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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-06-22
BURIED IN A, MINE.

". aaeaia,a coal ainez Yes,
"a ala to.I yoorfl.stors
had some lricna- livns il thctcoal
ruHue REGION 81 Pennsylvania, and i was
a1ucee! . pas them A.ti,it Whle'thcre
+ Vas asked 10 dcSccnd.into one of:most
famous mines and see how tie hard,
n4acs tnc which atFord~.,s such grateful
sr6sations Oh i cold winter night is pro
.lred from the bowcI>,ot the earth
Now have. Il strong natural desire to
ere everything new and, strange; but then
an also very cautions, and do not care
r. pIr ,zy life in peril merely to crafty
curiosity, 50 hesitatcd and reflected
htrc hcfqrc | answered
.'I should like 70 sec the miners at
work, if il could be done without risk of
hfa
4 pretty bright, blue eyed young lady
~ho was present, pand to whom | had
raken great fancy, burst out with
ringing laugh
Surely sou are not afraid. Nr.
Napls,l" She exclaimed, with mis-
nhieyou, twinkle Of her blue eyes that did
more to urge me on than the arguments
of all her relations could have done in
month, for no man likes to be thought
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-06-22
I knew where we were and what awful

soothing tone said
There has been terrible explosion,
Miss Siby}. and l fear that many lives
rave been lost bur. thank God, we still
nrvivo, and hope that yoa have escaped
injury
SO, mereiful heaven, comprehend all
1ow she moaned Forgive me, dear
ricnd' Forgive me-
"For WHAT
"Making light Of your forebodings,
md bringing you here to your doom
gsAll Is forgiven and forgotten, dear
yirI, shall think OF nothing now but how
. get you out of this horror alive The
:oul air here Is almost suffocating. Where
IRE our companions
She hurriedly called them BY name, but
received no reply
thought they might still be uncon-
scio,is on the ground, and began to feel
out for them.
They were only few feet from Us when
.he explosion occurred, but as ! reached
)ut for them now in the darkness my
/ aanels came in contact with i huge rock
on the very spot where they had been
standing. In moment comprehendcd
The horrid truth; they had both been
crushed to death under it.
| hurriedly made known to my fair
companion the startling fact, and added:
ct may be that we two, Of all within
the mine, are the only ones that Provi
dence has spared.
90 heaven" she groaned, ''spared,
perhaps. for more terrible death, For
how can we ever find our way up through
this awful darkness to the world abovc!"
We will trv, at all events. and while
there is life there is hope, | relolned,
in cheerful tone, though with no cheer
full feelings, for | thought the chances
were all against our ever seeing the light
of heaven again
Taking the hand of my fair companion
/ that we might not become separated N the
| awful darkness. began TO carefully grope
in the direction which | supposed would
rctrace our steps. The air was foul with
| Of
as if ii would paralyze our lungs to in
hale It
We soon came to a broad chasm, and
had | not been feeling my way inch by
inch, 50 to speak | shonld have plunged
headlone into deathpit and dragged
Miss Stuart down Avith>2ne
could not tell the width Of the fssurt
in the darkness, but evidently Ne coulc
not cross it, for when lay down on tne
edge and stretched forth my hands
cou'a rot touch IL" other
.AlaS we are doomed to perish here
and il is all my wicked dong" sad th'
self accusing girl when announced tc
her the reason that We could advance nt
further in that direction.
NAY, dear Miss Slbyl viii not hea
You blame Yourself tor on being here,
I rephed You simply did rot sc tn
danger in the same light rila- did OF per
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01
Woman's Work.

A woman writing to The Washington Star
answers the question of some foolish man:
How do women kill timer With family of
herself and her husband and two children, In a
house Of nine rooms, she keeps two servants
Having kept statistical account for one year
she gives the result as follows: Number of
lunches put up, 1,157; meals ordered, 96S; des-
serts made, 172; lamps filed 1913; rooms busted,
249; times dressed children, 1S6; visits re-
ceived, S97; visits paid, 167; books read, So;
papers read, 553; stories read aloud, 234;
games played, 329; church services attended,
125; articles mended, 1885; articles of cloth
ing made, 100; fancy articles made, So; letters
written, 426; hours in music, 2015; hours in
Sunday school work, POS; hours in gardening,
40; sick days, "A; amusements attended, 10.
Besides the above, nursed two children
through measles, twice cleaned every nook
and corner of my house, put up seventy five
jars Of pickles and preserves, made seven
trips to the dentists, dyed Easter eggs, pol
ished silver and spent seven days in helping
nurse afriend who was i'll, beside the thousand
and one duties too small to be mentioned, yet
taking time to perform. Beat this, oh man,
If you can"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01
Pins and Needles.

