 30 a. N. Aa1 -
JosNeth J o'e.ock = 70. Tbs S%gt4 Fs =
q. orlT lao E&s.ns r.. srasrsDsai
from wichita ~. ID MrEDecE.
S<tt P4sssaxe- s1d Tfexss Aga.
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H1eay.tos toss Louis.

The Missouri Pacific railway Fort SCOT
Rsutel will sesi excursion t!Cksts % -
Louis during The Exposition. fr0u SEP
fefnber ; - Cetob~f ~. i-ss A. CO sui
oue-Lhlrd fare for the round trip. Iicksts
will BE- sold on the following Gsys only
September z, 3, p T.. -. ~. -. - and -.
and October 5. a AID Il. limited fgr rstarn
- five days from date Of sAia. Tor maps.
Timetables and Information as % ruutez.
etc. call ~ ~ S0rfh Nan street Or a.
depot, corner O. srconf aod WiCh4tA
streets l. = itRcELgT.
Pass and T.: agt. - Sorts A<.a-
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as.xoz-f Psr1zc rasiwzy Tia sAaytsss
iss 70 8. LcnIA ~ - 1lsr& dit
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r. P. MURDOCH, Manager.
Hsniil. wrapp-r-.

This Office is prepared 20 furnish rnanills
wrappers ia sizes and quantities 70 suit
purchasers, just a. cheap as anT hou.e In
the United States. Orders By mzsl psonp5-
" attended %. Address
he " IcHTTA EASiE.
SCI, Wichita. AAs.
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DR.. SCHENCK'S
SEAWEED TONIC

has 10 equal in nature as totaing and pun
fying agent,
g., /Is helps the work Of the Mandate Pills.
cN SustziIs systems weakened by disease.
NPreserves the tone OF stomach. liver and
bowels
Purises and enFchcs tie blood,
iEncourages appetite and he.ps nutrition
- Braces the organs TIL they act naturally.
Builds and strengthens tie whole man.
Do not faTi 70 send for Dr.. Schenck'snrw
ard admirable treatise On the Lungs. tire
Liver. and the Stomach. via Their q seases
and cure II aboEnos izercelleat Iafc-rn4-
ton. and viii give Won ideas abou. these
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Daily eagle
UNSTABLE EARTH.
The Quebec Landslide Com.
paratively a Small Affair.
SLIDES IN MOUNTAIN LANDS.
Many Cliffs Supposed to BE Solid Prove to
Be Nero Piles of Stone BIocks-Long
Drought Followed by Heavy Rain Loosens
the Hills-Switzerland's Sufferings.

Avalanches, earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions are matter of common knowledge
to every school boy, and reports of great
floods are painfully common in the newspa-
pers; but one hears little of landslides like
the recent one at Quebec. Yet they occur
oftener than is supposed, and in some parts
of the world have often proved quite destruc-
tive Many have already been reported in
the Rocky mountains and few noted ones
figure in the history of the older states.
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-13

Just received from New York
100 pieces Lace Curtains, all at
tractive variety, Of choice pat
terms at very low prices, to start
the season / offer a
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-13

Special excursion trains to California
points via the Missouri Pacific railway
Wednesday, Dec. II, and every alternate
Wednesday thrOughou the winter. Cheap
rates and frstclass Accommodations;
choice of routes. You can 20 via Fort
Worth and Fl PaSo or via Pueblo, Denver
and Salt Lake City. All tourists cars are
taken care of by firstclass porters who will
wait on passengers without extra charge.
The Missouri Pacific railway is the great
southwest system which connects the
great commercial centers and rich farms
Of Missouri, the broai corn and wheat
fields and thriving towns and cities of
Kansas, the fertile river valleys and trade
centers of Nebraska.
scenery and the famous mining districts of
Colorado.
The agricultural. fruit, mineral and
timber lands and famous Hot Springs OF
Arkansas.
The b 7utiful rolling prairies and wood
lands of the Indian Territory.
The sugar plantations of Louisiana.
The cotton and grain fields-the cattle
ranges and winter resorts OF Texas.
Historical and scenic Old and New Mex
leo and forms with its connections the
popular winter route to Arizona and Cali
forna
For reservation of berths and general
information relative to any trip. business
or pleasure, call at city ticket office, l31
North Main street, or at depot, corner
Second and Wichita streets.
Z. E. BLECKLEY5
15-tf Pass. and Ticket Agent
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-13
FROM FOREIGN FIELDS.

EUROPE has new coin. It is the coin Of
the present German Emperor and bears his
profile.
AT recent sale in London of rare Anglo
Saxon and English coins. Queen Anne
farthing brought ifty-two dollars.
AN Australian family Of freaks were late
~ brought to England, consisting of four
children, the youngest of whom is eight
years old, FIVE feet eleven inches in height
and weighs one hundred and eighty pounds.
SABLE ISLAND, in the North Atlantic, 10
fast disappearing. Some years ago it was
forty miles long by two and quarter wide,
but it has shrunk to nineteen and half
miles in length and less than one in width.
TIE reports of the officers on the Afghan
boundary say that the Indian soldiers arc
SO much larger than the Russian Cossacks
that it would take one hundred thousand Of
the latter to contend with fifty thousand
Indians.
DURING recent fete of the Bologna Uni
versity the students of Parma sent to their
Bologna brethren Parmesan cheese
weighing 100 pounds, and covered with
Latin inscriptions worked in macaroni. A
huge tun Of Berbera wine went with it.
TIE musical genius of Paris is considered
al low cDD. Inc CITY OnereQ prize OF ten
thousand francs for the best musical COM
position that might be offered. The commit
tee decided not to give the reward on the
ground that none Of the pieces were worthy
1rALY's government recognizes duels as
lawful under certain circumstances, but
finding that many men accepted challenges
only because they feared being called cow
ards, a new law has been passed which IN
fiicts heavy fine upon any Italian who
uses such an epithet.
THE Pope has decided that all his jubilee
presents which are Of sacred nature are
to form a Leonine museum, which he in
tends to establish in the Basilica of ST.
John de Lateran. The royal presents and
all the secular objects are to be permanent
ly placed In one Of the halls of the Vatican,
and will be left as heirlooms Of the Papacy.
PARIS proposes to have workmen's tene-
ment houses after the Peabody plan, and
the first stone Of the first house was re-
Gently laid. The building will have seven
stories, and will be divided into homes of
two rooms and kitchen, and the yearly
rent of any suite on any floor will be $50. The
money to build the house was given by
Messrs. Michel and Heine, both of whom
have studied and become much interested in
the system of the great American philan-
thropiSt.
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Wednesday Morn, March 10.

pit and the forum Of the future. Here
woman has a place to stand, a pulpit
ready from which no ecclesiastic edict
can exclude her, and from which she can
comfort hum anity's heart, as one whom
his mother comfortably and in this forum
can her weapons of argument be sharp
ened for the time when Portia shall be-
come flesh and blood creation in tho
halls of justice. The chief reasons why
journalism will always be, next to philan-
thropy, the mos natural and satisfactory
vocation of the intellectual woman seem
to rue to be these:
IL. The woman question is settled in
the republic of letters Both sexes stand
on the same footing, with equal pay and
preferment for equal work and success.
''2. One is in good company. Journal
lists as class are among the brightest,
kindest and most companionable of earth's
inh abitants.
"3. There is less likelihood of a dis con.
tinuance of ones income and break in
ones car eer on account of marriage, than in
1uost pursuits, for pen and ink plus ideas
make handy kit of tools, well suited to
the surroundings of home"