Do not be deceived by agents who have {,
superior furniture polish" for sale. Uss
linseed oil; there is nothing better.
NJ. Carolus Duran was led by his wife's ad
vice to take up painting portraits of fashion
able women, through which he has made 6
fortune Mime. Duran is a sister of the ia
nous actress, Sophie Croizette.
Clothes that have been sprinkled will not
mildew for days, even in summer, if kept
away from the fire.
Most of the station masters" on the Roth.
bury Loop line of the North British railway,
Northumberland, are women. They are
called collectors" and are not compelled tc
wear any uniform. It is said that they dc
their work well and are quite reliable
A lady in The Ladies' Home Journal offers
the authority Of "a lady physician of extern
sive practice" for the statement that spank
ing, from its effect upon the spine, is more
injurious to the health of children than cuff
ing even.
1t is not generally known that Queen Vic
toria is a prebendary Of st. David's cathe-
dral One of the duties of a prebendary is
to officiate in the church at stated times, but
for obvious reasons the queen has not per-
formed this duty
A few years ago fashionable table was SO
piled with high dishes that it was impossible
to see ones Wis a Wis without peeping under
the heavily laden silver and glassware. Now
a table is considered vulgar when not laid in
low, simple manner.
Always treat a common cold with great re-
spect. Ninety-nine times out of hundred it
will get well anyway, but the hundredth
cold, if neglected, may lead to bronchitis,
pneumonia or consumption. 1t is best to
take no such chances.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01

According to an old traveller, one of the
first things one notices in the crowd of pas
sengers recently quitting American shores is
the sensible and appropriate costumes in
which they array themselves. The reproach
of the American woman-that she wears
costly and heavy jewels at all times and sea-
sons-is taken away from her. Her charm
ing sea costume bears the marks of artists
brains and fingers, but is simplicity itself.
A steel blue serge, perhaps trimmed with
white braid, little straw bonnet and blue
veil, tiny scarf pin at the throat, no ear
rings, no brooch, and only keepsake rings
on her fngers.-San Francisco Argonaut
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01
.sstrou< sGiuded'' wsmen.

Just where the weak minded woman sopus
and the strong minded begins it Is hard to
ay. The boundary line Is so vague, it il
crossedso unconsciously, SO unpremeditatedly,
that some women do not even know when
they have crossed it, until some morning they
wake up and find the epithet ''strong minded,
prefixed to their names And 1t Is strange
that such an epithet should be used as term
Of reproach when applied to woman, for
surely ''weak minded" would also be an un-
desirable prefix
No sensible woman would like to be called
"weak minded, }" and no refined woman de-
sires to be called strong minded, taking the
word in its present and generally accepted
definition. For, generally speaking, when a
woman is called ''strong minded" it is meant
that she Is eccentric almost to insanity, re-
gardless Of public opinion, and that no ono
need be surprised at anything she may do,
for she is capable Of doing anything and
everything that Is queer. It may be argued
that the opinion of persons who are strong
minded in this sense is Of no value. Very
true it is of no value, for, truthfully speak
ing, woman who is strong minded is not
eccentric, nor regardless of public opinion,
nor likely to do anything shocking. Rather
should these things be expected of a weak
minded woman
A strong minded woman is first OF all, a
woman Of sense; she has convictions, and
the courage to express them; she is clever,
and nearly always talented. If she does not
conform to all the frivolities and small con-
ventionalities of fashionable life it is be-
cause her mind is intent on higher and nobler
things. She claims right to make her life
what she chooses to make it, the same right
that men have had from time immemorial.
She works for money if she wishes to do SO,
or for the love Of work, and the refined, the
cultured, the people Of broad minds and lib
eral views Of life respect her and admire her.
She is not the masculine woman. Heaven
Forbid Rather should the masculine woman
be called weak minded, in that she has the
weakness to be ashamed Of being a woman
and to emulate a man in manner and dress.
Miss Palfrey in New York Star.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01
SKIN CANCER.

Several years ago was called TO see ooiored
woman who hsd malignant form Of cancer On
her foot The cancer grew worse under the pre-
ecrhed Treatment. and the toes and che side 81
the foot were al ieagth eaten entirely swsy. The
patient could no. have survived ra1ch longer,
bat co-7enoea the use q swf's Specific,
and It cured her sound wei Thai Was three
years ago. sLd there has been 70 retain OF he
disease. regard swift's Specific most excel
lett medicine foe blood diseases, as IL tendency
u to drive out the poison
AA.hezysIe. Ma w E STAss. Nd. !
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01
Nervous PIostIation,

COprevalent, especially among women,
~ results from overtaxing the system.
The assimilative organs becoming de-
ranged, the blood grows weak and inn
poyerished, and hence THAT tired feel
ing of which many complain. For all
such eases. there IS no remedy equal TO
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Take no other.
"Some time ago / found my system
entirely run down. | had feeling of
constant fatigue and languor and very
little ambition for any kind of effort.
a friend advised me TO try Ayers Sarsa-
parilla, which 1 did with the best re-
suits. 1t has done me more good than
all other medicines i have ever used"
- Frank Mellows, Chelsea, Mass.
For months I was; afflicted with
nervous prostration, weakness, ianguor,
general debility. and mental depression.
BY purifying the blood with Ayers
Sarsaparilla. ! was completely cured"
- Mrs. Mary Stevens, Lowell. Mass.
When troubled with Dizziness, Sleep
leSSueSS, or Bad Dreams take asss
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01
n French Woman at Home.

She helps to cook the dinner she has bought
for servants are wasteful with the charcoal,
and size knows TO an inch how little she can
use In that marvellous place-a French
kitchen. where two or three little holes in 8
stove cook such delicate dishes and perform
such culinary feats as our great. roaring coal
fires have no conception of-she fits about
like fairy, creating magical messes out OF
raw material of the most ordinary description
Yes. though . lady born and bred. refined,
elegant and agreeable in society, belle in
her way, vet she does not think it beneath
her dignity 10 tighten the household expenses
by practical economy and activity. The dim
ner OF a French family Is cheap and simple.
There is always soup, the meat Of the stew
pan-sometimes, If not strict in expenditure
another plate of meat-generally two vegeta-
bles, dressed and eaten separately, and some.
times, not always, a swee, dish; If not that,
little fruit, such IS may be the cheapest, and
in the ripest season.
But there is very little of each thing. and it
is rather in arrangement than in material
that they appear rich. The idea that the
French are gourmandS in privat life Is incor-
rect. They spend little in eating, and they
eat inferior things; though their cookery is
rather a science than a mere accident of
civilization. At home the great aim Of the
French is to save; ami any self sacrifice that
viii lead 10 this result, is chesrfuHy under
taken, more especially in eating than in the
mere luxury of mere idlenes No French
woman will spend a cent TO save herself
trouble. She would rather work like draw
horse to buy an extra yard of ribbon, or a
new pair of gloves, than lie On the softest
sofa in the world in placid fine ladyism, with
crumplsd Gauze or bare han
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01

\ handEoras itboxTapA nap e fhis cl.r,
containing ;hs names Il az iss str~sss,
parks, colleges SCI pabis belidsazs.
hotels. etc a ognpieis map tae!vs ~
fifteen inches. Ga linen paper. o4g Dc Lad
~ this o~sce a. a nominal suffa a.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01

OF THE TONGUE.

For three OF fcCr years hxd a. eating screen
NJ tongue tha. rssde considerable hose n IL
became Alarmed a. is progress. Aad wszt 70
Atlanta fo- t-ea--aea1- TIE ses--i was that 1
oon1eoced tie Use OF Sx.fs.s s7ectr- srd tae
core was sooz co1c without = s<see Of z fcf-
Teoaassoa, Ga, AA,. y. ~ A. Lxs1S-
T.sz.i~a OF Cance. rzzl5st frec-
svu1 Sxzlxsc Co, Dszwc: 4 Asaan<as g
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New Pullman Car on tn. s-at rs Ross. Is,

tween ichifa ase - Jo.~sh
he AtcbisoT. Topeka * santa Fe rail-
road are nos running ~ their night trAia
leaving Wichita ii go D IA. a nesy c,snFJt-
nation Pullman sleeping aud chair car.
Wichita 70 - Joseph through Tgpess
and Atchisou. This car arrives - Toceka
A. ssSs a IA. Atchison At - =. "a aad -.
Joseph o clock 4. n. TIE santa Pc =
The only line having this a-rsage,asat
from wichita W. ID NrHDOCz.
osSi Passebzsr and Ticker s xaat.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01
Wood Carving for Women.

Miss Laura A. Fry has followed her fathers
and grandfather's profession of wood carving
since 1876. When asked whether she could
recommend the craft for women, She an
swered, las regards skill, women may be-
come as de1terous wood carvers as men; but
wood carving is as much an art as is the
sculptor's, and art for arts sake must be the
creed Of its follower. As q money making
work it is a failure, for the materials are
costly and the process slow. In a modified
form, however, Is in designing appropriate
decorations for furniture, it is full of posi-.
bilitiee New York Telegram.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01
nsn.

Al Drivers have positive oets-s 20 go
vent passengers from getting "a AID 4
frcut platform % CATS 81 Esza4 CO Ia
zane
Passengers u.ust keep OF - ;bs sszs
Dl&.!orIa. " sSEITA 5TEEEF E'T 20.
grtt
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.INnIs PENsAHIE-

Ashby Turner, ESQ, parish s5peyiaterd
snt u schools, -. Bernard, La, writes
under date of July 10, lss9.
r p. &zrSocx
Dear SIR; Allow me- 20 assure yo1 .hsz
the Superintendent Record Of Visits ~
Thoroughly appreciated and Indispensable
~ he performances Of ny dutsss- f0urx
fF7s5Y. AkHET IEBszA
's~.sls superintendent Of sc4oo2s, - Bsr-
tarxz. Ia
lie above IL fr regard 20 The Co-nty
Superintendent Record q School VISITS,
by ID. :. Peace puhlisbed and fer SAls By
tie WICHITA EAeLE, N.Gas;s. kAa
de cxw2
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Sweet Child.

Small Boy-Crandpa, / heard the doctor
say that you were liable to Gle son Of spon-
taneous combustion
GrAndpa-Yes. dear.
Small Boy-Weii, Try 10 kser alive uu;l
fAA Eo,..sh e Iulx unnA zu1 -E
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Cor. "a and 9th avea, Wichita


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The WCHiTAEe EAGLE.
WICHITA. KASkAA
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01
ntr Hss

His@ouri Psc.he railway tas shores:
tie 70 -. Louis. ~ - miles GIz4-f
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01

An extraordinary diving feat has been &C.
complished at Blackpool North Pier Tie
weather was holxserous, but Miss Annie John
son essayed the task Of staying under the
water longer than two minutes fifty-one and
oueQuarter seconds, which ranked as the rec
ord achievement She stayed three minutes
ten seconds. which il eighteen and one-anarter
seconds longer than tie time made by Lur-
line some years ago. Miss johnson is 70 years
Of age. and is one Of the most accomplished
lady swimmers in the world
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01
The Pocket Powder Puff.

Among those women who have taken to
fancy work for bread and butter reasons is
gentle faced widow living in one of the small
est of flats up town on the east side She has
two daughters, school girls, always growing
out of their skirts and their shoes, but bright
eyed, rosy checked loving little souls, with
awful appetites. To provide foS their needs
the mothers weary fingers toll till the night
is far spent. She used to take work from a
big embroidery shop The dainty needle
work which she learned to do in her girlhood
in southern convent embellished many an
exquisite fancy" article displayed in a
Broadway window and then found its way
into homes of luxury.
She was not well paid, however. The lam
brequins which she toiled over two days and
nights brought her but seventy-five cents.
They sold in the shops for SIS. She painted
and made up the daintiest Of sachet cushions
for sixty cents dozen, and they sold for $12
She had always to contend in her struggle
for livelihood with women who work only
for ''pin money" One of her employers gave
out articles to 400 women to be made up at
their homes. Two-thirds of these women
were in no way dependent upon the money
so earned. They took their time to do the
work and bought ribbons and caramels with
the proceeds. The most difficult and particu-
lar pieces were given to women like the
mother here mentioned, who needed money
too sorely to complain of any conditions i'm
posed
One day this woman had a call from an old
friend, whose clever fingers often devise
pretty trif1es for Christmas gifts in her own
home. She pulled out of her pocket a little
embroidered bag drawn up with narrow blue
ribbon, exclaiming: Here's an idea for you
Copy it, and see if you can't make something
that will pay you little better than this
shop work" The bag was about three inches
square at the bottom. A two inch wide piece
was slightly frilled around this and gathered
in q tiny frill where the ribbons drew ii in at
the top. A lining of delicate silk just showed.
Opened, it disclosed bit of swans down in
side the square, underneath which was layer
was pocket powder puff of superlative pref
tiness and model convenience.
There is popular fiction that New York
women of the better class do not use powder
but the amount of money gathered in by the
woman who adopted her friends suggestion
and manufactured little puff bags is proof
positive that the pretty article filled long
felt want as the advertisers put it, Finding
that her bags were being initiated in the
shops the manufacturer recently secured a
patent. Her success with this simple article
has been SO encouraging that she now advises
women who toll at fancy work for the shops
for it pays much better."-New York World.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01

Ecgraved and printed LUNCHEON
cards q. the Wichita EAGLE ofscx- cs5 Il
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01

To the progress Of invention. more than to
Nil other causes combined, is due the impor-
tant sociological fact that the condition of
women has been vastly improved during the
last four or five decades Invention has rele-
gated the coarser and harder work of women
to machinery, and has opened UP new and
pleasant avenues Of profitable employment
for item. Witness the telegraph, the tele-
phone and type writing machines, By which
hundreds Of thousands Of women and girls
earn their living. The movement is still on
ward and upward
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osishona

This Office 10 prepared - furnish ali the
blanks which are need IN connection VITA
proving up HON ssfaslis In Ok lsaotna We
Use Coop's blanks which are the oaly
bienks printed that have be~a approved ~
lie land eomnissIo@sE a. H ashlagtoa.
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Manu-, yrannsr,

This ofnce Is prepsr tofBfnish manills
wrappers in sizes Anu Quantities % sui.
just as cheap rs any house ia
the United States Orders b. mail prompt
ly attended to. Address
IHE WICHITA EAGLE.
kotf Wichita. Kan
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Ayers Sarsapari|Ia,

PREPARED BIT
Or. j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers In Medicine.
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rssd sad Aar.rtiss ia car wszi cslgzz
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01

Take the Missouri Pacific railway TO
points east, west, north and south.
l4 II
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-28
Drowned In Sight Of Help.

On, Sunday last Rev. James Gibson, q
'colored Baptist minister, Was drowned
in Sugar Greek, at sBarbers Bridge, two
miles Southeast of Fort Mill. He crossed
the bridge from the York side about 8
O'Clock that morning the creek being
very high and ont of its banks in places.
After clearing the bridge and getting on
the Lancaster side, he found that low
place in the road was submerged by q
:slnice that ran from the creek. Thinking
5itSwas not very deep he attempted to cross
by 5Wading. He, however, suddenly got
into very deep water, and not being able
TO swim, was borne down by the current
until he 4 +clutched some overhanging
limbs, to. .which.he chung with despera.
ton. He shouted for Shelp, and several
persons gathered on the bank; among the
number being one white man, but the
water was deep and Che stream apparent.
IL dangerous, and no one would consent
TO 90 to. the man and relieve him from
his periious position. Several went out
into the stream, b ut. would mot ven
.tnresc closer than about; twenty feet. The
spoorman plead for his life, but there was
not one present with humanity enough to
be moved by his prayers. All during the
,sdsy he clung to the branches OF. the trees
i'm full view: ofthe neighbors who gather
ed on: the bank, but about 4 o'clock in
the aiternoo ION strength failed him. En-.
etirely exhausted and nearly stifened with
cold, he was compelledsto relinguish his
hold Of; the bushes, when the unfortunate
man sank into the water and as the waves
rolled over him they hushed q voice that
vent down still pleading for help and
mercy. AT last accounts the body had
mot been recovered. Rock Hill Herald. IS